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In a recent study, 83 percent of the end users across process and factory automation rated interoperability as a medium to high concern.

The catalog contains 800 pages with more than 4,800 products, including hundreds of new items.

Restructuring involves headcount reductions, primarily in selling, general and administrative functions, involving three percent of the company’s global workforce of 20,000 people.

Guillevin will distribute Semaphore products in western Canada, including Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Yukon and Northwest Territories.

By Rick Zabel, Automation.com The proposed name change of ISA (to "International Society of Automation") is up for a vote again during ISA Expo in Houston, October 14-16, 2008. Last year, the change was voted down, but I have yet to hear a compelling argument against the change. And there are many reasons for the change. If ISA is truly the global society of automation professionals, then its name should reflect its cause. It's time for a change!

The worldwide market for SCADA Systems for the Oil & Gas industry is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.3% over the next five years.

Emerson named Steven A. Sonnenberg executive VP and promoted John M. Berra to chairman of Emerson Process Management

PcVUE HMI/SCADA uses Modbus over TCP/IP switches from Ethernet Direct.

CB Automation will serve as a master distributor for existing ICONICS distributors in the eastern Canada provinces.

ABB will supply five rectiformer systems, which convert AC to DC to operate the smelter, and SCADA systems to monitor and control power quality.

Kepware was selected as the primary provider of manufacturing oriented device communications by Serck Controls, a supplier of SCADA and Telemetry systems.

CEView HMI/SCADA software is certified to run on many popular mobile devices, including the AT&T 5700, MOTOQ Global, Pantech Duo, the Samsung BlackJack and BlackJack II.

Hogan is currently CEO of GE Healthcare and is a member of the GE Senior Executive Council. He will join ABB on September 1, 2008.

White paper describes the application of new SCADA security technology and outlines a sensible, cost-effective approach that is based on the latest developments in SCADA.

Matrikon agreed to sell its SCADANet business to CriticalControl Solutions for $800,000 in cash. The transaction is expected to close July 2, 2008.

An attacker could use the vulnerability to gain remote, unauthenticated access to a host system running CitectSCADA.

The program provides comprehensive training as well as a technical support program that is tailored to the needs of systems integrators.

Adaptive Instruments markets Accutech wireless instrumentation products. In 2006 SCADAgroup acquired Control Microsystems, and earlier this year acquired Trio Datacom.

ABB will provide a SCADAvantage Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system for the SEMCO natural gas control center in Port Huron, Michigan.

The Kingfisher PLUS+ Series RTU embeds the ISaGRAF 5 control software, so it support boths the IEC 61131-3 and IEC 61499 standards.