The AW Top 5: Pulse for July 5, 2013

    July 8, 2013
    Recent industry events fuel discussion of hot topics such as cybersecurity and industry technology advances.
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    Speaking at live events recently, industry executives have captured reader interest with talks of cybersecurity and technology advances. Three of this week’s leading stories come from talks at the recent Siemens Automation Summit, The Automaton Conference and Hannover Fair. Here’s the AW Top 5 Pulse for July 5, 2013:

    1. Siemens to Roll Out Industrial Control Security Service
      By David Greenfield, Director of Content/Editor-in-Chief, 7/1/2013
    2. Are You Ready? The New Industrial Revolution Is Here
      By Renee R. Bassett, Deputy Editor, 5/14/2013
    3. Evaluating the Control Platform Choice
      By James R. Koelsch, Contributing Writer, 4/11/2013
    4. Massively Parallel Computing Comes to Asset Monitoring and Analysis
      By David Greenfield, Director of Content/Editor-in-Chief, 6/24/2013
    5. The Future of Manufacturing: Industry 4.0
      By Gary Mintchell, Founding Editor

    Though big industry trends tend to move slowly—evolving over several years—if you’re interested in taking the pulse of the automation industry’s interest at any given moment, check out Automation World’s Top 5 post every Monday. Statistics are based on visits to all articles posted on www.automationworld.com for the previous seven days.

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