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Flow Technology
The Latest Products for Measuring and Tracking Flow

ISA-88 Works for Continuous Processes Too
Using ISA88 Principles to Address Procedural Operations in Industries Outside the Traditional Batch Realm

New Guidelines for Fieldbus Systems
Experienced Users Concluded That the Effort of Classifying and Segregating Critical Service Loops Is Not Worth the Effort

Functional Security–Walking the Walk
When It Comes to Functional Security, How Do You Handle Security Updates?

The Future is Now
Process Control Is Open to Innovation!

Calling All Future Engineers
Engineers Always Come Up with Inventions We Love. 2010 Is a Promising Year for Future Engineers

Bad Names
The Price of Lying Isn't Just in the Deception Itself, but in How It Damages Relationships and Destroys Potential Opportunities

Pumping Station Optimization - Part 2
Bela Liptak Talks About the Phenomenon of Net Positive Suction Head (NPSH) and Multiple Pump Stations

Computers in a Nutshell
Industrial PCs Can Take Almost Any Form These Days, but Many Users Still Need Protected and Enclosed Hard Drives, Screens, Keyboards and Other Interfaces in Increasingly Harsh and Varied Settings

Alarm Management with 1-ms Precision
Operators Need to Differentiate One Alarm from Another

A Gathering of Eagles: Ask the Experts Special Edition
Valve Questions: Why Do the Two Valves Not Open and Close at the Same Rate? Why Does the Heating Valve Close Too Soon as Compared to the Cooling Valve?

2010 Control Readers' Choice Awards
Control Readers Report Their Solution Provider Preferences in More than 100 Process Automation Technology Categories

Listen to Software Vendors; Nuclear energy Is "Inhuman"?
Are You Listening, Software Vendors? Béla Lipták's Replies to a Letter that Questioned If the Pursuit of Nuclear Energy Was "Inhuman"

Invest in Your Own Backyard
Lean Times May Be the Best Time to Spend on Enterprise Integration

ANSI ISA 100.11a Approval Stalled
Dispute over appeals process derails process and may affect IEC acceptance.

David Quinn Mayne Gets IEEE Award
David Quinn Mayne Gets IEEE Award

EDDL Cooperation Team to Become the FDI Cooperation
Automation suppliers agreed to enlarge the scope of the EDDL Cooperation Team

GE and FANUC Complete Joint Venture Dissolution
GE and FANUC Ltd. Dissolved the GE Fanuc Automation Corporation Joint Venture

Manufacturers Ambivalent About Benefits of Social Media
Manufacturers are struggling with the question of whether "social media" applications have any value to their operations