Infor, a leading provider of business applications specialized by industry and built for the cloud, announced Infor LN 10.5 has been released for customers globally. Infor LN 10.5 is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that combines software with robust industry-tailored manufacturing functionality. This latest version is available on an open source technology stack through Infor Xi12. Infor LN now provides even greater flexibility to enhance manufacturing processes and includes new capabilities to ease implementation.

On July 26, 2016, US President Barack Obama approved a Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) on United States Cyber Incident Coordination. This new PPD marks a major milestone in codifying the policy that governs the Federal government's response to significant cyber incidents, including industrial.

Trimble has introduced its Trimble GasOps solution for natural gas utilities.  The cloud-based, integrated mobile asset data collection solution enables natural gas distribution operators to improve data quality, export collected data to systems of record and streamline regulatory reporting and compliance with U.S.

MQTT, a foundational Internet of Things (IoT) standard developed by the OASIS consortium, has been approved for release by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Version 3.1.1 of MQTT was balloted through the Joint Technical Committee on Information Technology (JTC1) of ISO and IEC and given the designation 'ISO/IEC 20922'.

UL a global safety science organization, announces its new Cybersecurity Assurance Program (UL CAP) for industrial control systems. Using the new UL 2900-2-2 Standard, UL CAP for industrial control systems offers testable cybersecurity criteria to help assess software vulnerabilities and weaknesses, minimize exploitation, address known malware, review security controls and increase security awareness.

Telit, a global enabler of the Internet of Things (IoT), announced the availability of the secureWISE Business Management Portal. According to Telit, the Portal is a business intelligence platform that enables a near real-time view of semiconductor tool activity, helping OEMs and FABs improve ROI of remote connectivity, performance of valuable equipment, and help avoid cleanroom visits.

GE Digital announced a new generation of its Automation software portfolio that offers decision support capabilities. The new GE HMI/SCADA software reportedly offers enhanced monitoring and visualization capabilities, as well as work process management, analytics, and mobility. Based on ISA design principles, this solution helps enable companies to troubleshoot faster, reduce waste and increase productivity.

Rockwell Automation has introduced its new SequenceManager solution, which helps to enable increased sequencing capabilities of the batch process at the controller, which can help increase functionality for skids, off-network systems and single-unit controls.  This solution is designed to address today's processing environment, where modern batch systems must account for the growing needs for more flexible, scalable solutions, true distribution of control, and more responsive functionality.

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) announced a new testbed for next-generation factories: The Factory Automation Platform as a Service (FA PaaS) Testbed with IIC member organizations Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electric, and Intel Japan leading the testbed project. The goal of this testbed is to test open IoT platforms that seamlessly integrate factory automation (FA) in the front lines of manufacturing and information technologies (IT) that support management and operations.

​Boots & Coots Services, a Halliburton business, has developed the Global Rapid Intervention Package (GRIP), a suite of services to help reduce costs and deployment time in the event of subsea well control events.