HomeDave GehmanContributing EditorSoftwareISA-95: Integrating Manufacturing’s FuturePoised at the intersection of business systems and control systems, the ISA-95 standard offers a roadmap for making both automation system design and integration with the business side easier.SoftwareFoxboro User Group: Caliel Urges ‘Moving Forward Together'Kicking off the 2012 Foxboro User Group held in Boston Aug. 13-17, Mike Caliel presented the keynote address at the first user group meeting since his return seven months ago as president and chief executive officer of control and information system vendor Invensys Operations Management, a division of Invensys plc.SoftwareDynamic Processes Call for Virtual Plant TechnologyProcess control simulation software is on its way to becoming essential to process plants, and the engineers and operators who run them. Immersive 3D technology is making the models more useful than ever.HomeIndustrial Social Media: Is Your Coyote Calling?Traditional dashboards are so last-week. The infrastructure that has evolved to give utterance to the ever-changing activities of the masses has begun to find its way into production, and it’s delivering new and useful ways for engineers, technicians and business managers to communicate.
