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Siemens to demonstrate the digital enterprise at Hannover Messe 2017
An array of examples from practice will allow visitors to experience applications and innovations demonstrating the competitive benefits to be gained by merging the real and the virtual worlds. -
OPC Foundation and M2M Alliance form joint working group
The M2M & OPCF user group has been founded in order to document and spread best practices for building secure communication solutions and smart services based on device and machine data. -
Softing adds MQTT protocol to echocollect gateway
Alongside OPC UA and other control protocols, the echocollect gateway (version 7.10) includes publisher functionality of the MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport) protocol. -
Westermo helps Electricity North West upgrade to Ethernet/IP communications network
The modernised, `non-operations’ network provides reliability and bandwidth helping the company to better monitor and control the supply of electricity to 2.4 million properties in the UK. -
ARC Forum Wrap Up: Finding the Balance Between Connectivity and Security
By Cory Fogg, Automation.com The February 6-9 event provided an atmosphere buzzing over the potential that the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and connected technology are bringing to today’s industry. -
PI North America adds Softing's Jeff Besola to Board of Directors
Besola is the Senior VP of Global Sales for Softing. The Board voted unanimously to approve Mr. Besola’s nomination, and he will attend his first board meeting next month. -
OPC Training Course supports industrial convergence of SCADA systems to IIoT
Business Industrial Network, a leading provider of industrial training, announced the release of the new OPC Training for SCADA & DCS Certificate Course software. -
Sercos International announces free Sercos Softmaster webinar
A speaker from Bosch Rexroth AG will present detailed information, on February 20, about the applications of Sercos III SoftMaster and how to successfully implement the controller -
Senvol partners with ASM International and America Makes to create free manufacturing learning tools
The learning tool exercises help AM users get the most out of the search features of the Senvol Database. Both the learning tool exercises and the Senvol Database are online and free to use. -
Industry Super Trends 2017: The best of industrial automation is yet to come
By Leroy Spence, EU Automation If you are struggling to get over the post-holiday blues, don’t despair. Sit back, relax and read all about some of the industrial technologies you can look forward to that will change the face of manufacturing in 2017. -
IHS Markit releases top seven manufacturing technology predictions for 2017
After a disappointing 2016 in automation sales, declining revenues for many equipment suppliers and investment uncertainties in numerous end markets, vendors in industrial automation are hoping for a brighter 2017. -
IntervalZero to highlight vision-controlled motion for collaborative robots at TAIROS 2016
IntervalZero, a solution for transforming Windows into a real-time operating system (RTOS), will be showcasing its innovative RTX64 solution and the KINGSTAR platform for PC-based motion control and machine vision at the Taiwan Automation Intelligence and Robot Show (TAIROS) in Taipei, Taiwan from August 31 – September 3, 2016. -
Bedrock Automation and Jacobs partner to pursue automation system security
Under the agreement, the companies will pursue selected projects with automation system requirements for potential implementation of the Bedrock Open Secure Automation (OSA) system. -
Inside Turck’s Industrial Control Edge Devices - Embedded PLC & ARGEE Logic Engines
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com Keeping consistent with Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 concepts and architectures, Turck has embedded PLC control into their traditional products, thereby extending capabilities to be a control company. -
Making OPC UA Secure for the Industrial IoT
By Bob McIlvride, Skkynet Cloud Systems Securing an industrial system requires at the very least securing the perimeter against unauthorized access. The challenge is to fully protect the perimeter, and yet still provide access to the data from OPC UA servers inside. -
Alicat adds EtherNet/IP and DeviceNet compatibility to instruments
The industrial automation protocols enable integration of Alicat instruments with PLCs running EtherNet/IP or DeviceNet. Alicat controllers monitor and control critical process parameters in chemical, medical, manufacturing and power industries. -
Hilscher announces Craig Lentzkow as IIoT Business Development Manager
Mr. Lentzkow will be responsible for developing business opportunities for Hilscher’s netIOT Edge Gateways, through partnerships with global Cloud Services companies, large End-User companies, and IT and automation integrators and consultants. -
To Replace or Service Automation Systems: That is the Question
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com For cost and efficiency purposes, most vendors will try to minimize downtime with already existing automation systems and manufacturing equipment, instead of buying new equipment. This may be a prudent decision in some cases but it does beg some questions -
CC-Link Partner Association and PROFIBUS & PROFINET International announce interoperability specification
The new specification builds on an initial announcement at the 2015 SPS/IPC/Drives fair, where both network organizations promised to maximize the transparency between the two protocols. -
Talent Bridges the Gap Between IT and OT in the Industrial Internet of Things
By Dave Vasko, Rockwell Automation & IoT Talent Consortium Only about 14 percent of companies have been able to fully connect their manufacturing floors with their IT departments, because manufacturers just don’t have the talent they need with skills in security, cloud, industrial communications and data analytics technologies
