Thursday, February 2, 2017
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Ensuring SCADA/HMI cybersecurity
Ensuring SCADA/HMI cybersecurity

The U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) has identified 16 critical infrastructure sectors that are "so vital to the United States that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination thereof."... Read More

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Connecting information, engineering and operational technologies
Connecting information, engineering and operational technologies

As operations technology (OT) has become more sophisticated, organizations now have access to an enormous volume of performance data. In order to achieve optimal performance from assets, it is... Read More

Solution-ready platforms, IIoT application expansion major focus at Advantech conference
Solution-ready platforms, IIoT application expansion major focus at Advantech conference

Improving industrial connectivity was one of the main themes at Advantech’s 2016 Industrial Internet of Things World Partner Conference (IIoT WPC) in Taipei, Taiwan, from Nov. 10-12. The meeting... Read More
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21st Annual ARC Industry Forum
Don’t Miss Industry’s #1 Networking and Learning Event! Join us at ARC Advisory Group’s 21st Annual ARC Industry Forum – “Industry in Transition: Realizing the Digital Enterprise” - February 6-9 in Orlando. Learn more.
Find patterns in corrupted data
Find patterns in corrupted data

Data analysis is often a matter of fitting data to some sort of mathematical model. The most familiar example of this might be linear regression, which finds a line that approximates a... Read More

Big Data analytics survey: Two-thirds of manufacturers continue investments
Big Data analytics survey: Two-thirds of manufacturers continue investments

Among manufacturing executives, 67% will press ahead with investments in Big Data analytics, a key component of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), to help navigate difficult business... Read More
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IIoT Digital Report
It's clear by now that the Industrial Internet of Things is a transformative manufacturing strategy that will improve operations, reduce cost and increase quality and safety. This digital report is one of the many ways CFE Media will educate audiences on the importance of IIoT.
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Whether you’re new to automation or an experienced user, Automate 2017 has the right solutions for you! Automate showcases the full spectrum of automation technologies. From traditional industrial applications to cutting edge new technologies, you'll find ways to automate every process in your company. Learn more.
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Maintenance as a Profit Center: Using Data to Drive Improvements
Increased uptime drives more throughput, and more throughput creates more capacity, which drives profits. That’s a great theory, but getting more uptime is a tough goal to reach. Better use of data in an era of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is one clear path to achieve this goal.

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Thursday, March 9, 2017 at 11 a.m. PT/1 p.m. CT/2 p.m. ET

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Spring cotter pins for axial mounting
Spring cotter pins for axial mounting

The GN 1024 metric size steel or stainless steel spring cotter pins. The GN 1024 spring cotter... Read More

Precision limit switches
Precision limit switches

AutomationDirect has added a line of high precision limit/position switches from Metrol. These... Read More

PVC coated sealing locknut
PVC coated sealing locknut

Plasti-Bond's PVC coated sealing locknut is a simple, detachable sleeve providing a consistent seal... Read More

Refrigerated air dryer series
Refrigerated air dryer series

The FLEX Series refrigerated air dryer is designed to efficiently remove liquid from compressed... Read More
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