Automation Software

VMware Player goes virtual

Written by Jeremy Pollard Wednesday, 21 July 2010 14:27

My customers use a lot of Rockwell Automation products. As with most industrial sites, and processes, the equipment is older and uses less-than-recent software revisions. Microsoft and Intel have continued…

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Software for the mind: A book review of the IEC 61499 function block standard

Written by Jeremy Pollard Monday, 15 September 2008 00:00

While this book is primarily written for academia and for course study, it can very well suit some control engineers and some process guys to allow them to learn more…

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Software for the future: New technologies will be driven by new software, so be prepared

Written by Jeremy Pollard Wednesday, 24 February 2010 13:19

Ten Years After: a rock group that performed at Woodstock, with Alvin Lee as an up-and-coming guitar player. Who’d have known, come 2009, that anyone would remember 40 years into…

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FreeProxy network manager: Software controls users’ access to shared resources

Written by Jeremy Pollard Monday, 26 October 2009 09:16

Cyber security and rogue plant floor applications are made for each other. One tries to get to places while the other tries to stop them. Sounds like parents with teenagers.…

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Network monitoring software that gives you the whole picture

Written by Jeremy Pollard Monday, 06 October 2008 00:00

I have to admit that when I started this review of IntraVUE network monitoring and configuration software, I was a bit skeptical about a product claimed it could map out…

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