Articles & News on FDT Technology

FDT Group and ISA announces FDT 2.0 technology adopted as ISA/ANSI American standards

  • January 23, 2019
  • News

The standard is intended to meet demands in the region for open, standardized device integration on an enterprise-wide basis.

Yokogawa receives SICE Award for FlowNavigator

  • January 7, 2019
  • News

Yokogawa’s FlowNavigator is a software tool that is used to configure the flow parameters for multivariable transmitters and vortex flowmeters and thereby ensure the precise measurement of mass flow.

FDT Group helps Brazilian bioethanol producer streamline automation system

  • January 7, 2019
  • News

The following article describes how a field device management solution employing FDT Technology helped a major bioethanol producer streamline device commissioning and maintenance tasks, and at the same time, increase productivity and savings as part of a major Greenfield project.

ICS Built-in Security in Today’s Connected Enterprise

  • January 7, 2019
  • Feature

By Glenn Schulz, FDT Group and Katherine Voss, ODVA The following article describes efforts by the automation industry to develop next generation standards and technology, which enhance security throughout the lifecycle of industrial control devices in today’s connected world.

FDT Standardized Mobility Solutions and User Interface for Agile Operations

  • January 3, 2019
  • Feature

The following article describes how ongoing technology developments by FDT Group will help optimize industrial organizations and their maintenance departments by enabling cloud-based enterprise data access, device diagnostics, mobility applications, and the use of augmented reality in asset management and predictive maintenance programs.

Timeless Technology Standardizes IIoT Connectivity

  • January 3, 2019
  • Feature

The industrial revolution now underway, commonly referred to as Industry 4.0, is powered by advancements that include smart manufacturing, advanced analytics and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).

All the Data without the Trouble

  • January 3, 2019
  • Feature

The following article describes how technology collaboration between two open, automation industry standards organizations is changing the paradigm for integrating control systems, applications and devices within a unified architecture – all aimed at optimizing information exchange throughout the industrial enterprise.

FDT Standard Looks to the Future - Empowering Digital Transformation

  • January 3, 2019
  • News

For suppliers of industrial control products and solutions, implementation of the FDT standard is a forward-looking strategy supporting the new era of automation.

FDT Group announces full-platform independence for FDT IIoT Server (FITS) architecture

  • November 7, 2018
  • News

With built-in security protecting valuable information and operating data, the FITS platform will enable cloud, enterprise, on-premise, and a single-user desktop deployment method meeting the needs of the process, hybrid and discrete manufacturing sectors.

FDT Group announces release of FDT 2.1 specification

  • April 26, 2018
  • News

The key technological embellishments in 2.1 set the stage for FDT’s transformation towards a complete, standardized Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) architecture enabling sensor-to-cloud, enterprise-wide connectivity for next-generation automation solutions.