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The addition of Byres and Shipley complements current Advisory Board members: four-star retired Army Gen. Anthony Charles Zinni, College of William and Mary; Dug Song, vice president engineering at Zattoo and former chief security architect at Arbor; and Sri Reddy, vice president of engineering for edge router software development, Alcatel.

Software Toolbox Inc. announced today that is has completed the acquisition of the OPC business assets, trade names, and goodwill of Northern Dynamic Inc.

DSPCon will provide NASA with advanced data acquisition and analysis systems for a variety of satellite, rocket and aviation testing applications.

ODVA and TÜV Rheinland will establish a conformance Test Service for DeviceNet and EtherNet/IP in Shanghai.

This spec provides seamless access from CIP originator devices to Modbus target devices.

Specs include updates for EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, CompoNet, and ControlNet.

SERCOS III integrates the open Ethernet protocol with high-speed data transfer at 100 MBitS per second.

Softing will integrate its OPC UA interface into ILS Technology's deviceWISE software that connects devices on the factory floor with enterprise systems.

This new release includes features enabling automation equipment suppliers to further improve the diagnostics, interoperability and reliability of FOUNDATION-compliant products.

InduSoft will endorse the Certified OPC Professional (COP) designation and offer OPCTI training for their customers.

Yoshinori Furuno will head the new office as Director of Business Development for Japan.

Emerson will install PlantWeb with Foundation fieldbus for the project that will recycle refuse from 1.1 million Paris residents, converting the waste into energy.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Somfy GmbH, Echelon, 4HomeMedia, Constellation Energy and Tracy Markie won awards.

Kelly-Detwiler is senior director of energy technology services for Constellation Energy.

Talvivaara Mining Company is constructing Europe’s largest nickel mine at Talvivaara in the Sotkamo region of Finland.

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is using wireless sensor networking software from Octave Technology.

The SST controls I/O devices connected to a DeviceNet network without the need of a local PC.

The 4th Edition of "Industrial Data Communications" by Lawrence M. Thompson includes a complete description of relevant terminology, standards, and protocols.

The three will develop and deliver advanced security solutions for the global industrial automation market.

At the Seine Grésillons treatment plant, technicians can connect locally at any point of the network by wire or WiFi to the same production management interface to obtain data.