After Automation World columnist Jim Pinto gave his prognostications for 2012, reader Phil Christopher offered his own vision for the factory of the future. It includes a virtual grid of PLC ...

Digital twin technology has been generating a lot of buzz over past the past few years. While the potential for the technology is broad—from detailed remote maintenance and repair to artificial ...

When VMware developed an efficient virtual machine (VM) for computer operating systems, it transformed IT and eventually paved the way for cloud and modern IT services. Now Siemens is paving the road ...

Key market opportunities in the PLC sector include the shift to software-defined automation, driven by Industry 4.0 adoption and demand for modular architectures in large plants. Asia-Pacific leads ...