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  • Why Did You Join the ISAGCA? Insights from Our Members (Part 2)

    Why Did You Join the ISAGCA? Insights from Our Members (Part 2)

    We asked a few of the ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance founding members why they decided to join. This is Part 2 of a series.
    By: Kara Phelps
    16 June, 2020 | 2 minutes
  • How Field Tablets are Changing the Game in Instrumentation

    How Field Tablets are Changing the Game in Instrumentation

    Device libraries have been a common problem for many field communicators, and the complicated update procedure has been a nightmare for many users. Vendors sometimes struggle to understand what really happens in the field, and the chat groups on WhatsApp prove that the challenges still exist out there.
    By: Fabrício Andrade
    15 June, 2020 | 2 minutes
  • PRM’s New Features Optimize Plant Maintenance

    PRM’s New Features Optimize Plant Maintenance

    PRM centralizes management of large volumes of data from instrumentation and equipment.and fully supports communication standards such as HART, FOUNDATION fieldbus™ (FF-H1), PROFIBUS, PROFINET, ISA100 and FDT/DTM (Field Device Tool/Device Type Manager4) interface standards
    15 June, 2020 | 2 minutes
  • FDT 3.0 Standard and Development Tools Now Available

    FDT 3.0 Standard and Development Tools Now Available

    By Lee Lane, FDT Chairman of the Board of Directors Created on the long legacy of the rock solid FDT standard, we now release the features and capabilities that are needed for IIoT, remote monitoring, mobility, and IT/OT integration.
    By: Lee Lane
    15 June, 2020 | 4 minutes
  • FDT 3.0 Common Components Decrease Development Efforts and Increase Interoperability

    FDT 3.0 Common Components Decrease Development Efforts and Increase Interoperability

    The FDT ecosystem is evolving to incorporate modern web-based and mobile applications in the process, hybrid and discrete manufacturing markets.
    By: Manfred Brill
    15 June, 2020 | 8 minutes
  • KEMET and Yageo announce merger completion

    KEMET and Yageo announce merger completion

    In accordance with the terms of the merger agreement, Yageo has acquired all of the outstanding shares of KEMET’s common stock for US $27.20 per share in an all-cash transaction with an equity value of approximately US $1.6 billion.
    14 June, 2020 | 1 minute
  • Association for Advancing Automation announces series of five virtual events

    Association for Advancing Automation announces series of five virtual events

    The in-person Collaborative Robots, Advanced Vision & AI Conference is postponed until the Fall of 2021. However, A3’s Robotic Grinding and Finishing Conference, slated for December 2-3 in St. Paul, Minnesota, will be held in-person if possible, and online if not.
    14 June, 2020 | 1 minute
  • Security at the Edge with Microsegmentation

    Security at the Edge with Microsegmentation

    The IIoT connects edge devices in OT networks directly to the Internet to enhance operational efficiencies. What confuses security designs for IIoT deployments is differing kinds of risk.
    By: Courtney Schneider
    14 June, 2020 | 2 minutes
  • OPC Experts Interviews: OPC UA and Security

    OPC Experts Interviews: OPC UA and Security

    Learn from an interview with Darek Kominek of Matrikon about the concepts of built-in security, the IT-OT gap, protecting against hacker/malware attacks, and many other features that have made OPC UA the secure data-exchange standard it is today. his is the third in the series of OPC Experts Interviews.
    By: Michael Clark
    12 June, 2020 | 10 minutes
  • ISA President's Column: ISA Community, Let Your Voice Be Heard

    ISA President's Column: ISA Community, Let Your Voice Be Heard

    In this monthly column, 2020 International Society of Automation (ISA) President Eric Cosman encourages members to pitch in and shape the future.
    By: ISA Past-Presidents
    12 June, 2020 | 4 minutes
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