ISA Interchange

Welcome to the official blog of the International Society of Automation (ISA).

This blog covers numerous topics on industrial automation such as operations & management, continuous & batch processing, connectivity, manufacturing & machine control, and Industry 4.0.

The material and information contained on this website is for general information purposes only. ISA blog posts may be authored by ISA staff and guest authors from the automation community. Views and opinions expressed by a guest author are solely their own, and do not necessarily represent those of ISA. Posts made by guest authors have been subject to peer review.

Securing the Future: IoT Product Testing and Information Security in Smart Manufacturing

The Information of Things (IoT) industry is booming. Data collected by Statista shows that the secto...
Katie Brenneman Feb 15, 2024 10:19:28 AM

5 Ways Manufacturers Can Protect Their IP

Industry 4.0 is defined by the marriage of the digital and the physical, taking the form of smart fa...
Emily Newton Aug 16, 2022 5:30:00 AM

Securing Industrial Networks: It’s a Journey

When I meet with manufacturers, I usually hear some version of the following: “We’re digitizing to g...
Vikram Sharma Aug 24, 2021 5:30:00 AM

ISA-95 and IIoT: Power is Nothing Without Control

The Internet, Internet of Things (IoT), and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Many different...
David Jimenez Jun 18, 2021 5:30:00 AM

Industry 4.0 Concepts for Discrete Manufacturing Applied to Process Automation

This article was written by Bill Lydon, automation industry authority, journalist and former chief e...
Bill Lydon Dec 2, 2019 9:00:00 AM

IIoT is Approaching the Network Edge for Almost Every Industrial Application

This post was written by Peter Fuhr, PhD, Marissa Morales-Rodriguez, PhD, Sterling Rooke, PhD, and P...
Contributing Authors Oct 23, 2019 9:00:27 AM

Does IIoT Live Up to the Hype?

There sure is an awful lot of hype about the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). One cannot attend...
Eric J. Byres Jul 22, 2019 9:00:46 AM

Connectivity, Productivity and Efficiency Benefits of IIoT Depend on Integrated Cybersecurity

This article was written by Bill Lydon, automation industry authority, journalist and former chief e...
Contributing Authors Jan 31, 2018 10:42:37 AM

IoT Is Ready for the Process Industries

This post was written by Tom Moser, president and CEO of Phillips and Temro Industries.
Contributing Authors Jul 17, 2017 10:42:48 AM

Is the Internet of Things Creating Unfocused Urgency to Monitor Everything?

This article was written by Bill Lydon, chief editor at InTech magazine.
Bill Lydon Jan 11, 2017 10:42:26 AM

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