Technology Updates
Cloud-based platforms to drive factory simulation software
July 27, 2019
The market for factory simulation software products will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 11% to reach US $4.1 billion for over 172,000 users in 2030.
PROFIsafe and IO-Link pass the 10 million mark
July 27, 2019
More than 2.2 million PROFIsafe nodes were brought to market in 2018, growth of nearly 25% compared to the previous year. More than 3.3 million IO-Link nodes were brought to market, more than 40% growth rate.
Open Process Automation Forum Standard
May 27, 2019
The Open Group bases its new O-PAS process automation reference architecture on OPC Unified Architecture.
ODVA expands CIP security for improved productivity
May 27, 2019
The goal of cybersecurity enhancements to EtherNet/IP is to extend the CIP security defense-in-depth architecture to network communications with and between ICS systems, and also edge devices.
Open Industry 4.0 Alliance eyes digital transformation
May 27, 2019
At Hannover Messe 2019, European companies from the mechanical engineering, industrial automation and software industries announced a cooperation agreement to pursue digital transformation in manufacturing.
IoT security maturity model, practitioner’s guide released
March 28, 2019
Security Maturity Model (SMM) Practitioner’s Guide provides detailed actionable guidance enabling IoT stakeholders to assess and manage the security maturity of IoT systems.
New process automation device information model
March 28, 2019
A liaison agreement has been reached and endorsed for the process automation device information model specification (PA-DIM), function blocks and FDI technology within the OPAF “standard of standards”.
PackML submodel example for I4.0 Asset Administration Shell
January 28, 2019
PLCopen is working on a document showing a PackML submodel example for the I4.0 Asset Administration Shell technologies. A proposed PackML sub model can be viewed as a machine behavior semantic model.
More IP traffic in next five years than in history of Internet
January 28, 2019
The new Visual Networking Index (VNI) by Cisco predicts more traffic will be created in 2022 than in the 32 years since the internet started. By 2022, more than 28 billion devices and connections will be online.
OPC UA extended including TSN down to the field level
November 28, 2018
The OPC Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of its new setup to identify OPC UA and related TSN-harmonization needs and extends OPC Foundation standards and specifications.