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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

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Systems Integration

Free to move from hardware to software

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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Systems Integration

BESS builder virtualizes to streamline automation

Feb. 20, 2026

To simulate and test its wood-processing solutions despite increasing demand and throughput, Comact recently implemented Rockwell Automation’s FactoryTalk Logix Echo software to better emulate the behavior of its controllers, access greater processing power, and test them in a virtual environment. The company added three sets of 16 emulated processors for a total of 48 usable systems, which reportedly cost about one-tenth as much as physical processors and associated hardware.

Systems Integration

Sawmill systems test assets intangibly

Feb. 19, 2026

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Systems Integration

Rural water utility closes the distances

Feb. 17, 2026

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Systems Integration

Don’t hesitate to jump into virtualization

Feb. 16, 2026

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Grid for the "Hydrogen Age?"

Dec. 17, 2025

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Asset Management

Too late smart

Nov. 14, 2025

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