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August 1, 2010

Protect Your Control Networks

Control networks are way too open to cyber attack.
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Gary Mintchell, Editor in Chief
August 1, 2010

Too Much Process Control News

The general public is learning about process control this spring and summer—and that’s not a good thing. Because of the safety problems leading up to the explosion and massive oil gusher into the
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August 1, 2010

Vision Outlook Blurred by Economy

Though some see potential for economic recovery, Dan Holste sees one huge impediment for the vision industry.
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August 1, 2010

Control Systems a New "Bull's-eye" for Hackers

The Stuxnet worm that attacked Siemens SCADA and control systems is highly sophisticated, and should be a wake-up call for the industrial controls community, say security experts.
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August 1, 2010

Indian Power Giant Recognized for Automation Innovation

RFID, video conferencing and e-procurement were among the components that helped land an award for the National Thermal Power Corp.
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Blog entry | July 6, 2010

New Interfaces for Existing Industrial Networks

National Instruments rolls out three new interface modules for PROFIBUS, FOUNDATION Fieldbus and DeviceNet.
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July 5, 2010

Level Sensing: Keeping a Level Head

Level sensing is everywhere in industry—a workaday tool that literally keeps things flowing. The ins and outs, no pun intended, reveal a richly varied field, and equally varied engineering.
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July 5, 2010

ScopeCorder Ups the Speed Ante

The DL850 is the next generation of the vendor’s family of ScopeCorders: versatile instruments that combine the benefits of a high-speed oscilloscope and those of a traditional data acquisition reco
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July 5, 2010

OPC-UA Server Adds Modbus

A Modbus TCP/IP driver has been added to Ignition OPC-UA, a cross-platform OPC-UA server. 
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July 5, 2010

Compact, Integrated Motion Control

To enable specialty machine builders, OEMs and others to quickly and easily apply motion control in their applications, the ServoNOW integrated servo system incorporates a closed-loop brushless servo
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July 5, 2010

Metrics are Spreading to the Manufacturing Dashboard

Real-time metrics are helping plant operators fine-tune their plant processes to real cost savings.
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Jim Pinto
July 2, 2010

Nested Niches

Industrial automation seems like a large, unified market, but it’s not; rather, it’s a loose conglomeration of diverse market segments and specialized applications.
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July 2, 2010

Effective Decision Support in Near-Real Time

Plant data historians are moving beyond their traditional role as tools to collect and archive data to better understand past plant performance, to becoming powerful tools that can be used to help i
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July 1, 2010

Robotizing, Unified Control and Clouds Ahead for Robots

Industrial robots and growth seem made for each other.
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Webcast | June 24, 2010

On-Demand Webcast: Wired vs. Wireless Networking

This is the second webcast in a four-part, Industrial Ethernet Series for 2010.
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