Schneider Electric has introduced EcoStruxure Profit Advisor, a new IIoT solution that will help enable its industrial customers to measure and control the profitability of their operations in real-time.  Developed through a partnership with Seeq, a provider of software and services that help enable data-driven decision making, EcoStruxure Profit Advisor uses Big Data analytics to measure the financial performance of an industrial operation in real-time, from the equipment asset level of a plant up to the process unit, plant area, plant site, and enter

The OpenFog Consortium announces the release of the OpenFog Reference Architecture (RA), a universal technical framework designed to enable the data-intensive requirements of the Internet of Things (IoT), 5G, and artificial intelligence (AI) applications.  The RA marks a significant first step toward creating the standards necessary to enable high-performance, interoperability and security in complex digital transactions.

To cater to the engineering services needs of manufacturers and OEMs, L&T technology services’ offerings under the Engineering Process Services covers the entire engineering value chain from concept design to lifecycle management. Leveraging its expertise across major process industries, the company in this case provide concept engineering solutions including critical cost saving ideas for the capacity expansion plans of an Ice-cream manufacturer.

Rockwell Automation released its latest version of FactoryTalk View software, v9.0, designed to help improve the operator’s experience with data-driven information and also to help improve design-time productivity via tighter integration with the control system.

Emerson has introduced the first WirelessHART Power Meter, making electrical demand and consumption measurement available via a secure and reliable network across numerous markets.  In an ongoing effort to help customers face the challenge of meeting more stringent energy standards and improve equipment reliability, Emerson incorporated WirelessHART technology into a revenue-grade wireless power meter to deliver a unique measurement solution that reportedly will greatly improve energy efficiency and sustainability.  WirelessHART communic

KBC Advanced Technologies (KBC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yokogawa Electric Corporation, announced the launch of the KBC Co-Pilot Program at ARC Orlando Forum 2017.  Just as the co-pilot of an aircraft is there to assist the pilot with additional knowledge and to step in and help at times of intense activity, the KBC Co-Pilot is there to remotely support the plant with expertise and insight supplementing the plant’s own capabilities and resources, thus assuring that it achieves its full potential.

Siemens announced the launch of its new range of energy efficient motors SIMOTICS 1LE7 in India.  These motors offer efficiency values higher than the IE3 standards, which is currently the highest efficiency class as recognized by Indian Standards.  Siemens’ SIMOTICS 1LE7 motors are reportedly capable of offering an average monetary savings of up to 8 – 20 percent depending on the frame size.  Apart from generating savings, the SIMOTICS 1LE7 range of motors can assist customers in reducing lifecycle costs and meeting environmental regulations.

PAS, Inc., a leading solution provider of ICS cybersecurity, process safety, and asset reliability in the energy, power, and process industries, announced the general availability of its latest Cyber Integrity software release.  The product now includes industrial control system baselines allowing facilities to monitor more easily the configuration changes that impact security, compliance, governance, and operations.  By focusing on the configuration data deemed most critical, Cyber Integrity’s enhanced baseline capabilities significantly reduce the time that engi

ABB announced the global launch of its next-generation asset performance management (APM) solution, Asset Health Center 3.0.  This latest software based solution enables asset-intensive industries to improve efficiencies and optimize costs by combining ABB’s APM offering with the Microsoft Azure cloud platform.

Schneider Electric has released and added a new enterprise-wide IIoT plant performance and control optimization software to its PES and Foxboro Evo process automation systems and Foxboro I/A Series distributed control system.  Leveraging Expertune PlantTriage technology, EcoStruxure Control Advisor, a native smart decision-support tool, provides plant personnel with actionable real-time operating data and predictive analytics capabilities so they can monitor and adjust control loops across multiple plants and global sites 24/7.  The software helps to empower its u