SCADA systems are a key operational tool that manufacturers rely on to visualize, troubleshoot and improve their operations. After all, it’s the crucial connection between the process control systems ...

SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) is a comprehensive system of hardware and software designed to enable organizations to control and monitor industrial processes. Widely use across ...

Download this article in PDF format. When most people think of the Internet of Things (IoT), home automation is what comes to mind. But in terms of complexity, home automation is a simple network ...

Boiler systems play a crucial role across industrial, institutional, commercial, and other large-scale facilities. The systems are often complex and require meticulous oversight to ensure optimal ...

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s USGS agency reports that there are about 67,000 large (utility-scale) wind turbines in operation in the United States. These thousands of wind turbines are ...

Michael Matrick (left) and Kyle Alexander speak to the crowd at YYC DataCon in Calgary. – Photo by Paulina Ochoa, Digital Journal Picture this: You’re running a massive pipeline network, moving ...

Southern California Edison (SCE) has been remote controlling and automating substations since the late 1940s using a combination of single point-to-point supervisory control and single ...

SCADA systems have long played a role in the power sector, managing and monitoring various processes and equipment in traditional power-generating settings. Now, the changing landscape of energy ...

S4x14 CONFERENCE -- Miami -- A researcher has rigged a programmable logic controller (PLC) with a low-cost hacking tool that can shut down a process control network with a text message. The so-called ...

The Internet of Things needs technology to connect people to machines and processes. From the operators on the plant floor to the execs in the C-suites, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA ...