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Schneider Electric's Integration of Invensys
By Bill Lydon, Editor With this acquisition, Schneider Electric significantly enhanced its position to serve the process industries and now has a complete portfolio of products to serve the entire industrial and process automation industry. This article highlights a few key aspects of the integration of the two companies. -
2014 Manufacturing Outlook from Siemens CEO
By Bill Lydon, Editor Helmuth Ludwig, CEO of Siemens Industry Sector USA, provided his views on the 2014 manufacturing outlook and other industry topics, including the first live display of an assembly line at the Auto Show in Detroit, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first assembly line. -
Honeywell to supply MES to refinery in Suriname
Suriname's state-owned oil company will deploy Honeywell’s manufacturing execution system (MES) as part of a major expansion and efficiency project at the Tout Lui Faut crude oil refinery complex. -
Big Data in Industrial Automation
By Bill Lydon, Editor Big data has been a hot topic in the IT world for a few years and now industrial automation vendors are talking about this as well. I attended The Big Data Conference on October 22 – 23, 2013 in Chicago to learn more. -
Windows XP Cyber Time Bomb set for April 8, 2014
By Bill Lydon, Editor The huge installed base of automation software running on Windows XP will be vulnerable to cyber-attacks with the end of Windows XP support April 8, 2014. More than 12 years old, Windows XP is the longest supported version of Windows ever and therefore is the most used in industrial automation systems. -
Progea appoints Marco Ceriani Marcom Manager
Ceriani, 37, joined Progea in 2006, where he held the role of Sales Manager, while also supporting Marketing and Communication operations. -
Developers of Dream Report come out of hiding
By Bill Lydon, Editor I recently had the opportunity to discuss Ocean Data Systems – a little company you likely have never heard of - with Roy Kok, their VP of Sales and Marketing. Their product, Dream Report, is OEMed by a number of well-known software providers. Here is a synopsis of my interview with Kok. -
GE will resell PTC Manufacturing Process Management software
Manufacturing information can be passed directly from the PTC Windchill solution to the GE Proficy for Manufacturing Discrete product. -
Most ERP Inadequate for Global, Complex Business
A study by IFS reveals that the overwhelming majority of manufacturers are running multiple manufacturing modes from multiple locations, and that their ERP software is not well equipped to handle it. -
Adaptive Process Control delivers built-in, bottom line benefits
By Robert Golightly, AspenTech Adaptive Process Control provides a set of innovative, patented techniques for automatic adjustment of the controllers in real-time and elevates maintenance to a built-in and continuous part of the management process. -
Seeq gets $6M in Funding to Bring Big Data to Industrial Processes
Seeq provides software and services that enable data-driven decision making from industrial process data. -
IFS says interest in ERP with social media may be leveling off
In the study, 54.8 percent of respondents said they thought integration with social media would be an important factor in ERP software selection in the future, whereas 58 percent had expressed that sentiment in 2010. -
Savigent to supply historian software to Seagate
Savigent’s Catalyst Enterprise Historian will provide a fault detection solution for Seagate’s wafer fabrication data collection, storage, contextualization and analysis. -
Memex combines MES with ERP and CRM
Cincom Systems will add Memex’s MERLIN MES software to its ERP/CRM software. -
MAC Solutions buys ProcessVue Alarm Management
MAC Solutions bought Asgard Technologies, developer of the ProcessVue suite of alarm management and printer replacement software. -
Honeywell to Modernize Petrochemical Plants in China
Honeywell’s Profit Suite R400 process optimization software will be deployed at two of Maoming Company’s ethylene-cracking facilities. -
Rockwell Releases FactoryTalk VantagePoint App
FactoryTalk VantagePoint Mobile App works natively for Windows 8.1, taking advantage of the new features in Microsoft’s latest operating system update. -
While Others Disparage SAP, We Applaud Them
By Pat Garrehy, Rootstock When SAP recently decided to stop working on its mid-market BusinessByDesign Cloud ERP product, it didn’t take long for the competition to voice their opinions. -
Last chance to participate in MESA 'Metrics that Matter' study
You have until November 15 to take the annual ‘Metrics that Matter’ research survey on MOM software, cloud computing and Big Data. -
Roy Kok Joins Ocean Data Systems
Most recently, Kok was VP of Marketing for ARC Advisory Group, and previously worked for GE, Intellution, Kepware, VenturCom, and Nematron.