After Automation World columnist Jim Pinto gave his prognostications for 2012, reader Phil Christopher offered his own vision for the factory of the future. It includes a virtual grid of PLC ...

The first virtual controller from Siemens is based on the functions of an S7-1500 hardware PLC and is made available via Industrial Edge. © Siemens Siemens has ...

We’re also covering the opening of a new 75,000-square-foot facility in Cincinnati, a robot training system, and efficient end-to-end simulation workflows.

A few years ago, Siemens began presenting its concept for web-based control with the introduction of its Simatic PCS neo—a distributed control platform for the processing industries designed to make ...

When VMware developed an efficient virtual machine (VM) for computer operating systems, it transformed IT and eventually paved the way for cloud and modern IT services. Now Siemens is paving the road ...