Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing

In the factory of the future, several hardware servers will make up a grid that would provide the ability to add or take away programmable logic controller (PLC) processing power simply by adding or removing a server.  If one server fails, the others pick it up instantly.  Nodes on this grid would share resources with one another, providing a large volume...
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Factory of the Future: Virtual PLC Grids?

After Automation World columnist Jim Pinto gave his prognostications for 2012, reader Phil Christopher offered his own vision for the factory of the future.
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IT Infrastructure Challenges

Since manufacturing execution system (MES) implementations are much like enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations in that production and information technology (IT) are closely involved thro
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Cloud Computing: Is It Time to Move Plant Data Outside the Plant?

While advantages are clear, it looks like successful implementation will require a battle to win the hearts and minds of manufacturing.
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Bringing the Cloud Down to Earth

In an exclusive interview with Automation World after the ARC World Industry Forum’s panel discussion on “Plant Software in the Cloud: Fact vs.
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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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Enterprise Connectivity Takes the Weight of Precious Metals Recycling

Stillwater Mining Company (Columbus, MT) deals in palladium, platinum and associated metals, which it obtains from its mines in Montana and from recycling spent catalyst material.
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Second from right, Anthony L. Chirchirillo, ceo, Chirch Global Manufacturing LLC
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Cloud Computing Finds Its Target with Mid-Size Manufacturers

Small and mid-size manufacturers are finding "software as a service" to be more than just the latest rage in Internet computing.
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Automation in the Cloud

Cloud computing means using large, remote Internet-based servers in the same way as if they belonged to your own company.
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The Internet of Things

Sensors and actuators have been connected to the Internet for decades, usually with proprietary protocols that are connected to Internet protocol (IP) networks through gateways.
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