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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.

Getting the Most From Your HART Handheld

This guest blog post was authored by Heikki Laurila, product marketing manager at Beamex.
Contributing Authors Apr 21, 2014 10:42:21 AM

How to use Mobile Devices to Improve Operator Effectiveness

This post was authored by Lane Swensen and Kim Custeau of AVEVA.
Contributing Authors Jan 27, 2014 10:42:11 AM

What Is a Good Security Approach to Water and Wastewater Process Control Systems?

This post was authored by Norman Anderson, PE, and Bill Phillips, PE.
Contributing Authors Nov 25, 2013 10:42:46 AM

Leveraging DoD Wireless Security Standards for Automation and Control

This guest blog post was written by Thurston Brooks, vice president of product marketing, Ultra Elec...
Contributing Authors Sep 4, 2013 10:42:20 AM

Use Wireless Transmitters for Diagnostics, Improvements, and Metrics

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan May 17, 2013 10:00:19 AM

Analysis of Wireless Industrial Automation Standards: ISA-100.11a and WirelessHART

This post was authored by Márcio S. Costa and Jorge L. M. Amaral.
Contributing Authors Dec 11, 2012 9:38:54 PM

Stronger than Firewalls: Cybersecurity Protects Industrial Site Safety

This is an abstract that will be presented at ISA Automation Week 2012 in Orlando, Florida.
Juliann Grant Aug 8, 2012 2:35:44 PM

Improve Reliability with Essential Asset Monitoring

This is an excerpt from the May/June 2012 issue of InTech magazine and written by Nikki Bishop of Em...
Contributing Authors Jul 30, 2012 8:21:50 PM

The Importance of Minimizing Dead Time in Process Automation

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Jul 27, 2012 7:43:48 PM

The Reliability of Wireless Mesh Networks in Industrial Environments

This is an abstract that will be presented at ISA Automation Week 2012 in Orlando, Florida.
Juliann Grant Jul 27, 2012 11:54:09 AM

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