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The Society of Manufacturing Engineers announced a new initiative called Innovations That Could Change The Way You Manufacture.

By Gerrit Boysen and Mariam Coladonato, Phoenix Contact The requirements placed on a firewall in a production zone are different from those in the office world. Therefore, using an industrial firewall with a NAT function can support the individual, simple segmentation of networks.

The event outlined GE's intended path to greater productivity for customers who take advantage of advances in the company’s Asset Performance Management (APM) and ServiceMax industrial applications, powered by Predix, GE’s platform for the Industrial Internet.

According to the study, optimism among industry executives for the potential of the Industrial Internet is striking. Eighty percent believe the IIoT could be transformational to their companies and industries. At the same time, only 8 percent of those executives say digital transformation is ingrained in their businesses, and 10 percent do not have a digital transformation plan in place.

By Bill Lydon, Editor The 2016 Hannover Fair was full of energy and industrial innovation, highlighted by an abundance of evidence that shows Industry 4.0 is moving from concept to real-world applications.

Thanks to drive and control technology from AMK, the solutions of HERO GmbH in Sigmaringendorf, Germany, have done away with anything that is not actually needed to meet the precise product quality standards.

OT/IT convergence introduces new attack surfaces in industrial control systems.

Byworth Boilers in Keighley, UK, uses ABB’s Freelance DCS to control and monitor its boilers. The DCS replaces discrete stand-alone controllers for each loop, such as the maintenance of water level.

By Larry Korak, Infor With the sluggish rate of recovery hovering around 1.8 to 2.2 percent since 2009, many US manufacturers are desperate to gain some traction toward double digit growth. But how and where will they find the turbo boost required to fully escape the impact of the Great Recession?

By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com In this week's Deep Dive, Bill explores the HARTING MICA, an open and modular computing platform, which was awarded with the 13th annual HERMES AWARD at the 2016 Hannover Fair Opening Ceremony in April.

Week of activities introduce young people to the value of STEM learning and careers. 27 February 2016

KnowledgeNet collects plant data from an OSIsoft PI historian and then uses computing, rules, fault propagation and workflow engines to reason over the data to identify the cause of performance gaps at Saudi Aramco Abqaiq Plants.

By Subhajit Bagchi, Belden In the factories of the future, smart communications will become increasingly critical in all aspects of the operation. As models for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) mature and become hardened realities, the technologies and strategies for connecting machines will be essential for enabling increased efficiency, resiliency and productivity.

Linux has long been on the “wishlist" for control systems. Until now, most systems have been locked-in to the Windows operating system due to reliance on classic OPC—a ubiquitous communication standard based on Microsoft’s Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM). The name of the game is changing, however, with the arrival of the next-generation OPC standard, the OPC Unified Architecture (OPC-UA). The new standard was designed for cross-platform compatibility, which makes room for Linux to gain popularity in the automated control industry.

By EVOC Rugged notebooks can be used for data acquisition, equipment testing, communications, etc. In various kinds of harsh and hostile environments, rugged notebooks can be seen acting as unfailing mobile computing platforms.

Tofino Modbus TCP Enforcer Loadable Security Module (LSM) performs detailed analysis and filtering of all Modbus TCP messages, and is certified by Modbus-IDA.

What many operators may not realize is that adoption of large volumes IoT devices will occur in virtually every industry, not just a few. Simply put, the scope of change this adoption will demand in the IT and OT ecosystem is enormous.

For an industrial coating manufacturer, quickly upgrading an aging DCS to a more effective modern system was crucial to enable growth and long-term stability.