The Internet of Things (loT) is very real for industrial plants as the sheer number and diversity of connections grow. Use of wireless, mobility, and virtualized services are dramatically increasing the value being achieved from all these connections. However, too many customers face outdated infrastructure with challenges from lean staffs and skills gaps that slow ...

A foundational IP network fabric that follows a validated architecture with security and scalability will enable the connection of people, processes and technology. This requires collaboration between IT and OT to execute. Maturity models exist to help frame the task at hand. A holistic architecture provides the power and flexibility to take advantage of innovations ...

The portion of the network which distributes Ethernet beyond the control room throughout the plant floor is often the weakest part of the network’s physical realization. However, as Ethernet expands further into the manufacturing environment, and as a unified architecture is put in place to manage all plant networking and control traffic, those facilities that ...

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As manufacturers standardize on Ethernet across the organization, they create synchronicity and visibility between the plant floor and the enterprise to achieve gains in efficiency and output. Read more..