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Smart Networks for the Future of Automation

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Written by Gareth Chamberlain

Throughout my life I have seen huge changes in the way IT has moved in the commercial sector. From multiple standalone servers taking up huge spaces and needing dedicated employees to look after the well-being of each one, to today where all the servers are combined in to a single physical piece with hosted virtualised servers on the physical platform.

I’m also lucky enough to be witnessing the same changing shift within the industrial sector. Engineers who have only been used to dealing with serial devices are now being asked to dive into the world of IT with Ethernet, Wireless and IT network protocols, with projects that demand real time data back to a central server.

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Discover our WLAN access point solution for potentially explosive areas

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Dave Hall, Industry Manager – Process Industry

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Happy Monday All,

When I have been discussing applications in the process environment, I have seen that more and more design engineers are using Ethernet as their chosen protocol for data transmission. Many opting to send signals by wireless Ethernet avoiding long cable runs around plants. This is fine on a standard production line like a car plant, but what happens on a gas platform out in the North Sea, an oil refinery or a petro-chemical plant or in fact any process plant with hazardous areas?

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Monday Blog – How to manage your Ethernet

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Written by Andrew Maskell

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 “Ethernet” has become one of the most common used words in industry nowadays.

This is due to the fact that everything around us is being connected to it in one form or another.

As we begin to incorporate more and more into our networks it is inevitable we need to come up with better ways of managing these and making sure we stay in control.

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