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Perspective
 | May 5, 2012

Automation on the High Seas

Manufacturing’s continuing expansion knows no borders, including land.
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Feature Article
 | May 5, 2012

Food Producer Success: New Automation Strategy Drives Control System Migration

A major food producer sought to replace its legacy distributed control system to handle a greater variety of automation tasks.
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Events
 | April 12, 2012

The 55th Annual Power Industry Division Symposium (ISA)

The 55th Annual Power Industry Division Symposium (ISA), held in Austin, Tex., offers power industry professionals a place to gather and discuss the latest innovations in controls, instrumentation, cy
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News
 | February 24, 2012

Avid Solutions Named Yokogawa VigilantPlant Partner

Avid Solutions is now a member of the Yokogawa’s VigilantPlant Partner Program, a program designed to mutually enhance the value proposition to end-user clients.
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Column
 | February 2, 2012

Walled Garden or Open Field?

There is thoughtful debate over the best approach to automation in a fully digital world.
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Column
 | December 22, 2011

Recent Trends Shape Future of Distributed Control Systems

The network infrastructure of the DCS and the network architecture for plant information are becoming increasingly intertwined.
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Tech Abstract
 | December 21, 2011

Optimizing and Securing An Industrial DCS with VMware

NEW! Starting in 2012, the AW staff will provide "snippets" of white papers, technical research or surveys in the automation space.
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White Paper | December 21, 2011

Optimizing and Securing an Industrial DCS with VMware

Global Process Automation deploys a new DCS using VMware to create a secure and robust operating environment for operators and engineers.
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Product
 | December 2, 2011

Intelligent Marshalling and More in Expanded DCS

Called the next major evolution of the Foxboro I/A Series distributed control system, the latest I/A Series system includes an Intelligent Marshalling solution and high-performance Foxboro control sof
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Column
 | November 30, 2011

Automation: Overdue for a Revolution

The large automation companies are all spending modest amounts of research and development money to develop good products.
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Empowering Engineers
Column
 | November 30, 2011

Empower People for Manufacturing Success

Engineers add more value to a manufacturing enterprise than anyone else.
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EDDL and WirelessHart unlocking intelligence in Hart devices on proprietary systems.
October 11, 2011

Wireless Device Integration

How Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL) can be used to integrate hardwired and wireless devices into a control system for device diagnostics and device version updates.
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Perspective
 | October 1, 2011

Renewable Energy: An Island Project

Off the coast of Spain, the island of El Hierro will soon supply all its own power via renewable energy.
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Production performance messages like this one use XML to
Case Application
 | October 1, 2011

Markup Languages Enhance Integration

Incorporating markup languages into software application code can overcome disruptive inter-platform communications barriers, bringing together groups of engineers and disparate technologies.
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News
 | June 29, 2011

Siemens Targets Process Industries in a Big Way

First-day announcements from the annual Siemens Automation Summit user conference include a new blog and touring demonstration vehicle highlighting Siemens process instrumentation and analytics prod
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