Jeremy Bryant, Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.

Ethernet on the plant floor: 6 key considerations for success

Already ubiquitous in enterprise office environments, Ethernet is now making its way to the plant floor, and with good reason. Using Ethernet in both environments makes it simpler to provide plant-wide connectivity and to pass data between the plant floor and IT or business departments. Data can be made available anywhere and everywhere it's needed – from supervisors in the plant to busin...