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Emerson’s New I/O Interface Software Helps Future-Proof Operations

Emerson’s New I/O Interface Software Helps Future-Proof Operations, Reduce Modernization Costs up to 40% DeltaV IO.CONNECT enables manufacturers to keep existing I/O infrastructure, shorten downtime, accelerate ROI and increase flexibility …

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Micron Increases Performance And Battery Life In 5G Smartphones With uMCP Product

Enterprises See 5G Applications More Beneficial

The third edition of the EY Reimagining Industry Futures Study reveals that enterprises are looking to 5G to help alleviate immediate business pressures brought by the COVID-19 pandemic and related global events.

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Singapore-based SpaceDC to partner with Centrin Data in China

The partnership sees both companies working together to sell Centrin Data’s data centres and services in China including their Wuhan and Kunshan data centres which have a strong financial customer …

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Asia Is The Most Attacked Region Experiencing Over 1 in 4 Cyberattacks In 2021

Asia Is The Most Attacked Region Experiencing Over 1 in 4 Cyberattacks In 2021

Asia saw more cyberattacks than any other region in the past year, experiencing over 1 in 4 attacks in 2021. Financial services and manufacturing organisations together experienced nearly 60 percent …

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Asia-Pacific’s 5G Digital Factory Revenue Primed For US$60 Billion Post-COVID-19 Recovery In 2030

Bringing AWS Closer To Users In Asia Pacific, Japan

The world is digitally transforming at a pace that is accelerating every day. Across Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ), organisations are turning to digital technology to increase efficiencies and transform …

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Network Security Of Our Hybrid Working Future

The more distributed its users, and the more devices that connect remotely, the greater the potential attack surface area for threat actors. Keeping this attack surface limited and protected is …

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IBM And SAP Collaborate To Help Enterprises Move Workloads And Apps From SAP To The Cloud

IBM is the first partner to offer cloud infrastructure and technical managed services as part of the RISE with SAP offering.

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Lenovo Unveils TruScale HPC as a Service

At its recently concluded Winterstock event, Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) unveiled Lenovo TruScale High Performance Computing as a Service (HPCaaS), delivering the power of supercomputing to organisations of all …

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Time synchronisation, or having all devices on a network share a common time reference, is critical in an automated manufacturing process.

Time Is The Essence Of Industry 4.0

How time-sensitive networking is synchronising operations and driving the future of smart manufacturing.

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The Chaos Of Legacy Equipment

How to manage a complex network of new and legacy equipment? Here Johan Jonzon, CMO and co-founder of Crosser shares insight into how manufacturers can successfully manage data from both …

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Manufacturing In Asia: New Age, New Risks

Every digital touchpoint is exposing manufacturers to potential cyber-attacks.

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Q&A With Linxens’ CEO Cuong H. Duong On The Latest Innovations In The World Of Bank Cards

As a global leader in the design and manufacture of microconnectors for the banking industry, Linxens’ products and services enable card manufacturers to easily integrate the latest innovations such as …

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AvosLocker Ransomware Uses AnyDesk in Safe Mode to Launch Attacks, Sophos Reports

The Sophos Rapid Response team has so far seen AvosLocker attacks in the Americas, Middle East and Asia-Pacific, targeting Windows and Linux systems.

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Hypertherm Releases Production Manager For ProNest CAD/CAM Nesting Software

Hypertherm, a U.S. based manufacturer of industrial cutting systems and software, recently announced the release of Production Manager, an optional module for its ProNest advanced CAD/CAM nesting software.

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Geo Connect Asia 2022: Set To Return With Twice The Size And Capacity

The second edition of Southeast Asia’s flagship geospatial and location intelligence event grows to host fast-developing industry solutions.

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PLC vs Embedded Control — Which One Is The Best?

Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are at the core of almost any automated system. They’ve been used in manufacturing for decades and are known for their reliability and ability to withstand …

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Claroty Raises US$400 Million To Acquire Healthcare IoT Security Company Medigate

Claroty shared on 8 December 2021 its intent to acquire Medigate, a healthcare Internet of Things (IoT) Security company. The industrial cybersecurity vendor now has amassed US$635 million in funding.

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Top 10 Intelligent Automation Predictions for 2022: Kofax

Kofax, a supplier of Intelligent Automation software for digital workflow transformation, unveiled its top 10 predictions for 2022 as businesses navigate the new challenges accelerated – and in some cases, …

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Tencent Cloud Launches First Internet Data Center in Brazil

Tencent Cloud highlights commitment to global digitalisation in newly launched data center covering Brazil and other Latin American countries

Schneider Electric To Launch EcoStruxure Automation Expert In Singapore

Schneider Electric To Launch EcoStruxure Automation Expert In Singapore

EcoStruxure Automation Expert, the world’s first software-centric industrial automation system, enables hardware-agnostic automation system design to mix and match hardware from different vendors and automate them with a single software …

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MediaTek Brings Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 Connectivity to IoT Devices

Its new Filogic solutions combine advanced Wi-Fi and Bluetooth features with the latest voice processing and power-management technologies.

First Look At ADLINK’s Embedded MXM Graphics Modules For Edge Computing And AI

First Look At ADLINK’s Embedded MXM Graphics Modules For Edge Computing And AI

ADLINK’s embedded MXM graphics modules are the first modules to use NVIDIA’s embedded GPUs based on NVIDIA Ampere architecture, bringing edge computing and embedded AI to numerous vertical markets including …

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Siemens Addresses NVH Challenges With Performance Prediction

Siemens Addresses NVH Challenges With Performance Prediction

Siemens Digital Industries Software adds NVH system prediction capabilities to its Simcenter portfolio for early design and virtual prototyping.

Skills Shortages Generates Uncertainty For APAC Data Centers

Skills Shortages Generates Uncertainty For APAC Data Centers

The Asia Pacific region mirrors trends in Europe, where 42 percent of data center operators believe there is not enough skilled labour to deliver increased capacity requirements.

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Claroty Opens Regional Headquarters in Singapore

Across Australia and Asia, the industrial cybersecurity company supports companies in the oil and gas, utilities, manufacturing, water, and electrical power industries, and of late, the food and beverage sector, …

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Ennoconn Group To Digitally Transform Its Manufacturing Systems With Google Cloud

Ennoconn to integrate its Digitalisation-as-a-Service strategy with Google’s advanced cloud solutions and services to create next-gen digital industrial products and new revenue models.

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Siam Cement Group’s Cement-Building Materials Business Accelerates Digital Transformation Through Cloud

Siam Cement Group (SCG)’s Cement-Building Materials Business utilises cloud-based solution with enhanced SAP S4/HANA to streamline and enhance operations.

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Using AI And Machine Learning To Accelerate Antiviral Drug Development

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill teams up with SAS, the US-based multinational developer of analytics software, to transform the drug development process to prevent infectious disease threats …

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A Rise in Cyberattacks During COVID-19 Boosted Security Skills in 73 Percent of IT Teams

A Rise in Cyberattacks During COVID-19 Boosted Security Skills in 73 Percent of IT Teams

49 percent of IT teams in Singapore say the attacks targeting their organisation were too advanced for them to deal with on their own.

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Shure Launches A New Audio Conferencing Solution That Is Suitable for All Types of Rooms and Budgets

Shure, a global manufacturer of audio equipment, launches the Stem Ecosystem, a new and cost-effective audio conferencing ecosystem which alleviates the major pains in virtual meetings currently experienced by IT …

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Mitigating Ransomware Attacks In The Post-Pandemic World

If organisations, regardless of their size, are not proactive in preventing such attacks, these trends are likely to continue even after the pandemic subsides.

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IoT-Enabled Smart Cities: Evolution and Outlook

This article looks at the Internet of Things (IoT) as an enabling technology for the Smart City.

Defending Singapore's Critical Infrastructure

Defending Singapore’s Critical Infrastructure

A successful attack on critical infrastructure could disable or destroy production lines and industrial processes, leave cities in the dark or shut off critical lifesaving technologies. The repercussions are grave …

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Lenovo Delivers New Innovation For Resilient Edge Computing

Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) to deliver an integrated, cost effective, virtualised edge computing solution with VMware. In addition, organisations can now plan their data center cloud and edge infrastructure …

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Malaysia Airlines modernises its fuel analytics platform with GE Digital's Fuel Insight and FlightPulse aviation software. Photo Courtesy of Malaysia Airlines.

Malaysia Airlines Adopts GE Digital’s Fuel Insight and FlightPulse Aviation Software

Malaysia Airlines chooses Fuel Insight and FlightPulse to transform its fuel efficiency program. GE Digital’s Aviation Software solutions help operators meet sustainability goals by monitoring and reducing fuel usage and …

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IBM And Mercedes Develop “Stolen Vehicle Help” For Mercedes me Service

Service builds on IBM hybrid cloud expertise in developing connected vehicle solutions based on open-source technologies.

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Singapore’s Automotive Startup Motorist Closes S$1.2 Million Seed Funding

Funds will be deployed to explore growth opportunities in Singapore and Malaysia, and kickstart its expansion into Thailand.

Increasing Demand For Network Detection And Response In The First Half Of 2021 In APAC: ExtraHop

Increasing Demand For Network Detection And Response In The First Half Of 2021 In APAC: ExtraHop

ExtraHop Networks, Inc., the leader in cloud-native network detection and response, announces on 2 September 2021, that it had more than doubled its business across the Asia Pacific region in …

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Ensuring Optimal Food Safety With Uninterrupted Cold Chain Management

Ensuring Optimal Food Safety With Uninterrupted Cold Chain Management

This article is an Interview with David Yang, Intelligent Logistics SRP Product Manager, Advantech on the implementation of an uninterrupted cold chain management solution at Taiwan’s Hypermarket Leader.

6G: New Generations Of Wireless And The Impact On Measurement

6G: New Generations Of Wireless And The Impact On Measurement

The end of 2020 will see only two percent of the world’s eight billion mobile subscriptions using 5G.  But, even though the vision for 5G is still far from being realised, the work on 6G has begun.

Network Resilience In Times Of Crisis

Network Resilience In Times Of Crisis

AA interviewed Heng Kwee Tong, head of engineering and customer solutions at SPTel, on network resiliency, managing costs, and automating in times of crisis.

Digital Transformation In Pharmaceuticals

Digital Transformation In Pharmaceuticals

With the current pandemic surpassing all countries globally, the life sciences industry is under pressure to find a vaccine through clinical trials and deliver high quality medicines.

As the manufacturing process becomes increasingly complex, digitisation is enabling organisations to evolve traditional linear supply chains into interconnected digital supply networks

Building Trust in Your Manufacturing Supply Chain

Manufacturing supply chains are designed to save costs by moving the manufacturing process to the most efficient locations and by minimising inventory.

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Increase Reliability And Production Quality In Manufacturing With Predictive Analytics

predictive analytics plays an important role in improving product quality and reliability across the manufacturing sector.

The current situation around COVID-19 will most probably induce a shift in the verticals that look into 5G deployment.

The Future Of 5G In The COVID-19 Era

The current situation around COVID-19 will most probably induce a shift in the verticals that look into 5G deployment.

Risk Assessments For Long-Term IoT Success

Risk Assessments For Long-Term IoT Success

In combining peripheral sensors, gateways, and cloud resources, IoT applications are becoming unprecedented targets because of the number of potential attack surfaces and security vulnerabilities they contain.

Cloud Trends Defining 2020

Cloud Trends Defining 2020

Rackspace foresees three trends taking off in 2020 that could shape the C-suite’s strategy to overcome those challenges and capture the opportunities.

Technology enabling data capture and analysis, connectivity, monitoring and control is becoming the new baseline for smart buildings of tomorrow.

New Criteria For A New, Smart Building Era

Technology enabling data capture and analysis, connectivity, monitoring and control is becoming the new baseline for smart buildings of tomorrow. Understanding what it is and where it is headed is critical.

Mitigation of cyber security threats is a task that concerns all the parts and parties of an energy monitoring and building automation installation.

Cyber Security In Energy Monitoring And Building Automation Applications

With cyber-attacks being an increasing occurrence, industrial, commercial and residential installations need a strategy to guard their IT networks.

Digitising the Dark: Cyber-attacks against Power Grids Threaten Modernity Itself

Digitising the Dark: Cyber-attacks against Power Grids Threaten Modernity Itself

As international conflicts migrate to the digital domain, state-sponsored hackers are increasingly targeting energy grids, intending to cause outages that could disrupt the critical infrastructure of entire nations.

Powering AR In Manufacturing With Edge Computing

Powering AR In Manufacturing With Edge Computing

Flowserve uses a decentralised IT architecture bringing computing closer to the edge, and this is expected to be a prerequisite for future digital production processes.

Bringing Clarity to Edge Computing

Bringing Clarity to Edge Computing

Edge computing is growing fast, and network architectures must adapt to support this growth.

What’s The Protocol?

What’s The Protocol?

Wireless protocols to consider for your next Industrial Internet of Things application.

Critical Infrastructure – The Ultimate Test for Cybersecurity

Critical Infrastructure – The Ultimate Test for Cybersecurity

For businesses operating critical infrastructure systems, the risks have never been greater. There are consequences that reach far beyond business and reputational damage.

Safety And Security In Industrial Plants Needs Rethinking Industry 4.0

Safety And Security In Industrial Plants Needs Rethinking Industry 4.0

The future of the process industry is digital worldwide, under the banners of Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT).

New retraction system for energy chains ensures fail-safe operation of robots in modern factories. Article by igus.

Safe Cable Guidance On The Robot With Retraction System

New retraction system for energy chains ensures fail-safe operation of robots in modern factories. Article by igus.

Blockchain technology is, in fact, poised to disrupt the manufacturing industry over the next few years with its potential to fundamentally redesign core manufacturing and supply chain processes.

Blockchain In Manufacturing: Risks And Benefits

First used in 2009 for the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin, blockchain technology has moved far beyond its initial adoption in the financial services sector and is being applied across many industries, including manufacturing.

Accelerate Smart Factory Construction With TSN Technology

Accelerate Smart Factory Construction With TSN Technology

The CC-Link Partner Association has created a new industrial open network specification “CC-Link IE TSN” as the next generation CC-Link IE network.

Considering Transition to Industrial IoT Networks?

Considering Transition to Industrial IoT Networks?

We are living in an era of digitally transforming world, networking billions of smart solutions across and producing a huge amount of data. Considering Transition to Industrial IoT Networks?

Manufacturing is rapidly entering the Fourth Industrial Revolution where the old and formerly closed environments systems meet new, connected ones.

Industry 4.0 – The Next Window For Cyber Attackers

Manufacturing is rapidly entering the Fourth Industrial Revolution where the old and formerly closed environments systems meet new, connected ones.

Is Your ERP System Industry 4.0 Compatible?

The Promise Of The Edge In Asia’s Manufacturing Industry

The Promise Of The Edge In Asia’s Manufacturing Industry That is where the edge comes into play: the place where computing occurs, in between the data centre and the cloud.

Data: The Key To Unlocking The Value Of IoT In Manufacturing

Enabling An Operational Architecture For Applications And Analytics

Computing infrastructure is an ever-changing landscape of technology advancements. Current changes impact the way companies deploy smart manufacturing systems to leverage advancements.

Simplifying Cloud Networking

Simplifying Cloud Networking

Enterprises are deploying SD-WAN solutions to provide secure and direct branch connectivity to the cloud while lowering overall WAN costs. By Rami Rammaha, Director of Product Marketing, Silver Peak.

Maximise Return On Asset Investments

Maximise Return On Asset Investments

For industries that rely on physical assets, smart connectivity enables vastly superior performance by unlocking value from digital transformation. At the heart of Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) are Smart Connected Assets and the evolution of APM 4.0.

How Colocation Providers Can Benefit From IoT Data Explosion

How Colocation Providers Can Benefit From IoT Data Explosion

Of the more than 700 IT decision makers surveyed for the report by 451 Research, 56 percent say at least a quarter of their data centre and cloud capacity is already supporting IoT. By Martin T. Olsen, VP of Global Edge and Integrated Solutions, Vertiv.

Securing Privileged Accounts In ICS

Securing Privileged Accounts In ICS

IAA spoke with Cynthia Lee, Regional Director, ASEAN, CyberArk, about the cyber threat landscape in the region and why privileged accounts are important in cybersecurity.

Binh Son Refining & Petrochemical Improves Cybersecurity

Binh Son Refining & Petrochemical Improves Cybersecurity

In today’s world, cybersecurity is necessary to ensure critical automation systems remain safe and fully operational. However, implementing cybersecurity controls is a very technical and labour intensive task. Article contributed by Honeywell.

Cybersecurity For Industrial Control Systems: A New Approach

Cybersecurity For Industrial Control Systems: A New Approach

Industrial control systems (ICS) underpin individual businesses and critical infrastructures around the world. They maintain control of power stations and nuclear plants, water distribution systems and manufacturing sites – and today, they are routinely targeted by cyber attackers.

Cybersecurity For Pipeline SCADA Systems

Cybersecurity For Pipeline SCADA Systems

SCADA systems have been part of the industrial and utility landscape for many decades. For pipeline SCADA systems, the wide area coverage and operation of processes in remote locations provide a number of unique cybersecurity issues. By Kevin L. Finnan, System Consultant, Yokogawa Corporation of America.

Putting IIot In Reach Of Every Industrial Company With Task-Specific Apps In A Digital Ecosystem

Putting IIot In Reach Of Every Industrial Company With Task-Specific Apps In A Digital Ecosystem

Every industrial company today is discussing the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Experts say that IIoT enables companies to engage technology and expertise more than ever before. Managers know that instruments and systems they buy can be equipped with digital technology to gather real-time data at every measurement point. By Susan Wang, Wireless Manager, Asia Pacific, Emerson Automation Solutions.

Machine Builders Take Initial Steps Towards Digitisation-Driven Support Services

Machine Builders Take Initial Steps Towards Digitisation-Driven Support Services

Today’s manufacturing environment is facing the challenge of rapid acceleration in both the speed-of-business and in the proliferation of new digitised technologies. These trends are impacting all of society and most workplaces. The amount of change taking place is breathtaking. Innovation is making its presence felt at all levels. Consider the fact that 48 percent of the organisations currently listed as Fortune 500 companies were not on the list in the year 2000. Innovators have displaced traditionalists and those that continue to succeed do so in large part thanks to their ability to reinvent themselves.

Ixia Enables VMware NSX Partners To Accelerate Testing, Reduce Certification Time From Months To Weeks

Ixia Enables VMware NSX Partners To Accelerate Testing, Reduce Certification Time From Months To Weeks

The solution uses Ixia’s IxNetwork to enable network equipment manufacturer partners to self-certify their products with VMware NSX in a range of network topologies, helping them save significant costs while improving time-to-market.

EOS Promotes Integration Of 3D Printing Into Internet Of Things

EOS Promotes Integration Of 3D Printing Into Internet Of Things

Singapore: EOS, a technology supplier in the field of industrial 3D printing of metals and polymers, has joined the MindSphere World e.V. (registered association) that promotes the open, cloud-based IoT operating system MindSphere. This organisation comprises companies including Siemens, Festo and Kuka. EOS is to chair the organisation’s Additive Manufacturing work group.

Rockwell Automation Simplifies Analytics For Industrial Productivity

Rockwell Automation Simplifies Analytics For Industrial Productivity

Empowered with machine learning capabilities, FactoryTalk Analytics learns the process and looks for trends in the data, proactively presenting users with insights before an issue arises.

2018 Marks The Year of The ‘On-Demand’ Economy

2018 Marks The Year of The ‘On-Demand’ Economy

Against the backdrop of an ‘on-demand’ economy, Asian businesses are finding it necessary to provide better, more compelling and personalised customer experiences. By Ryan Goh, VP and GM, Zebra Technologies Asia Pacific

Smart IoT Strategies: Enhancing Machine-to-Machine Integration And Enabling The Smart Connected Factory

Smart IoT Strategies: Enhancing Machine-to-Machine Integration And Enabling The Smart Connected Factory

Machine-to-machine integration and the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) are reinventing manufacturing as we know it, giving birth to the Smart Factory that is connected, intelligent and aware – enabling newfound levels of productivity and predictability. By Vincent Tang, regional VP, Asia, Epicor Software.

Living In The Automated Vehicle Age: Transforming Society And Creating New Business Models

Living In The Automated Vehicle Age: Transforming Society And Creating New Business Models

Autonomous cars are set to totally transform our driving habits but they could also have a major impact on society, from city planning to mobility. By Ludovic Lassauce, Director, Business Development, Business Collaboration, Mobility and IoT at Tata Communications

Blockchain May Hold The Key To Successful IoT Projects

Blockchain May Hold The Key To Successful IoT Projects

Since the technology first emerged in 2008, blockchain has quickly become synonymous with the digital currency bitcoin and the financial sector. Blockchain’s association with bitcoin stems from its role as a foundational concept in the original bitcoin paper authored by Satoshi Nakamoto. In his paper, Nakamoto proposed a peer-to-peer electronic payment system, and the blockchain is used to secure bitcoin transactions without the need for a centralised governing body or trusted intermediary, such as the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), or a bank.

Digital Twinning: The Future of Manufacturing?

Digital Twinning: The Future of Manufacturing?

The term ‘digital twinning’ is gaining in popularity with the advancement of Industry 4.0, which is seen as the next phase of the digitisation of the manufacturing sector. By Terri Hiskey, VP Product Marketing, Manufacturing, Epicor Software

Meltdown And Spectre Intel Processor Vulnerabilities: What You Need To Know

Meltdown And Spectre Intel Processor Vulnerabilities: What You Need To Know

Microsoft, Linux, Google, and Apple started rolling out patches addressing design flaws in processor chips that security researchers named Meltdown and Spectre. Contributed by Trend Micro

Manufacturing Sector Set For Significant Change In 2018

Manufacturing Sector Set For Significant Change In 2018

Where are the enablers for growth in 2018 likely to come from? Here, we identify the top trends that Epicor believes will be central to success in the upcoming year. By David York, regional VP, UK and Ireland, Epicor Software

Your Company Can Be Google Smart Too – You Just Need Some Learning - Machine Learning That Is

Your Company Can Be Google Smart Too – You Just Need Some Learning – Machine Learning That Is

Thanks to advances in technology, infrastructure frameworks, and growing cloud adoption, companies no longer need to rely exclusively on data scientists to reap the benefits of Machine Learning. By Jason Bissell, Senior VP and GM, APAC, Talend

Wi-Fi Can Be KRACK-ed. Here Is What To Do Next

Wi-Fi Can Be KRACK-ed. Here Is What To Do Next

A security researcher has revealed serious flaws in the way that most contemporary Wi-Fi networks are secured. By David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia

CEO Predictions - Cloud Infrastructure Market 2018

CEO Predictions – Cloud Infrastructure Market 2018

David Hughes, Founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Silver Peak shares his thoughts on what 2018 holds for the Cloud infrastructure market.

Industry 4.0 Held To Ransom

Industry 4.0 Held To Ransom

Digital technology, automation and the Internet of Things are dramatically improving manufacturing quality and reducing costs. By Cynthia Lee, Regional Director, ASEAN, CyberArk

Technologies Tipping Industry 4.0

Technologies Tipping Industry 4.0

What are the tipping points that could push Industry 4.0 in the direction of becoming a fully realised concept? By Jonathan Wilkins, marketing director of obsolete industrial parts supplier, EU Automation

Do You Have The Data Agility Your Business Needs?

Do You Have The Data Agility Your Business Needs?

Data is the new battleground. For companies, the situation is clear – their future depends on how quickly and efficiently they can turn data into accurate insights. By Mike Tuchen, CEO, Talend

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12 Steps To Minimising Industrial Cyber Security Risk

Honeywell General cyber security protects against cyber-attacks that compromise IT systems where the consequences might involve the loss of intellectual property, databases or loss of operation. What follows are 12 steps that should be performed to minimise the risk of an industrial cyber security attack. By Thomas Ayral, Cyber Security Specialist, Honeywell Industrial Cyber Security

The Most Fundamental Endpoint Security Problem Is A Privilege Problem

The Most Fundamental Endpoint Security Problem Is A Privilege Problem

A privileged account security solution is designed to be a complete solution to protect, monitor, detect, alert, and respond to privileged account activity. Privileged accounts represent the largest security vulnerability an organisation faces today. By Jeffrey Kok, Director of Pre-Sales, Asia Pacific and Japan, CyberArk

Business Transformation Through Digitalisation

EXCLUSIVE: Business Transformation Through Digitalisation

In an exclusive interview with Industrial Automation Asia, Eric Duffaut, Chief Customer Officer, Software AG explained…

10-Step Cyber Security Checklist For Smart Cities

10-Step Cyber Security Checklist For Smart Cities

As the number of connections increases through the adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT), security becomes a central issue to protect data. By Forward-Looking Threat Research (FTR) Team, Trend Micro

Priming The Pipeline

Priming The Pipeline

Modernising pipeline operations can enhance flexibility, data management and security. By Jason P. Wright, PlantPAx Business Manager, Rockwell Automation

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Asia: Get Future-Ready For The Fourth Industrial Revolution

With the rise of Industrial Automation (IA) in manufacturing, legacy Operational Technology (OT) has become increasingly outdated. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is paving the way for industrial organisations to harness the latest technologies and remain competitive in a rapidly evolving industry. By Michael Fyson, Regional Sales Director for ANZ & ASEAN, Stratus Technologies

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How To Prepare Now For The Industrial Internet Of Things

This article offers a look into the factory of the future and presents fundamental steps that every manufacturer should take now to prepare for seamless integration when the Internet reaches the factory. Contributed by marketing department, Microscan systems

Is Your ERP System Industry 4.0 Compatible?

Is Your ERP System Industry 4.0 Compatible?

With industry 4.0 increasingly upon us, the enterprise must ensure their ERP systems are compatible with new standards. By Sabby Gill, executive VP, International, Epicor Software Corporation

Mix and MES

Case Study: Mix And MES

An ABB manufacturing execution system raises productivity for DSM Nutritional Products. By Matilda Steiner, ABB

Industry 4.0 Needs Horizontal Integration

Industry 4.0 Needs Horizontal Integration

Understanding the proper way of implementing a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) in the context of Industry 4.0 is important to gain the most benefits. By Sascha Graef, MPDV Asia

Down To The Wire – Building A Resilient Network Infrastructure

Down To The Wire – Building A Resilient Network Infrastructure

Building a resilient network infrastructure is an important element of any industrial communication system.

Security Tracking Gets Smaller And Smarter With M2M

Security Tracking Gets Smaller And Smarter With M2M

Creating a small security tracking solution does not mean asset tracking is about to go mainstream.

Building Connections With RFID

Building Connections With RFID

RFID technologies are growing in prominence with the rise of smartphones and technologies such as NFC. IAA interviewed.

To Meet The IoT Challenge, Data Centres Must Leverage Industrial Automation

To Meet The IoT Challenge, Data Centres Must Leverage Industrial Automation

As Internet-connected devices continue to increase, so will the need for more data centres. Industrial automation is as important as ever in ensuring the efficient operation of these data centres. By Patrick Flynn, group leader of sustainability, IO.

Evolution Vs Revolution: Why Industrial Ethernet Has Evolved Inside And Outside The Factory

Evolution Vs Revolution: Why Industrial Ethernet Has Evolved Inside And Outside The Factory

Connectivity is evolving and with that new challenges are emerging. With greater connectivity, security.

IT Meets Automation

IT Meets Automation

The challenges for future-proof Industrial Communication Networks will be discussed. By Andreas Rehm.

Top 10 Recommendations For Plantwide EtherNet/IP Deployments

Top 10 Recommendations For Plantwide EtherNet/IP Deployments

The top 10 recommendation for plantwide ethernet/IP deployments will be given. By Du Xiaohan, Business Manager.

Changing With The Times

Changing With The Times

While in recent years the M12 connectors had only been used for connections on the sensor-actuator level the range of applications meanwhile has extended itself to data transfer and power supply.

Caring For Cables

Caring For Cables

Cables can degrade if they are not maintained and properly cared for. Cable carriers are designed to guide and protect cables and hoses on moving machinery, ultimately extending the cables life.

Distributed Design Is Now The Norm: Why CAD Must Evolve To Support It

Distributed Design Is Now The Norm: Why CAD Must Evolve To Support It

With the emergence of the cloud, distributed design has now becoming the norm, rather than the exception, with designers working in different locations to achieve their design aims.

Rollin On Forward - Schaeffler

Rollin On Forward

With more autonomy to the Southeast Asian operations, Schaeffler hopes to get a further foothold in the region with its offerings.

Control Systems Migration Concerns And Solutions

Control Systems Migration Concerns And Solutions

Most system migrations are due to obsolescence but the modernised system is proven to benefit plant owners and addresses cyber & network security concerns which will be discussed here.

ERP In The Cloud

ERP In The Cloud

IAA interviewed Joe Cowan, CEO, Epicor Software, on the company’s cloud solution and the future of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). By Mark Johnston.

MES - But Do It The Right Way

MES – But Do It The Right Way

Understanding the proper way of implementing a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) in the context of Industry 4.0 is important to gain the most benefits. By Sascha Graef, MD, MPDV Asia.

PLM’s Evolving Role In The Internet Of Things

PLM’s Evolving Role In The Internet Of Things

Initially introduced in the aerospace and automotive sectors connecting CAD with engineering and manufacturing requirements in order to speed up product development cycles as well as managing quality and cost, PLM is now a ‘strategic business approach to solving the problem of managing the complete set of product definition information,’ as defined by CIMdata.