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  • Definitions of IT/OT Convergence Shape OT Cybersecurity Risks and Solutions

    Definitions of IT/OT Convergence Shape OT Cybersecurity Risks and Solutions

    ISA President Scott Reynolds moderated a panel on the cybersecurity risks related to the convergence of enterprise-level IT systems and industrial OT systems.
    By: Renee Bassett
    08 October, 2025 | 3 minutes
    Sponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA)
  • Making Outbound Connections for OT Data Security

    Making Outbound Connections for OT Data Security

    Secure access to data from a production system means making outbound connections.
    By: Martin Rempel
    07 October, 2025 | 3 minutes
    Sponsored By Skkynet Cloud Systems
  • Reducing Complexity in Data Center Cooling Temperature Measurements

    Reducing Complexity in Data Center Cooling Temperature Measurements

    Endress+Hauser’s iTHERM SurfaceLine TM611 non-invasive temperature measurement performs comparably to traditional industrial thermometers with an elegant mechanical innovation.
    By: Endress + Hauser Communications
    04 September, 2025 | 3 minutes
  • IDEC's 7” Combined PLC+HMI Increases Display Size and I/O Options

    IDEC's 7” Combined PLC+HMI Increases Display Size and I/O Options

    A large 7” vivid multi-touch display with an integrated controller and expandable I/O enables the new FT2J Series PLC+HMI to handle more applications than ever before.
    22 February, 2024
  • HART Legacy Systems. Source: Moore Industries

    Bridging the Gap: Bringing HART Diagnostics to Legacy 4-20mA Systems

    For plants weighing modernization against budget and downtime constraints, extracting existing HART data is one of the lowest-disruption steps available.
    By: Bob Myles
    11 September, 2026 | 3 minutes
    Sponsored By Moore Industries-International, Inc.
  • Thumbnail for New Book on Mass Flow Measurement Explores Coriolis Theory and the Geometry of Flow

    New Book on Mass Flow Measurement Explores Coriolis Theory and the Geometry of Flow

    Mass Flow Measurement, published by Taylor and Francis on June 26, 2026, explores the concept of mass and its measuring technologies in non-technical language.
    20 July, 2026 | 4 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Critical Manufacturing to Showcase MES-Powered Industrial Operations Platform for Intelligent Semiconductor Manufacturing at SEMICON India 2026

    Critical Manufacturing to Showcase MES-Powered Industrial Operations Platform for Intelligent Semiconductor Manufacturing at SEMICON India 2026

    Critical Manufacturing will bring its vision of the factory of the future to life, showing how manufacturers can transform operational complexity into actionable intelligence through a unified platform. 
    27 August, 2026 | 3 minutes
  • The Manufacturing Predicament

    Automation.com, February 2011 By Gerald Shankel, Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Manufacturing creates jobs, but manufacturers simply cannot find the skilled labor needed today to handle the kinds of sophisticated production processes and tasks required on the manufacturing shop floor.
    17 February, 2011 | 13 minutes
  • TrendMiner announces $1.1 Million funding from The Innovation Fund

    This is a symbolic investment after the Fund’s recent series A funding to TrendMiner of $6 million in December 2015. The investment group supports promising companies identified as creating exceptional value to the chemical industry.
    27 July, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Change is afoot in the Data Acquisition Market

    Automation.com, June 2012 By J Timothy Shea, VDC Research Group VDC partnered with Automation.com to develop market intelligence studies for Data Acquisition Solutions, including external chassis & modules, plug-in data acquisition analog I/O boards, and standalone data acquisition software.
    25 June, 2012 | 8 minutes
  • FDT Group helps Brazilian bioethanol producer streamline automation system

    FDT Group helps Brazilian bioethanol producer streamline automation system

    The following article describes how a field device management solution employing FDT Technology helped a major bioethanol producer streamline device commissioning and maintenance tasks, and at the same time, increase productivity and savings as part of a major Greenfield project.
    07 January, 2019 | 8 minutes
  • Realize Your Digital Transformation Now

    Realize Your Digital Transformation Now

    Make the most of your journey toward digitalization and Industrie 4.0 today to ensure your competitive edge, with scalable solutions from Siemens. Now is the right time to begin: Become a digital enterprise and stay ahead of your competition.
    By: John Meyer
    20 December, 2021 | 8 minutes
  • ABB orders decline in Q1

    ABB’s orders declined 19 percent in the first quarter of 2010 as a result of lower large orders and overall weakness in the power infrastructure business.
    22 April, 2010 | 8 minutes
  • Where Bedrock Open Secure Automation (OSA) Fits Into the History of Industrial Automation

    Where Bedrock Open Secure Automation (OSA) Fits Into the History of Industrial Automation

    Bedrock OSA is the key to unlocking the value that has been suppressed by proprietary technologies, unnecessary complexity and cyber vulnerability. It provides revolutionary advancements in cybersecurity, openness, ease-of-use, simplicity of design, performance and user value.
    By: Peter G. Martin
    09 May, 2022 | 8 minutes
  • Intelligent Automation - A Big Winner in Product Engineering

    Intelligent Automation - A Big Winner in Product Engineering

    Intelligent Automation will help these companies and their engineers to beat the competition and make an impact in this highly competitive and evolving digital trend of integrated Cyber – Physical world of manufacturing, called Industry 4.0.
    07 November, 2019 | 8 minutes
  • IMTS concludes as third largest in their history

    IMTS 2016, the 31st edition of the show, was the third largest in number of registrations (115,612) and in net square feet of exhibit space (1,370,256). This show hosted the highest number of exhibiting companies ever (2,407).
    23 September, 2016 | 8 minutes
  • Justifying Automation in the Era of the Connected Enterprise

    Justifying Automation in the Era of the Connected Enterprise

    Demand for improved productivity & competitiveness will force companies to invest in new, innovative & connected ways to optimize plants & supply networks.
    By: Contributing Authors
    21 March, 2016 | 8 minutes
  • The Versatility of Signal Interface Instruments

    The Versatility of Signal Interface Instruments

    Signal interface instruments can be used to share, split, boost, protect, step down, linearize and even digitize process signals. This feature originally appeared in the February 2024 issue of InTech digital magazine.
    By: Bob Myles
    05 March, 2024 | 8 minutes
  • Unlocking Value in the Digital Era

    Unlocking Value in the Digital Era

    Integration and connectivity are key considerations in successfully employing Industry 4.0 solutions. This feature comes from the ebook AUTOMATION 2023 Volume 3: IIoT & Industry 4.0.
    By: Dawid Sadie
    07 August, 2023 | 8 minutes
    Sponsored By Software Toolbox
  • How to Cross the Agentic AI Bridge to Physical AI in Manufacturing

    How to Cross the Agentic AI Bridge to Physical AI in Manufacturing

    NVIDIA’s Omniverse forms the portal to a future where digital efficiencies unite to overcome physical obstacles on the factory floor.
    By: Mike Wisniewski
    09 April, 2025 | 4 minutes
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