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How Field Tablets are Changing the Game in Instrumentation
- by Fabrício Andrade, Endress+Hauser
- Opinion
Device libraries have been a common problem for many field communicators, and the complicated update procedure has been a nightmare for many users. Vendors sometimes struggle to understand what really happens in the field, and the chat groups on WhatsApp prove that the challenges still exist out there.

PRM’s New Features Optimize Plant Maintenance
- News
PRM centralizes management of large volumes of data from instrumentation and equipment.and fully supports communication standards such as HART, FOUNDATION fieldbus™ (FF-H1), PROFIBUS, PROFINET, ISA100 and FDT/DTM (Field Device Tool/Device Type Manager4) interface standards

FDT 3.0 Common Components Decrease Development Efforts and Increase Interoperability
- by Manfred Brill, FDT
- Opinion
The FDT ecosystem is evolving to incorporate modern web-based and mobile applications in the process, hybrid and discrete manufacturing markets.

Security at the Edge with Microsegmentation
- by Courtney Schneider
- Feature
The IIoT connects edge devices in OT networks directly to the Internet to enhance operational efficiencies. What confuses security designs for IIoT deployments is differing kinds of risk.

OPC Experts Interview:The Technology Behind OPC UA
- by Michael Clark
- Feature
Learn from an interview with Darek Kominek of Matrikon about the concepts of built-in security, the IT-OT gap, protecting against hacker/malware attacks, and many other features that have made OPC UA the secure data-exchange standard it is today. his is the third in the series of OPC Experts Interviews.

NCCoE announces 10 technology collaborators for Protecting Information and System Integrity in Industrial Control System Environments project
- News
These collaborators will work with the NCCoE project team to provide a practical solution to help manufacturers protect their industrial control system(s) (ICS) from data integrity attacks.

Saratech announces acquisition of Apex Digital Manufacturing Solutions
- News
Saratech will take over all of Apex's PLM software license and subscription sales, support services, and training classes.

Back to USB School
- by Eric D. Knapp, Honeywell Connected Enterprise
- Opinion
By Eric D. Knapp
USB attacks blur the line between a network threat and a local physical threat. The USB protocol essentially extends every one of our networks into something exponentially bigger.

FDT Group releases FDT 3.0 – FDT IIoT Server (FITS) standard
- News
The FDT 3.0 standard is intended to accelerate the evolutionary journey into the Fourth Industrial Revolution by enabling an ecosystem of FDT-based solutions to meet demands for IIoT and Industrie 4.0 applications.

Redhorse Corporation announces Dr. John Zangardi as President
- News
In this role, Zangardi will be responsible for the day to day operation of Redhorse Corporation and will be based in Washington, D.C.
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