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Systems Integration

New virtualization tools keep sprouting

Software, platforms, tools and lingo from the IT side promise to optimize process operations

Feb. 24, 2026

Codesys and Cisco have collaborated has built and tested a software-defined network architecture that supports virtualizing industrial automation and control systems (IACS) and controllers. This strategy lets users consolidate plant-floor PLCs, industrial PCs, HMIs, network gateways and other physical-compute resources onto virtual machines (VM), which can run on a hyperconverged compute and storage infrastructure (HCI).

Systems Integration

Show us how to converge with SDNs

Feb. 23, 2026

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Emerson redefines scalable reliability with AI-driven APM

Feb. 20, 2026

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dhp uses software-defined automation to cut commissioning time 50% for solar, folding roofs

Oct. 22, 2025

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Salt River Project modernizes four hydroelectric dams

Oct. 20, 2025

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Shaping analytics

Oct. 3, 2025

After updating its 30-year-old control and I/O infrastructure from Opto 22 to its newer groov EPIC controllers, I/O channels and GRV-CSERI-4 serial modules, Varland Plating’s electroplating plant in Cincinnati, Ohio, developed homegrown historian software with Opto 22’s open-source-friendly REST API, visualizes and contextualizes data using Grafana’s open-source monitoring platform, and performs custom data collection with Ignition web-based SCADA software.

Hardware underpins digitalized data processing

Sept. 25, 2025

The City of Conroe has invested in scalable, intelligent systems, including Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure Automation Expert software, at its Little Eqypt water plant.

Open automation steps up

Sept. 25, 2025

Figure 1: Ferroloy iron foundry in Wichita, Kan., worked with system integrator Artek Integrated Solutions to build and configure a server-based MySQL database; link it with Inductive Automation’s web-based Ignition SCADA software and Tag Historian module; establish a centralized repository for maximizing data collection and analytics; and identify trends and shift reports almost in real time. Ignition also helps the foundry secure data from its Hitachi and Heraeus equipment, connect with PLCs on its Sinto molding machines, and directly access its B&L Odyssey ERP system.

Iron foundry and system integrator make analytics more affordable

Sept. 23, 2025

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