Automation suppliers continue to see robust revenue growth, posting overall year-to-year gains of nearly 6 percent versus the third quarter of 2017. 

Protection of critical infrastructure and key resources from unintended compromise or deliberate attack is a well-established imperative in most industrialized nations.  Although the initial emphasis may have been on physical protection, the growing awareness of the risks associated with inadequate industrial cybersecurity have led to the inclusion of threats and vulnerabilities in this area in national response plans.

Due to both technical and regulatory constraints, collaborative robots (“cobots”) designed to work safely side-by-side with human workers didn’t start appearing on the factory floor until about ten years ago.

The broad, diverse, and highly fragmented embedded systems market consists of software, development platforms, and hardware.  Many industries, products, and services rely on embedded systems.

India’s information technology (IT) services industry continues its upward momentum as most of the IT services companies covered in the report exhibited above average growth.  In this report, we analyze the revenues of India’s IT services sector for the second quarter of financial year 2018-19 and compare these with the same period the previous year.

For asset-intensive industries, such as oil & gas, chemicals, and power, assets represent an important investment component.  This makes improved asset management across the lifecycle and maintenance a key objective.

Small and mid-size manufacturing companies are showing an increasing interest in digital transformation. Most organizations have recognized that transformation is necessary - and many have some kind of digital transformation program under way.

When thinking about the fundamental importance of basic materials, just consider the significance of the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages to human civilization.  Each new era was brought about by a new material and steady progress in discovering new methods and techniques for improving and perfecting materials. Material science brings on change.

End users have long been challenged to balance the need to maintain safe, stable, and predictable operations with the need to innovate and implement improvements to address changing business imperatives. Engineering and operations groups seldom have the freedom to act unilaterally but must respond to business needs.

The Triconex Users Group Conference, with a theme of, “Stay Safe and Secure Together,” focused on cybersecurity in light of the recent Triton attack.  The secondary theme, was “Profitable Safety.”