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Strategy and Standards Determine the Value of Your Big Data

  • May 31, 2019
  • Feature

By Daymon Thompson, Beckhoff Automation Many tools enable capturing the potential value that Big Data and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) provide, but companies need to know what kind of information they want and how to gather it securely.

Moxa announces support for the Open Platform Communications Foundation's United Architecture Field

  • May 31, 2019
  • News

With the OPC UA FLC initiative, the OPC Foundation aims to build an open, standards-based communication solution for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) by extending the OPC UA machine-to-machine communication protocol from sensors in the field to IT systems or the cloud.

Moxa announces support for the Open Platform Communications Foundation's United Architecture Field

  • May 31, 2019
  • News

With the OPC UA FLC initiative, the OPC Foundation aims to build an open, standards-based communication solution for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) by extending the OPC UA machine-to-machine communication protocol from sensors in the field to IT systems or the cloud.

Amazon Web Services: The Next Industrial Automation Software Disruptor?

  • May 29, 2019
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Automation.com Amazon is clearly focused on manufacturing and, based on industry events, interviews, analysis, and briefings with users applying AWS technology, is causing another round of disruption in industrial automation.

Emerson to enhance control for Nebraska water/wastewater facility

  • May 21, 2019
  • News

Emerson will install 68 Ovation controllers to control and monitor various utility processes including high-voltage breakers; gas distribution network flow and pressure; water treatment plant control; water well level monitoring; and wastewater lift station monitoring.

BASF chooses Emerson to modernize automation software and controllers at German chemical production

  • May 20, 2019
  • News

BASF will implement Emerson’s hybrid automation solution that replaces existing programmable logic controllers (PLCs), used to control 20 reactors, with Emerson’s DeltaV PK Controller.

BASF chooses Emerson to modernize automation software and controllers at German chemical production

  • May 20, 2019
  • News

BASF will implement Emerson’s hybrid automation solution that replaces existing programmable logic controllers (PLCs), used to control 20 reactors, with Emerson’s DeltaV PK Controller.

MCAA announces induction of Ken Hoffer into the Measurement, Control and Automation Hall of Fame

  • May 16, 2019
  • News

On Wednesday, May 1, during the Association’s Industry Forum in Tucson, AZ, the distinguished achievement award was presented to Ken Hoffer, Chief Executive Officer of Hoffer Flow Controls, Inc.

Tension in Industrial Automation: Open Systems and the User's Dilemma

  • by Bill Lydon
  • May 8, 2019
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Automation.com Suppliers either adapt with technology, or they lose customers and die. This is true in every industry. The industrial and process automation industries will be no exception.

Emerson partners with Vayu to optimize wind farms with machine learning

  • May 8, 2019
  • News

The three-year collaboration combines the power applications and networking capabilities of Emerson’s Ovation automation platform with Vayu’s cloud-computing wind energy optimization technology.