IT and OT convergence in oil and gas: Increased business benefits also lead to increased risk
02 September, 2015 by Dr Rajiv Shah, General Manager Australia, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence | Supplied by: BAE SystemsThe oil and gas industry has been relatively quick to establish convergence between operational and business information systems, but this results in the need for better methodologies for countering the threat posed by cyber attacks.
National Instruments LabVIEW 2015
31 August, 2015 | Supplied by: National Instruments Aust Pty LtdThe latest version of LabVIEW delivers speed improvements, development shortcuts and debugging tools to empower developers to efficiently interact with the systems they create.
Information exploitation: new data techniques to improve plant service
26 August, 2015 by Christopher Ganz, Roland Weiss, Alf Isaksson, ABB | Supplied by: ABB Australia Pty LtdThe digitalisation of the industrial world involves the collection and analysis of data from a large number of sensors with the aim of aiding the people responsible for plant operations, maintenance and management. Handling this flood of data in an intelligent way holds the key to greater plant efficiency.
Big data in manufacturing: a compass for growth
12 August, 2015 by Jo-Anne Ruhl, General Manager, Pacific, Infor | Supplied by: Infor Global Solutions (ANZ) Pty LtdEmbracing the power of big data can help manufacturers be more competitive and improve efficiencies.
Control systems vulnerabilities revealed at Black Hat 2015
10 August, 2015Researchers presenting at the annual Black Hat USA cybersecurity conference have disclosed critical vulnerabilities in technologies that are actively used in industrial control systems.
AspenTech aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain Version 8.8
20 July, 2015 | Supplied by: Aspen Technology Australia Pty LtdAspenTech recently announced the availability of aspenONE Engineering and aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain Version 8.8 software.
Rockwell and Cisco launch new architectures to reduce security risk
17 July, 2015 | Supplied by: Rockwell Automation AustraliaAs industrial markets evolve to unlock the promise of the Internet of Things (IoT), Rockwell Automation and Cisco recently announced new additions to their Converged Plantwide Ethernet (CPwE) architectures to help operations technology (OT) and information technology (IT) professionals address constantly changing security practices.
ABB Automation Builder 1.1 automation development suite
14 July, 2015 | Supplied by: ABB Australia Pty LtdAutomation Builder 1.1 provides an integrated development environment for solutions using the spectrum of automation components, including PLCs and safety PLCs, motion controllers, drives, robots and HMIs.
Honeywell Uniformance Asset Sentinel
13 July, 2015 | Supplied by: Honeywell Process SolutionsHoneywell Process Solutions (HPS) has launched Uniformance Asset Sentinel, designed to continuously monitor equipment and process health — assisting industrial facilities to predict and prevent asset failures and poor operational performance.
Intergraph Smart Standard Database for Hangers and Supports
10 July, 2015 | Supplied by: Intergraph Corporation Pty LtdSmart Standard Database for Hangers and Supports is a catalogue of dozens of support types with 330 preconfigured rules-based pipe supports and associated fully automated drawing templates for Intergraph Smart 3D.
Manufacturing and the cloud
08 July, 2015 by Glenn Johnson, EditorThe broad general acceptance of cloud computing means that the market for cloud services is growing rapidly. In this article we take a look at some of the types of cloud services that can add value for manufacturing and processing organisations.
Pilz PASvisu web-based visualisation software
05 July, 2015 | Supplied by: Pilz Australia Industrial Automation LPThe web-based HMI software coupled with Pilz diagnostic functions for connection to the PSS 4000 automation system provides a comprehensive, convenient overview of the plant, locally or via remote access.
How big data helped one manufacturer make productivity gains
03 July, 2015 | Supplied by: Omron Electronics Pty LtdIt seemed inevitable that manufacturing environments, in their quest for ever greater output and reduced waste, would be examined and put under the microscope. Handled correctly and with a proper computing system, big data can be analysed to provide business intelligence (BI) hereto unobtainable.
Rockwell Automation Pavilion8 MPC v5.0
02 July, 2015 | Supplied by: Rockwell Automation AustraliaPavilion8 Model Predictive Control (MPC) software now delivers a more user-friendly configuration environment, step-by-step prompts, warning diagnostics and flexible workflows to simplify building, maintaining and adjusting highly complex process models.
CD-adapco DARS v2.10 chemical reaction simulator
30 June, 2015 | Supplied by: CD-adapco AustraliaDARS v2.10 provides a library generation functionality that facilitates analysis of fuel compositions, accurate prediction of knock and emissions for dual fuel engines, exploration of combustion of any fuel or oxidant mixtures and exploration of soot yield for new fuels and new operating conditions.
