Posts by date: 2022 / 0 en https://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/archive/2022.archive.rss Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:01:17 +0200 https://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/stop-ripping-and-replacing-old-fiber-look-at-softing-fiber-ethernet-networking-solutions.htmlWed, 16 Nov 2022 11:41:35 +0100Deane Hornhttps://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/stop-ripping-and-replacing-old-fiber-look-at-softing-fiber-ethernet-networking-solutions.htmlPhoenix Digital redundant fiber Ethernet networking modules from Softing are compatible with legacy fiber, and they can prevent legacy fiber and remote I/O replacements. https://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/datafeed-and-successful-it/ot-integration-for-the-iiot.htmlhttps://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/datafeed-and-successful-it/ot-integration-for-the-iiot.html#commentsThu, 20 Oct 2022 13:15:53 +0200Deane Hornhttps://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/datafeed-and-successful-it/ot-integration-for-the-iiot.htmlWhen it comes to starting, operating and expanding Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions, information technology (IT) architectures play a key role. For example, leveraging IT tools like innovative algorithms can help you increase your production efficiency. At the same time, you may be facing some architecture-related challenges, such as plant- and enterprise-wide deployment migrations, cloud connectivity, database integration, programmable logic controller (PLC) connectivity, security and ongoing maintenance. While these challenges are typical, until recently it was impossible to build a future-proof, enterprise-wide IT architecture that makes ongoing maintenance possible. PLCs can take decades to upgrade, while the pace at which IT architectures change is dizzying by comparison. https://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/successfully-bridging-ot-and-it-with-tmanager.htmlhttps://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/successfully-bridging-ot-and-it-with-tmanager.html#commentsWed, 12 Oct 2022 12:06:36 +0200Deane Hornhttps://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/successfully-bridging-ot-and-it-with-tmanager.htmlUsing tManager, a connectivity module for Rockwell Automation Controllers, two of our customers recently met their clients’ project goals of total systems integration. Here’s how they did it. https://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/simplify-machine-connectivity-to-business-apps-with-softing-edgeplug-software-for-the-siemens-industrial-edge.htmlhttps://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/simplify-machine-connectivity-to-business-apps-with-softing-edgeplug-software-for-the-siemens-industrial-edge.html#commentsThu, 01 Sep 2022 08:54:14 +0200Deane Hornhttps://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/simplify-machine-connectivity-to-business-apps-with-softing-edgeplug-software-for-the-siemens-industrial-edge.htmlAre you looking for an easy way to connect Siemens PLCs to business applications through the Siemens Industrial Edge? Softing edgePlug software products provide connectivity and deliver data seamlessly into the Siemens Industrial Edge. https://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/phoenix-digital-networking-modules-connect-newer-head-end-plcs-to-legacy-i/o.htmlhttps://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/phoenix-digital-networking-modules-connect-newer-head-end-plcs-to-legacy-i/o.html#commentsThu, 09 Jun 2022 10:02:46 +0200Deane Hornhttps://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/phoenix-digital-networking-modules-connect-newer-head-end-plcs-to-legacy-i/o.htmlIf you are a Rockwell customer, looking for a cost-effective way to connect new head-end processors to legacy remote I/O networks, reducing expenses and minimizing the downtime associated with a legacy network upgrade, there is a solution to this challenging scenario. As a Rockwell Technology Partner, Softing offers an industrial networking solution from Phoenix Digital that lets you install the new head-end control system and keep your legacy network and legacy I/O. https://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/a-built-for-purpose-plc-to-database-connectivity-solution.htmlhttps://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/a-built-for-purpose-plc-to-database-connectivity-solution.html#commentsWed, 30 Mar 2022 14:42:45 +0200Deane Hornhttps://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/a-built-for-purpose-plc-to-database-connectivity-solution.htmlSystem integration using a PC and custom code can come with a lot of errors in project estimation, increase risk, cost money and possibly even put your customer at risk. Fortunately, there are built-for-purpose integration solutions that eliminate the PC, eliminate custom code, and eliminate protocol conversion for PLC-to-database and cloud integration projects. In this blog, we show you how tManager from Rockwell, an in-chassis PLC module for bidirectional data exchange between enterprise systems and ControlLogix® and CompactLogix™ PLCs, does just that. https://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/easily-connect-the-cloud-to-siemens-plcs-with-softing-edgeconnector-modules.htmlhttps://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/easily-connect-the-cloud-to-siemens-plcs-with-softing-edgeconnector-modules.html#commentsWed, 09 Mar 2022 10:55:00 +0100Deane Hornhttps://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/easily-connect-the-cloud-to-siemens-plcs-with-softing-edgeconnector-modules.htmlSofting has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft® Azure to offer industrial edge connectivity solutions that you can deploy from the AWS or Azure cloud. We show you how to quickly and securely connect machines, PLCs and devices to cloud-based Industrial IoT solutions in a typical brownfield project using our connectivity modules for the Industrial Edge. https://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/smart-extension-for-legacy-process-plants.htmlhttps://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/smart-extension-for-legacy-process-plants.html#commentsMon, 21 Feb 2022 13:43:20 +0100Christopher Anhalthttps://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/smart-extension-for-legacy-process-plants.htmlAs the digital transformation takes hold of the process industry, many companies are facing the challenge of reconciling innovation and continuity. In response to this, NAMUR (the User Association of Automation Technology in Process Industries) has developed the NAMUR Open Architecture (NOA) model, which brings plant optimization through IT/OT integration within reach for the process industry. In this blog, we present a range of NOA-compliant products that process plant operators can use to extend their plant in compliance with NOA to directly reap the benefits of modern IT applications. https://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/iiot-and-industrial-edge-from-concept-to-implementation.htmlhttps://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/iiot-and-industrial-edge-from-concept-to-implementation.html#commentsWed, 26 Jan 2022 10:59:00 +0100Oriol Filló Clarethttps://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/iiot-and-industrial-edge-from-concept-to-implementation.htmlWhat does Industrial Edge mean? What role does it play within an IIoT architecture? And how do cloud services from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and open source container tools like Kubernetes complement this architecture and help companies improve their processes? Our blog answers these questions and shows three projects in different stages of realization. https://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/how-to-eliminate-it-support-for-your-ot-networks.htmlhttps://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/how-to-eliminate-it-support-for-your-ot-networks.html#commentsTue, 11 Jan 2022 09:19:00 +0100Deane Hornhttps://industrial.softing.com/news/blog/how-to-eliminate-it-support-for-your-ot-networks.htmlControl engineers and those in the manufacturing and the process industries worry about three things taking down their processes: the machines going down, the programmable logic controllers (PLC) or devices going down, and the network going down. This is where Phoenix Digital switches come in. Part of the Rockwell Automation Technology Partner program, these purpose-built Ethernet networking devices were designed specifically for control engineers to network PLCs and Ethernet devices in manufacturing and process environments.