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April 15, 2008

Issue Highlights
- Ups and Downs of Taking the Bus—Part I
- More Than a Backbone
- Networking at RRR Tire Manufacturing

Ups and Downs of Taking the Bus—Part I
An early adopter of fieldbus technologies overcame a few startup and commissioning issues and qualified a control system.

More Than a Backbone
Fiberoptic media offer network benefits over copper in industrial environments.

Networking at RRR Tire Manufacturing
Tire machine maker uses IP67 networking to build equipment faster.


Control/ARC Podcast
Enterprise Integration with ARC's Bob Mick
Control's Dan Hebert and Walt Boyes talk about enterprise integration with ARC's Bob Mick. This is a rocket-fast tour through the world of enterprise integration by a world-class expert from both the vendor and end-user side. Mick is passionate about what the value of integration can be and informative about the perils and pitfalls too.

» Listen to this Podcast


Featured White Paper

Chasing Moore's Law
The Truth Behind the OS and CPU Upgrades for Industrial PC Users

The COTS (commercial, off-the -shelf) revolution has changed commercial computing, created personal computing, impacted telecommunications and made huge changes in the industrial environment. Most of these changes have been incredibly beneficial, while some have been problematic, and some have caused FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt). This white paper discusses the COTS revolution and all the FUD that can come with it.

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Control/ARC Podcast
Professional Development with Dick Hill
We have candidates for the Hall of Fame, but for how long? Walt Boyes and ARC's Dick Hill discuss professional development and how to get new, younger people into manufacturing and automation so that at the end of their careers, they will be eligible for the Hall.

» Listen to this Podcast


New Products

Connect One's M2M Internet Solution.

Omega Engineering's Wireless Communication Brochure.

GE Fanuc's 6U Compact PCI 24-port NETernity Gigabit Ethernet Switches.

Banner Engineering's SureCross DX70 Wireless Developers Kit.


ControlGlobal.com Blogs

Hitchhiking Through Manufacturing!
Industrial Business Process Management?
As manufacturing companies transform their linear, primarily continental supply chains of the 20th century to “necessary-to-compete” globally distributed supply networks and exchanges, they are realizing that their IT infrastructures must change. Read this entry and find out how manufacturing industries are adopting this IT infrastructural change
Read our other blogs, Sound Off! Editor's Blog and Unfettered Blog

Market Intelligence Report

Calibration Practices
Watch this video and find out what Control learned after surveying its readers about their calibration practices.


Industry Events

Get information on all these events and more.

Plant2Enterprise Transformation Webcast Series
Lean Your Production with Industrial Business Process Management (BPM)
April 16, Webcast

CANECT 2008
April 21 - 22, Toronto, Canada

ExperTune—TiPS User Conference 2008
Common Sense Automation User’s Conference
April 23 - 25, Houston

ABB Automation World 2008
April 29 - May 1, Houston

OSIsoft Webinars
PI AF for Asset Model Management and Analytics Industry Focus/Application Report
April 30, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time


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