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By Bill Lydon Open system options continue to emerge from nontraditional suppliers and standards groups, and this is a trend that I expect will accelerate and enable multivendor interoperability at all levels of the system architecture.

There is an increasing recognition that an integrated cybersecurity approach is required for an entire manufacturing and production company. Many manufacturing companies are realizing with the integration of IT, OT, automation and other functions that designating one leader responsible for all cybersecurity for the company is most effective.

By Bill Lydon Accelerating the application of collaborative types of robots is the integration of vision systems with artificial intelligence, and this integration is enabling a range of new applications.

By Bill Lydon, Implementing Digital Twin concepts is quickly becoming fundamental for organizations achieve real-time integrated manufacturing.

By Bill Lydon Time synchronization and accelerate the continued integration of Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) groups. This trend has been facilitating changes in organizational structures, and the creation, in many cases, of integrated IT/OT groups.

By Bill Lydon The Process Automation industry has been heavily impacted by the influx of new technologies and, as we enter the next decade, several organizations are providing roadmaps in order to help process automation companies enable the best practices to leverage these technologies and drive competitiveness and productivity forward.

By Bill Lydon The impact of open manufacturing initiatives continues to be a worldwide affair. These initiatives continue to grow as industry recognizes the need to modernize and the Industry 4.0 movement (called “Industrie 4.0” in Germany, its country of origin) continues to accelerate.

Sign in to download the issue PDF or read online all the articles on digital transformation and industrial AI in this Nov/Dec 2025 issue of Automation.com Monthly.

Here's why now is the right time for capital investment, from the new OBBBA tax benefit to component availability.

Here's why strategy — not software — determines whether automation investments actually deliver operational value.

For the companies pioneering humanoid development, the question is no longer if the technology will work, but whether it can keep working in the field.

SIL determination is a site-specific, process-specific analysis, and under IEC 61511, it is the process owner’s responsibility to carry it out with rigor.

Redfish-inside PLCs — driven by Unitronics — are reshaping cooling, control and DCIM integration.

ISA Fellows and others discuss what’s needed to turn process data into performance improvement.

80.73% of survey respondents received a salary increase of at least 1% in 2025.

The absence of PSV diagnostics has frequently resulted in undetected malfunctions, expensive downtime and, in certain situations, fatalities.

Coriolis mass flow meters measure mass directly and remain accurate regardless of temperature, pressure or state.

This article examines the issues concerning pressure sensors and value discrepancies, provides knowledge of pressure measurement and offers recommendations.

Industrial automation in clean energy is transforming how electricity is produced, stored and delivered.

Here is where the MES-versus-MOM distinction stops being an academic exercise and starts costing real money.