To avoid all the hype and implement solutions that solve real world problems, it's time to focus on actual use cases. Developing standards solely for technology’s sake only exacerbates potential peaks and troughs in the hype cycle of the IIoT.

The joint PI booth will have several new features at this year’s SPS/IPC/Drives in Nuremberg, Germany on November 28–30, 2017. We have a new, larger position still located centrally in Hall 2. Visit us!

Is there a transparent and standardized way to move data from "sensor to the cloud"? A companion specification between IO-Link and OPC UA will help solve this problem. An IO-Link workshop is scheduled for October 11th in Turin, Italy.

A new and improved PROFIdrive profile tester is now available. Manufacturers building drives or encoders according to the PROFIdrive Application Profile now have an easy path to ensure conformity.

How does open, integrated safety enable a competitive advantage versus traditional practices? And with the focus on safety increasing in recent years, is there a way to make safety easier to manage and deploy? Here follows a look at PROFIsafe -past, present, and future.

Not sure what PROFIsafe is or how it works? Need to get up to speed quickly on the world's most installed functional safety network? Here are some resources to gain more knowledge –from very short to in-depth.