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AUVESY-MDT Press Release – New software solution: octoplant

Octoplant is a new data management platform that provides a vendor-independent and comprehensive view of all automation backup processes involving OT and IT. Users are protected against production downtime, data loss and also experience significantly increased cyber security. Learn more about this new product in the AUVESY-MDT Press Release...

AVEVA Production Management (formerly Ampla) | What’s new with the 2020 U2 Release

The AVEVA Production Management 2020 U2 release includes several exciting new features, such as the modernization of browser technology for embedding web-based information and application functionality, and a new Web API that enables integration with the AVEVA PI System™. Read on for all the details about what's new. ...

Digitizing the energy transition: How are digital technologies accelerating decarbonization?

The energy transition and decarbonization are the biggest challenges that this generation will face. With growing energy demand and increasing focus on energy security and supply resiliency, governments and businesses alike have turned to digital strategies to shape the new energy landscape. Continue reading to see how you can turn these challenges into opportunities....

Learn the benefits of AVEVA cloud-based training system

Years before the COVID-19 pandemic suddenly forced everyone to work remotely, AVEVA had already made significant efforts to provide a cloud-based operator training solution. Read on to see how a cloud-based Operator Training Simulator (OTS) offers five direct benefits over customer site server-based OTS....

The Importance of Agility in Oil & Gas

According to a recent IDC Report, "Oil and gas companies and their suppliers need to have capabilities in place to enable greater resiliency and adaptability as they face disruptive market environments." In other words, oil and gas companies need to react even faster than the rapidly shifting market....

UPDATE: Microsoft DCOM Hardening Patches – How This Can Affect Your AVEVA Software & What You Need to Know

In June 2021, Microsoft delivered a security update that included the ability to add a registry key that enables the hardening of DCOM as provided in KB5004442. The key supports setting the key value to 1 (enable). While Microsoft has delayed the rollout of the next phase of these changes, AVEVA continues to monitor Microsoft's activities with their DCOM hardening plan. The monitoring activities Include evaluating the potential impact on AVEVA’s software portfolio. Read on to see how this could affect your software....

How to achieve operational agility without disrupting product quality and plant productivity

Today’s landscape requires leveraging digital technologies to optimize the supply chain for responsiveness and manufacturing plants for efficiency and adaptability to a more dynamic environment. Advanced digital production planning, scheduling, and execution capabilities allow manufacturers to align operational planning with the realities of the plant floor....

Stop the Insanity–The Cybersecurity Industry Must Do Better (Virsec Blog)

The current state of the cybersecurity industry is insane and the only way to change it is to take a completely different approach to the challenge. Virsec’s Deterministic Protection Platform (DPP) completely disrupts conventional approaches by fully mapping and understanding what your software is predetermined to do (the developer’s intent), and immediately stopping what it is not. Learn more about this security approach....