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CYBATI's Co-Founder and President, Matthew E. Luallen, revealed the ease of writing a Metasploit module targeting the MicroLogix line of Allen-Bradley process controllers. Mr. Luallen stated several times during his presentation at NERC's GridSecCon 2012, "I did not want to write this Metasploit module or the laboratory exercise; however, given the current state of escalating risk, it is necessary for the industry to understand just how easy it is to compromise a system if...
CORBY, England, April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Allen-Bradley Micro 830 family offers customers value for money and free programming software RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products including batteries and connectors [http://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/connectors ], is now stocking the Allen-Bradley Micro 830 range...
DALLAS, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new market research report "Industrial Controls (SCADA, PLC, DCS) & Factory Automation (Field Devices, MES, ERP) Market : Global Forecast & Analysis (2011 - 2016)" published by MarketsandMarkets (http://www.marketsandmarkets.com), the factory automation market is expected to reach $185.0 billion by 2016 at a CAGR of 7.58% from 2011 to 2016. Browse 68 tables and in-depth TOC on "Industrial Controls (SCADA,...
BEIJING, Dec. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Hollysys Automation Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: HOLI) ("Hollysys" or the "Company"), a leading provider of automation and control technologies and applications in China, announced today that it has been awarded three separate contracts by different power corporations in the country, to supply its proprietary industrial Distributed Control Systems (DCS) to 6X660MW ultra-supercritical thermal power generating units in aggregate, with all...
CHICAGO, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ROCKWELL AUTOMATION FAIR (Booth #726), -- FreeWave Technologies, (http://www.freewave.com), manufacturer of the most reliable, high-performance spread spectrum and licensed radios for critical data transmission, today announced it will showcase its latest industrial grade wireless data radio offerings for extending Rockwell Automation Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) at the 2011 Rockwell Automation Fair...
ATLANTA, Nov. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Industry has released Simatic STEP 7 Safety Advanced V11 option as part of its TIA (totally integrated automation) Portal, providing end users with all configuration and programming tools required for generating a fail-safe program within Siemens TIA Portal. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGO ) Siemens TIA Portal, introduced last year, integrates product and production engineering via one interface, linking all of...
NUREMBERG, Germany, Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced its AM1810 Sitara(TM) ARM® microprocessor (MPU), a new single-chip ARM9(TM) solution with an integrated PROFIBUS® interface, the world's most popular fieldbus used for communications between factory automation equipment. This integrated, low-power device eliminates the need for an external PROFIBUS, ASIC or FPGA, which saves development time and cost while improving...
SINGAPORE, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- 2009 saw many projects put on hold or slowed down due to the economic slowdown across many countries in the region. Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia were the hardest hit, registering -9.5%, -7.1% and -6.2% GDP in the first quarter of 2009 respectively. Although the economy improved in the later part of the year, the ASEAN GDP was still at -0.3% in 2009. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) (Logo:...
BEIJING, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Hollysys Automation Technologies, Ltd. (Nasdaq: HOLI) ("Hollysys" or the "Company"), a leading provider of automation and control technologies and applications in China, announced today that it has commenced shipping its proprietary large-scale industrial Distributed Control Systems (DCS) to the Guohua Taishan Power Plant for its 1000MW (1GW) ultra-supercritical thermal power generating units. This signifies China's first-ever deployment of...
SINGAPORE, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The increasing awareness of automation and the sustainable growth prospects in major end-user industries have galvanized the Asia Pacific programmable logic controller (PLC) market, encouraging it to live up to its impressive potential. End users have begun to prefer automation to manual systems to optimize processes and thereby, improve productivity and reduce down time and human error. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) New...
