Articles & News on Software Tools

Industrial Cybersecurity Trends Reflected in 15 Most-Read Articles

  • by Melissa Landon
  • July 18, 2025
  • Opinion

Our top OT cybersecurity articles for the first half of 2025 cover standards, best practices and remote operations.

IOTSWC Brings Together the Latest Solutions to Accelerate the Digitalization of the Industry

  • May 8, 2025
  • News

257 exhibitors and a hundred experts analyze the keys to promote a model shift at IOT Solution World Congress.

Why 2025’s Cybersecurity Landscape Demands a Complete Overhaul of Your IT Infrastructure

  • by Oscar Morales
  • March 17, 2025
  • Feature

As we move deeper into 2025, organizations must confront an uncomfortable truth: their legacy systems may be their greatest vulnerability.

Leading Companies to Present Solutions for Industrial Transformation at IOTSWC

  • February 19, 2025
  • News

On its 10th anniversary and under the slogan "Connect to the next level," the show will bring together more than 350 direct and indirect exhibitors from all over the world May 13-15.

IOTSWC and BCC 2025 Will Connect Businesses with the New Era of Digitalization and Security

  • January 29, 2025
  • News

Under the theme "Connect to the Next Level," IOTSWC will showcase the latest technological innovations to enable the complete transformation of the industry in the digital environment.

An Open-Source Control Programming Platform for Universalautomation.org Runtime Engine

  • by Bill Lydon
  • October 28, 2024
  • Feature

The Eclipse Foundation 4diac project has spearheaded the open-source industrial software movement.

Canvas GFX Launches Canvas Envision Offering in Microsoft Azure Marketplace

  • September 30, 2024
  • News

The Azure Marketplace listing follows Canvas GFX becoming Microsoft ISV Partner and creates entry-level proposition for Azure ecosystem. 

A Paradigm Shift: Software-defined Industrial Automation

  • by Vinod Ninan
  • August 28, 2024
  • Feature

Prioritizing software over hardware optimizes industrial operations and reduces maintenance costs through data-driven decisions.

The Digital Transformation Imperative: How Modern Software Is Revolutionizing Manufacturing

  • by Kerry Stivaletti
  • August 16, 2024
  • Feature

Modern software solutions are reshaping every day work processes, not just production. This is a critical shift for companies aiming to stay competitive.

Dassault Systèmes, Siemens and ABB Take the Lead In ABI Research’s Robotics Offline Programming Software Competitive Ranking

  • August 16, 2024
  • News

“Perhaps counterintuitively, software is the most important facet of robotics,” George Chowdhury, Robotics Industry analyst at ABI Research, said.

EPLAN announces strategic partnership with Revere Electric Supply

  • April 28, 2020
  • News

The EPLAN-Revere partnership is intended to bring together decades of acute business strategy, product development and technological advancement and deployment to support digital transformations.
 

Top 10 Reasons to Order Industrial Products Online

  • by Sean Beeker
  • April 6, 2020
  • Opinion

By Sean Beeker
This article discusses the top ten reasons most often cited for ordering online and it will also present specific examples of how industrial end user purchasers are benefiting from online ordering.

ICONICS announces free use of CFSWorX Connected Field Worker and Remote Expert collaboration product for 2020

  • April 6, 2020
  • News

This is to help companies address the growing workforce and supply chain disruption created by the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.  

GE Digital announces free Remote Monitoring and Control licenses to iFIX and CIMPLICITY users

  • March 19, 2020
  • News

The web-based solution gives plant operators and management teams real-time monitoring and control access to plant operations and performance over a secure-by-design connection such as VPN. This allows critical infrastructure to operate with a reduced crew on site, while being able to coordinate with their wider teams remotely.

Digital Twin Strategies: Manufacturing tips for successful implementation

  • by Jason Kasper
  • March 16, 2020
  • Opinion

The definition of Digital Twin has been well vetted over the last few years, yet it seems when it’s time to pilot projects, it is forgotten. By working out these kinks, everything else―including performance monitoring, IIoT, predictive analytics and operational simulation―will fall into place.

Open Systems International announces Dr. Thierry Godart as Senior Vice President of Industrial Technology

  • February 24, 2020
  • News

Dr. Godart is known for developing high-performance teams and applying groundbreaking technologies to improve business productivity and sustainability. He comes to OSI well equipped to provide strong strategic leadership to the company’s industrial energy management business unit.

National Instruments announces Averna as SystemLink Platinum Alliance Partner

  • February 18, 2020
  • News

SystemLink was developed by National Instruments as a tool to help engineers and engineering management navigate through Industry 4.0. It works to simplify tasks such as software deployment, device configuration, system monitoring, and data management.

The Future of Information in Intelligent Devices

  • by Matthew Miller
  • February 25, 2008
  • Opinion

Manufacturers need to change their concept of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) from one that effectively ends with the sale to one that promotes an ongoing involvement with the customer and builds on continued service to develop valuable, revenue-generating relationships. In addition, manufacturers will need to re-evaluate their corporate governance and decision-making control in this new environment and their supply chain strategies given the increased high-technology content in their products.

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Peak-Ryzex announces partnership with ShipTrack to enhance logistics management solutions

  • News

ShipTrack’s cloud-based solution can operate as a stand-alone system or integrated with customers’ back-end systems. Whether the system of record is an online ecommerce platform,  ERP, TMS or just a financial software to manage logistics data, ShipTrack can integrate to existing systems and provide customers and the extended value chain 360-degree visibility of order or delivery statuses.