Today's automation systems collectively impact plant safety, economic throughput, environmental compliance, and equipment protection. Each system contains a unique and complex collection of tags, ...

It may be controversial, but wireless technology is already being used in process control applications. How far and how fast will this trend go? Will we ever see an "all-wireless" plant?

A previous installment discussed the centrality of network topology to an organization’s data security and outlined the legal framework and obligations incumbent upon many organizations in the U.S.

Just over a decade ago, an article titled, "Advanced Control Strategies Move into the Field" (Control, October 2008), highlighted three evolving trends in the process control world that would "make ...

As enterprises in the automation and process industries look to improve productivity and increase uptime, they are more and more turning to Internet-based technologies that allow employees to remotely ...

MKS Instruments Inc. today said it has plans to merge with Germany’s IPC Fab Automation GmbH, a privately held developer of Web-based hardware and software for e-diagnositics and advanced process ...