InTech Articles

Browse the latest articles published in InTech digital magazine, plus supplemental feature articles and columns, and featured news from the International Society of Automation (ISA).

Defending Remote-friendly Environments from Cyberattacks

  • by Damon Purvis
  • January 3, 2023
  • Feature

Use layered defenses to provide cybersecurity for remote OT assets. This feature originally appeared in the December 2022 issue of InTech magazine.

Increasing Edge Expectations

  • by Silvia Gonzalez
  • December 27, 2022
  • Feature

The right edge platform removes roadblocks to creating innovative and long-lasting applications. This feature originally appeared in the October 2022 issue of InTech magazine.

Best Practices for Collaboration Between Industry and Academe

  • by R. Russell Rhinehart
  • December 26, 2022
  • Feature

Better collaboration between academic institutions and industry practitioners can improve outcomes for industrial businesses and the schools, professors and students they depend on. This feature originally appeared in the October 2022 issue of InTech magazine.

Practical IIoT and Wireless Network Practices for Modern Mining

  • by Bas Mutsaers, Mark O. Harris , Joanne Sun and Robert Zwick
  • December 22, 2022
  • Feature

Automation, IIoT and wireless technologies are fundamental to current mining and metals companies. This feature originally appeared in the October 2022 issue of InTech magazine.

Instrumentation Lessons: Selecting and Sizing Flowmeters

  • December 21, 2022
  • Feature

It is worth doing some homework when it comes to sizing and selecting flowmeters. This feature originally appeared in the October 2022 issue of InTech magazine.

ISA84 Launches New Projects

  • December 20, 2022
  • News

A new working group will develop an ISA technical report providing guidance on how to apply digital information during the operation and maintenance activities of the functional safety lifecycle. This feature originally appeared in the October 2022 issue of InTech magazine. 

Mentoring: Paying It Forward Enriches You

  • by Bill Lydon
  • December 14, 2022
  • Feature

Synergy is defined as two or more things functioning together to produce a superior result not independently obtainable. This feature originally appeared in the October 2022 issue of InTech magazine. 

Case Study: AI-Based Autonomous Control

  • by Hiroaki Kanokogi, PhD
  • December 9, 2022
  • Feature

AI-based autonomous control runs a semiconductor plant’s HVAC system. This feature originally appeared in the October 2022 issue of InTech magazine.

Is This the Year for Digital Transformation of Industry?

  • by Renee Bassett
  • December 9, 2022
  • Opinion

The year 2022 may well become known as the year of industrial transformation. This feature originally appeared in the October 2022 issue of InTech magazine. 

Cybersecurity for Electric Energy Infrastructure

  • by Steven Aliano
  • August 24, 2022
  • News

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), global equipment suppliers, and other stakeholders announced the establishment of the Electric Energy OT Security Profile working group hosted by the ISA99 standards committee. This piece originally appeared in InTech magazine's August issue, a special edition from ISA's Smart Manufacturing and IIoT Division.