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Security: The Key to Successful IIoT Deployment

By Fabrice Jadot - Innovation & Technology SVP – CTO at Schneider Electric Filed in White papers, IIoT

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has been a hot topic of late. One key consideration that will impact its acceptance rate and ultimate success is security.

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Have you subscribed to ProSoft’s YouTube channel?

By Marine Aubagna - MarCom Specialist EMEA Filed in News & Events,

If you are looking for set-up tutorials, webinars, educational videos, or product presentations, ProSoft’s YouTube channel can help.

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Crash Course: Client/Server/Master/Slave

By Jérôme Prat - Technical Support Manager Filed in Technology focus,

Sometimes, if you're not used to dealing with industrial communications, you may not exactly know what some terms mean, like master or client.

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Extending their connected enterprise: How ProSoft is showing customers the value of the IIoT

By Subhajit Bagchi - Former General Manager, ProSoft Technology Filed in White papers, IIoT

The physical world is being digitized as connectivity is added to more and more objects. Industrial IoT is the ongoing digitization of the critical infrastructure and the associated additional value that its owners and operators can derive from it.

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A wide range of autonomous gateways

By Lauren Robeson - Global Communications Specialist Filed in Videos, Gateways

ProSoft Technology’s PLX30 Ethernet and Serial Gateways are powerful, cost-effective solutions for transferring data between devices that use different protocols.

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Why Does PROFINET Need an IP Address?

By Carl Henning - Then-Deputy Director, PI North America Filed in Technology focus, Gateways

An oft-heard question: “Why does a PROFINET device need an IP address? PROFINET uses names.” You may have heard the misinformation that PROFINET does not use TCP/IP. The correct information is that PROFINET does use TCP/IP and devices do have IP addresses!

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