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OpinionFrom the Editor: Eight AI Trends Reshaping Industrial Operations in 2026
AI is no longer an emerging experiment in industrial environments — it is now a foundational capability driving efficiency, resilience and enterprise-wide transformation. -
FeatureBuilding Industrial MQTT Networks at Scale with Edge Computing
MQTT (formerly MQ Telemetry Transport) consistently ranks as the most popular IoT-specific messaging protocol. However, there are several obstacles to bringing the power of MQTT to an industrial environment. From Volume 1 of the Automation 2021 Ebook: IIoT & Industry 4.0. -
FeatureWhen Milliseconds Matter: Protecting Critical Infrastructure With Real-Time Security Intelligence
SIEM software solutions give organizations a centralized view of their digital environments, enabling them to detect anomalies, investigate incidents and respond to threats. -
NewsRansomware Persisted Despite Improved Detection in 2022
Although ransomware's share of incidents declined only slightly from 2021 to 2022, defenders were more successful detecting and preventing ransomware. -
FeatureFive Ways to Combat Cybersecurity Risk in Digital Manufacturing
With digital advancements in AI, IoT and automation becoming increasingly critical to manufacturing success, organizations face growing threats from bad actors who wreak digital havoc via ransomware, theft of sensitive data, disruption of critical national and international infrastructure and more. -
FeatureThe Quiet Revolution in Mobile Computing: Why Rugged Computing Is a Strategic Necessity
It is time to move beyond retrofitting consumer tech and embrace rugged solutions as a core part of your digital strategy. -
FeatureHow Data Maturity Brings Industrial AI Agents Within Reach
Manufacturers can build a foundational data infrastructure that enables them to adopt agents faster and with less outright risk. -
Case Study
Westermo helps Electricity North West upgrade to Ethernet/IP communications network
The modernised, `non-operations’ network provides reliability and bandwidth helping the company to better monitor and control the supply of electricity to 2.4 million properties in the UK. -
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Remote and condition monitoring in chemical plants
Automation.com, January 2012 By Gianni Minetti, Paradox Engineering Chemical plants struggle with growing complexity and are often instrumented for process control. Wireless sensors might not always be a viable option, while wireless transmission seems to be the best choice. So how to conjugate these two elements? -
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Systems integration for Industry 4.0
By Nick Boughton, Boulting Group Connected devices have infiltrated every aspect of our lives, including the most traditional industry sectors. Here arethe challenges connectivity poses for industry, particularly with regard to systems integration and the water industry. -
FeatureUpskilling to Adapt to Industry 4.0
Industry 4.0 requires professionals to upskill and adapt to the changing demands of automation and digital transformation. -
FeatureThe Role of AI and Smart Connectivity: A Digital Journey Within IT and OT
Those that successfully integrate OT and IT systems through IIoT will be better positioned to harness the full potential of AI. -
FeatureFive Enterprise-grade Networking Capabilities You Need for Your Operations
A successful collaboration between IT and OT hinges on a couple of conditions–the operational network must have the security and manageability capabilities of IT run networks, and IT tools, in turn, must adapt to the operational networks' unique industrial features. -
FeatureWhat Is MQTT, and How Can Industrial Automation Companies Use It?
MQTT is considered to be a lightweight messaging protocol for sending small packets of information in limited bandwidth applications. -
NewsHPE Threat Labs Report Reveals Cyber Adversaries Are Morphing Their Business Model to Scale and Accelerate Attacks
A new HPE Threat Labs report brings together world-class network threat research expertise and experience. -
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IoT Solution Leverages Experience
By Bill Lydon, Editor A discussion with CEO Jerry Chase and Director of Products Dave McCarthy about the company’s Internet of Things (IoT) offering DataV and related services. -
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Energy Efficiency: How Everyone Can Generate Negawatts
By Don Frieden, Wonderware An organization can reduce their energy consumption in two primary ways. First, they can reduce their level of production. The second is retrofitting existing assets and modifying current work processes. -
FeatureManufacturing in the AI-Powered Age: Hackers Set Their Sights on Smart Factories
The transformative powers of AI in manufacturing have not gone unnoticed—by hackers! -
Case Study
450 Routers enable remote monitoring at Thames Water sites
eWON Ethernet routers allow Thames Water to remotely monitor and control critical assets located at its water pumping stations and sewage treatment works across the UK. -
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RTU as an Intelligent Remote Gateway
By Kevin L. Finnan The trend toward intelligent devices in remote SCADA installations would seem to put remote terminal units (RTUs) on the path to obsolescence. Instead, it illustrates the evolving value of RTUs in contemporary systems.
