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Threat detection and response is the hottest area in the industrial/OT cybersecurity market today. Companies recognize the visibility and early detection benefits of passive network monitoring and want these capabilities.  But many still struggle to choose a solution or even select suppliers for proof-of-concept “bake-offs.”

Hitachi, Ltd. announced that it entered into a definitive contract for the acquisition of the robotic SI business operated by an American company, JR Automation Technologies, LLC, headquartered in Holland, Michigan, from funds managed by Crestview Partners.

Pipeline operators have been increasing the adoption of pipeline scheduling solutions as technology improvements have been improving performance and functionality, with the greatest traction being experienced by larger companies that are operating more complex pipelines with a mixture of liquids, such as crude, natural gas liquids and refined products.

Sumitomo Chemical and Zymergen announced that they have signed a multi-year partnership to bring new specialty materials to the market. This collaboration between the two companies will enable the development of new materials to meet consumer trends in high-tech industries.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced the release of FAST/TOOLS R10.04, the latest version of its real-time operations management (RTOM) and visualization software, and will release it for sale on April 18 as part of its OpreX Control and Safety System family.

Infor announced the availability of Infor CloudSuite CRM, a cloud-based application that includes sales, customer service, marketing analytics and reporting tools.  Part of the Infor Customer Experience suite of solutions, Infor CloudSuite CRM allows companies to manage the full customer lifecycle in one environment.

The bi-annual ABB Customer World event was held in Houston, Texas on March 4-8, 2019.  In the two years since the prior customer event, the company has made significant acquisitions and spin-offs, simplified its organization, and developed partnerships to support its ABB Ability platform and brand.

​​​​​​​Suiker Unie is a sugar manufacturing company based in the Netherlands that started its “ Digitalization in Practice ” journey back in 2011, with the stakeholders creating a vision for the future. 

Microsoft has acquired Express Logic, a leader in real time operating systems (RTOS) for IoT and edge devices powered by microcontroller units (MCUs).  Express Logic’s ThreadX RTOS claims over 6.2 billion deployments.

The bi-annual ABB Customer World event was held in Houston, Texas on March 4-8, 2019.  In the two years since the prior customer event, the company has made significant acquisitions and spin-offs, simplified its organization, and developed partnerships to support its ABB Ability platform and brand.

At the recent ARC Industry Forum in Orlando, Florida, many discussions revolved around the digital transformation status.

Once again, this year’s Hanover Fair lived up to its reputation as THE event to attend to see where our industry is heading. No other event or conference offers the same combination of presence of industry players and access to C-level executives.

The market for pipeline scheduling solutions continues to develop and evolve as an increasing number of pipeline operators and transporters now view automation of the scheduling operations as a positive investment in productivity, operational improvements and improved profitability.

Once again, this year’s Hanover Fair lived up to its reputation as THE event to attend to see where our industry is heading. No other event or conference offers the same combination of presence of industry players and access to C-level executives.

As cities become more intelligent with the ability to collect massive amounts of data, smart city data ownership is becoming a highly debated topic.