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Industrial Networking 2012 Q2

May 23, 2012

IN12Q2 COverThe benefits of cloud storage are unquestionable in commercial and personal applications, but does it make sense on the plant floor? In this issue of Industrial Networking, Senior Technical Editor Dan Hebert explores how third-party storage is being developed for manufacturing, and whether the controls and safeguards are convincing enough to tie the plant to cloud-based services. Also in the Q2 issue: Understand how the "black channel" acts as a hidden safety network; hear a perspective on why industry needs more thinking brains; and learn how to get your industrial network right.

The benefits of cloud storage are unquestionable in commercial and personal applications, but does it make sense on the plant floor? In this issue of Industrial Networking, Senior Technical Editor Dan Hebert explores how third-party storage is being developed for manufacturing, and whether the controls and safeguards are convincing enough to tie the plant to cloud-based services. Also in the Q2 issue: Understand how the "black channel" acts as a hidden safety network; hear a perspective on why industry needs more thinking brains; and learn how to get your industrial network right.

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