Articles

Cybersecurity in Your Safety DNA

If Your Functional Safety and Cybersecurity Programs Aren't Intertwined, You May Not Be as Safe as You Think
Post Date: 05/07/2012
Author: Walt Boyes

Innovations Continue to Flow from ABB Measurement Labs

Autonomous Sensors and Laser Level Scanners Are Among the New Technologies on Tap
Post Date: 04/26/2012
Author: Walt Boyes

Virtualized Computing Aids Process Visualization

There's More than One Way to Display Graphics on a Remote Screen, and Not All Are Created Equal
Post Date: 04/25/2012
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Unprotected Control Systems Are Easy Pickings

Lagging IT Practices, Lack of Rigorous Testing Make SCADA, Industrial Control Systems and PLCs "Low-Hanging Fruit" for Hackers. Smart Phones and Tablets Could Be Next
Post Date: 04/24/2012
Author: Walt Boyes

People Issues, Policy Uncertainties Headline Power Industry Concerns

Panelists Agree: Whatever Keeps You Up at Night, What Really Matters Is What You Do About It
Post Date: 04/24/2012
Author: Walt Boyes

Distributing Production Data

Using Remote Monitoring Sites, Dart Oil and Gas Uses Flow Computers to Monitor and Record Gas Flow Data
Post Date: 04/09/2012
Author: Dan Hebert

Optimizing Process Operations From Afar

AOC Resins Uses Remote Wireless Connections to Access Their Seven Process Plants Across North America from Its Corporate Headquarters
Post Date: 04/09/2012
Author: Dan Hebert

Remote Access Goes Mainstream

Remote Access Is One of the Fastest-Growing and Most Quickly Accepted New Technologies to Ever Hit the Process Control Industry
Post Date: 04/09/2012
Author: Dan Hebert

Addressing Control Applications Using Wireless Devices

How Wired and Wireless Transmitter Installations Differ in Closed-Loop Control Applications and What Changes Are Required in the PID
Post Date: 03/29/2012
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Search for the Asset Management, Part II

GlaxoSmithKline, Beamex and Emerson Process Management team up to streamline calibration and asset software - and use far less paper-at GSK's plant in Cork, Ireland.
Post Date: 03/06/2012
Author: Jim Montague

Chips Are Up, Part 2

Find Out How More Powerful CPUs Have Improved Process Controllers
Post Date: 02/07/2012
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Busting Myths About Foundation Fieldbus

Mythperceptions About Fieldbus Can Be Changed
Post Date: 02/07/2012
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Is Lick-'n-Stick Wireless the Future?

Wireless Networks Don't Come Cheap Nor Does Running Lengthy Wiring That Is Also Time Consumming. Are You Waiting on Standards Convergence or on the Right Application?
Post Date: 02/06/2012
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Farewell to Standardization: Wireless and FDI

Will There Be One Standard for Wireless and One Standard for Field Device Integration?
Post Date: 02/06/2012
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Industrial Computers, Part 2. Data Processing Escapes the Enclosure

Whether It Happens on a Cloud-Based Service, Virtualized Server or Plain Old Wireless, Internet or Ethernet, It's Clear That Industrial Computing for Process Control Has Moved Beyond Its Old Laptops and Desktops. So How Can You Protect Such Far-Flung Data Processing?
Post Date: 01/10/2012
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Protecting the Network, Enclosing the Cloud

How Can You Protect an Industrial Network or the Cloud from Any Harm?
Post Date: 01/10/2012
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The Usual Suspects Win the Readers' Choice Awards!

The Question Isn't Who Won, but Rather Why Do They Win and How Do They Do It
Post Date: 01/05/2012
Author: Walt Boyes, Keith Larson

Want Open Standards? Work at It

End Users Have to Insist Their Favorite Suppliers Support Open, Interoperable Solutions, or We'll Remain Saddled With the Closed, Proprietary Ones
Post Date: 12/30/2011
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Simplicity = Freedom

Reducing Wiring Doesn't Just Save Labor, Time and Expenses
Post Date: 12/07/2011
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Operations Drives Reliability

Operators Can Have a Bigger Impact on Asset Reliability Than Our Maintenance Department
Post Date: 12/05/2011
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