Resources for Machine Automation and Control

Webinar: Open, Software-Defined Automation–Why Open Standards Matter (Part 2)

  • Webinar

Explore the what, why and who of open standards and open automation, including the challenges, partnerships and benefits, including AI and edge computing integration.

White Paper: Enterprise Automation Index 2025

  • White Paper

Redwood Software's report discusses trends, benchmarks and insights into automation an AI readiness.

Webinar: Open, Software-Defined Automation–The Evolution From Hardware to Software (Part 1)

  • Webinar

Experts from Schneider Electric discuss the origins, structure, advantages and use cases of this new automation approach using their EcoStruxure Automation Software.

White Paper: Advice on Specifying the Best Variable Frequency Drive

  • White Paper

The latest installment of the Ask the Automation Pros series from ISA describes what to consider when specifying variable frequency drives (VFDs) for pump motors. This paper provides additional information.

White Paper: How AIoT Technologies Drive Manufacturing Digitalization

  • White Paper

Automation.com and Hikvision have jointly released a white paper that explores how AIoT is helping manufacturers work more effectively.

AUTOMATION 2023: IIoT & Industry 4.0 (November)

  • Ebook

This November issue of AUTOMATION 2023 covers smart manufacturing, industrial machine building, digital transformation, IIoT devices, sensors for machine health monitoring and more.

White Paper: Modernizing the Manufacturing Industry with MQTT

  • White Paper

Moving data within different levels of factory automation is easier said than done. For brownfield projects, the current data exchange method is often through proprietary protocols resulting in data silos. This whitepaper highlights how MQTT can bring data interoperability and help modernize smart manufacturing.

Webinar: Making Product Quality Profitable for Manufacturers

  • Webinar

In this webinar, you’ll learn about the current state of quality in manufacturing, key challenges, and how Plex QMS addresses those challenges.

White Paper: Getting Your TSN Product to Market

  • White Paper

Created for automation vendors, “Getting your TSN product to market” provides a practical insight on how to implement the technology and the importance of conformance testing for TSN products.

Automation & Control Trends Analysis 2021: The Digitalization Dozen

  • Ebook

Bill Lydon's sixth annual trends report discusses new technologies from outside the realm of traditional automation solutions, as well as the rapid expansion of proven tools and techniques, that are being applied to improve the productivity, profitability and competitiveness of manufacturers.

Think Afresh While Planning Your System Modernization

  • Webinar

Register for this webinar and learn how to evaluate your migration and modernization options, and how Honeywell technology and services can facilitate seamless, hassle-free migration from any legacy system.

Webinar: Have We Been Going About APC Monitoring All Wrong?

  • Webinar

This presentation will cover on a new approach for APC monitoring, focusing on the problem, a solution and several industrial case studies where the solution has been applied.

Automation 2020: Control Systems

  • Ebook

In this edition of AUTOMATION 2020, you’ll learn about the promise and reality of control systems that combine such new technologies with the robustness, security, and sophistication needed for industrial applications.

Webinar: Storage Product Innovation Designed for the Edge, Core and Cloud

  • Webinar

In this webinar, Dell Technologies will share with you the latest announcements to their Industrial Automation product portfolio.

Bill Lydon's Automation & Control Trends Report 2020-2021

  • Ebook

Bill Lydon's Automation & Control Trends Report 2020-2021 reports on ten trends shaping the automation, control and instrumentation, and provides lists of related articles for each trend. This annual report is from Automation.com, a subsidiary of ISA--The International Society of Automation.  

Webinar: Next-Gen Technologies Enabling Connected Manufacturing

  • Webinar

Hear from a panel of experts how manufacturers are transforming and how industrial solution builders can keep them ready for the era of new industrial revolution.

Advancing Automation: Manufacturing Software

  • Ebook

This Manufacturing Software ebook will have everything today’s plant operator needs to ensure the smooth integration of the old and the new, in the connected and secure environment which is increasingly vital for industrial success.