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Like many businesses competing in a global market, Sony Corporation is challenged to do more with less. The electronics company provides leading-edge products like Blu-ray Disc players, Bravia televisions, Cyber-shot…
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Building the business case for industrial Ethernet: Aberdeen Group
Written by Nuris Ismail and Matthew Littlefield April 26, 2011
Manufacturing is an industry with complex operations, where the success of any organization lies in producing high quality products at lower costs at the right time. This requires companies to…
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Cloud conscious: Five key considerations before moving to the cloud
Written by James Whitemore April 25, 2011
The cloud. It seems like everyone, from technology pundits to mothers in TV commercials, is talking about how computing is moving to the cloud - the delivery of applications to…
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Industrial networking library a resource for manufacturers
Written by Mary Del Ciancio November 01, 2010
Rockwell Automation has added five new white papers to its resource library on managing real-time control and information flow throughout the manufacturing and IT enterprise. The new white papers share…
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The next generation of open connectivity: New specifications in OPC standards are opening doors in industrial automation
Written by Tony Paine July 22, 2010
A new generation of OPC, or open connectivity in industrial automation, is upon us. The latest specification is a major step forward in both technology and capability. Called OPC-UA, it…
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Ether-networking: How Ethernet links the manufacturing environment with the enterprise level
Written by Mike Hannah November 26, 2009
Ethernet has been the de facto standard for business enterprise systems for many years, and the industry adoption of EtherNet/IP for control and information has enabled of network convergence between…
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Communicating from the HART: Paint maker networks its process control
Written by Adrienne Lutovsky November 25, 2009
Nine billion dollars. That’s the value of the 761 million gallons of architectural coatings the paint industry shipped in 2006, reports the National Paint & Coatings Association. Valspar Corp. is…
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Introducing PROFIenergy: Control energy consumption with PROFINET
Written by Profibus Trade Organization January 14, 2010
There’s nothing new about cutting energy consumption. Plant managers have been trying to do it forever; automation users are achieving it where they can but with varying degrees of success.…
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