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November 1, 2019 BY Tim Shea

Compressor Monitoring and Controls Selection

ARC has been conducting research related to technologies essential in oil & gas and other industries for over two decades. Recently ARC conducted detailed research for Compressor Monitoring and Controls. Based on this research, ARC analysts have developed a comprehensive set of criteria to help you select the best Compressor Monitoring and Controls.

Asset Integrity Management Software Selection

Machine Safeguarding Solutions Selection

Plant and Infrastructure Design Software Selection

Market Data Highlights

November 6, 2019 BY Chris Cunnane

Transportation Execution and Visibility Systems

A major driver for growth in the transportation execution and visibility market is the continued growth of e-commerce in putting more emphasis on last mile deliveries, and parcel execution is becoming more important. This also means companies need more visibility into where products are for more accurate ETA.

Automation and Software Expenditures for Discrete Industries

Engineering Services by Indian Global Service Providers

Manufacturing Execution Systems for Process Industries

Nov
14
2019

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

Rockwell Automation’s New Servo System Helps to Simplify Sizing and Reduce Costs

Rockwell Automation is introducing a new Kinetix 5100 servo drive, Kinetix TLP motor and cable that can function as a system without a controller, thus helping to provide a more cost-effective option for OEMs building smaller machines.

Nov
14
2019

Naresh Kumar Surepelly and Thomas Menze — ARC Report Abstract

Achieving Safe Operations in Hazardous Plant and Field Environments

End users in industries with hazardous environments will continue to deploy specialized automation products and systems designed to prevent electrical or other sparking.

Nov
14
2019

Valentijn de Leeuw — ARC Report Abstract

Shell’s Digital Transformation in Asset Management of Instruments and Actuators

In May, ARC Advisory Group hosted a meeting of the European Digital Transformation Council (DTC), and Peter Kwaspen from Shell gave a presentation on the company’s digitalization approach to asset management of instrumentation.

Nov
14
2019

Shin Kai — Company and Product News

Yokogawa's New Version of Plant Resource Manager

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced the November 14 release of Plant Resource Manager (PRM) R4.03, the latest version of a software package in the OpreX Asset Management and Integrity family.

Nov
13
2019

Tim Shea — Company and Product News

Weatherford Introduces Flow-Measurement Solution Driven by Production 4.0 Intelligence

Weatherford International plc introduced ForeSite Flow at ADIPEC 2019. According to the company, it is the first-ever flow-measurement solution driven by Production 4.0 intelligence.

Nov
13
2019

Jyoti Prakash — Technology Trends

Subsea Control System Market to Get Boost from Investments in MDIS and Inter-operable Controls

The oil and gas industry tend to seek integrated solutions that provide the full range of topside to subsea equipment and facilities, down to the reservoir, including installation, monitoring, and life-of-field services. The subsea control system plays an important role as the binding element between subsea equipment.

Nov
13
2019

Sharada Prahladrao and Andy Chatha — Project Success Story

Digital Twins in the Power Generation Sector

At the just concluded Bentley Systems’ YII 2019 conference in Singapore, Sargent & Lundy were among the finalists in the Power Generation category. Andy Chatha, President and CEO, ARC Advisory Group interviewed their team about Digital Twins in Power Generation.

Nov
13
2019

Rick Rys — Technology Trends

Smart Buildings Save Energy

We have many opportunities to capture energy savings in our industrial, commercial, and residential buildings. The bottom line is that Smart Buildings save energy!

Nov
13
2019

Michael Guilfoyle — Industry Trends

Building industrial analytics for transformation

The Industrial Analytics market research study provides buyers with a pragmatic approach to building industrial analytics components to create core competencies for digital transformation.

Nov
13
2019

Jyoti Prakash — Technology Trends

Artificial Lift Optimization through IT and OT integration in Digital Oilfield

A comprehensive artificial lift optimization solution includes hardware components, such as vortex and Coriolis meters, remote terminal units, supervisory control and data acquisition systems, etc.

Nov
13
2019

Jyoti Prakash — Technology Trends

The key drivers of Leak Detection Systems Market Growth are Environmental Regulations, IoT, Advanced Software, and Digitization

The development of several suppliers’ Leak Detection Systems (LDS) has been driven in large part by the research developments and/or collaborative efforts; i.e., joint industry projects (JIP) of major owner-operators and pipeline operating companies.

Nov
13
2019

Sharada Prahladrao and Andy Chatha — Project Success Story

Digital Twins in the Power Generation Sector

Nov
12
2019

Jyoti Prakash — Industry Trends

Rig Automation, connected devices, and real-time data analytics are pushing the barrier for drilling optimization systems

Automated mechanics & steering, which can be termed as “rig automation,” is now increasingly being extended to address downhole conditions, advancing drilling optimization across the complete process.

Nov
12
2019

Tim Shea — Technology Trends

Despite “Lower for Longer Market”, Operators are Still Benefitting from Multiphase Flow Metering

Over the last several years the oil & gas industry has experienced a tremendous amount of volatility starting with the downturn in June 2014, but operators are still making investments, albeit lower investments than in 2014, in multiphase flow metering (MPFM) solutions.

Nov
05
2019

Fabian Wanke — Technology Trends

IPCs in Manufacturing - Between Political Issues, Economic Barriers and Innovation Investments in Automation

The IPCs in manufacturing market grew at a good pace in 2017 and 2018, but the prognosis for the next five years looks not as positive as it did a year ago.

Nov
12
2019

Larry O'Brien — Acquisition or Partnership

Indegy and Owl Cyber Defense Solutions to Provide Single View of OT and IT Security

Indegy and Owl Cyber Defense Solutions, LLC (“Owl”), announced a partnership to provide the safe unification of OT security data with IT monitoring systems.

Nov
07
2019

Dick Slansky — ARC Report Abstract

Simulation for Intelligent Cyber-physical Systems

Increasingly, from smart homes to connected automobiles, consumers are being exposed to an environment of intelligent products and systems. Moreover, factory production lines, process plants for energy and utilities, and smart cities will depend on cyber-physical systems to self-monitor; optimize; even run infrastructure, transportation, and buildings autonomously.

Nov
07
2019

Harry Forbes and Paula Hollywood — ARCView

Emerson Debuts New Products and Digital Transformation Organization

Emerson Global Users Exchange drew 2,600 people to Nashville, Tennessee in September, and they were introduced to Emerson's Digital Transformation Organization.

Nov
06
2019

Eric Cosman — Industry Trends

What Stage of Cybersecurity Awareness is Your Company in?

Standards committees and other industry groups have developed and promoted several conceptual models that describe a stepwise approach to cybersecurity for industrial control systems (ICS) and other operational technology (OT) products and applications. This begins with Cybersecurity Awareness.

Oct
31
2019

Larry O'Brien — Acquisition or Partnership

Claroty and FireEye Simplify OT/IoT Security Threat Detection and Response

Claroty announced the integration of their Continuous Threat Detection (CTD) solution with FireEye Helix.

Nov
14
2019

Jim Frazer — Industry Trends

Smart City Platforms and Their Powerful Applications with Chris Davis of Cimcon Lighting / Hosted by Jim Frazer

In the latest installment of ARC's Smart Cities Podcast, we speak to Chris Davis of Cimcon Lighting a provider of open smart city platforms.

Nov
13
2019

Rick Rys — Technology Trends

Smart Buildings Save Energy

We have many opportunities to capture energy savings in our industrial, commercial, and residential buildings. The bottom line is that Smart Buildings save energy!

Nov
08
2019

Larry O'Brien — Industry Trends

Project Haystack - Semantic Interoperability in Building Automation: An Interview with John Petze

In the latest installment of ARC's Smart Cities Podcast, we speak to John Petze of Project Haystack, which is an open smart city initiative aimed at providing common context to the vast amounts of data being generated by IoT enabled applications in the world of smart cities and buildings.

Nov
08
2019

Jim Frazer — Industry Trends

Mobility-as-a-Service: An Interview with MaaS America's Tim McGuckin

In a new installment of ARC's Smart Cities Podcast, ARC's transportation analyst Eddie Fidler speaks with MaaS America founder Tim McGuckin about his vision of a Mobility-as-a-Service ecosystem for the United States.

Nov
07
2019

Alex Chatha — Technology Trends

LED Lighting Networks as a Platform for Building Internet of Things (BIoT)

Lights are omnipresent within every facility and surrounding built environments, with their placement providing an unrivaled vantage point to perceive the activities beneath them. When static lighting becomes networked and intelligent, packaged sensors enable systems to become dynamic and responsive. As LED lighting systems become integrated with building automation platforms that utilize shared historians and open architectures, broader synergies will emerge.

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Rick is a senior consultant at ARC. He performs research into and consults with clients on technology areas such as energy management, smart grid, advanced process control (APC), simulation, and optimization.

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