In the shift towards an Industrial Internet, programmable logic controllers, used to drive
processes in industrial facilities, are more intelligent and capable of mutual communication …

Nowadays the Internet is playing a very important role in different domains. During the
previous years a lot of research has been done for trying to develop applications, which …

Industrial applications and systems still lack in adopting the Web Services architecture.
Legacy systems, either OPC-based or proprietary ones, compose a huge source of data …

The paper deals with new trends in process control technology, particularly with the use of
automation services from a cloud. After a short overview regarding the state of the art in the …

Manufacturers require an efficient reaction to critical events occurring at the process plants.
Device data need to be integrated into business processes in a standardized and flexible …

Abstract The concept Lean Web Automation (LWA) describes a new approach for web-
based operation of automation devices in distributed systems, which can be used flexible by …

In this paper a new model for controlling and monitoring industrial Automation Systems will
be described. The architecture of this model does not limit it to be connected to only one …

Web technologies have experienced a rapid development in recent years. In particular web
browsers enhanced their abilities because of the improvement of JavaScript, CSS3 and …

An industrial process requires interacting with the rest of the plant, being able to exchange
data with other devices and monitoring systems in order to optimize production, reporting …

Industrial control computers can be connected to the Internet, and equipped with a Web
interface. This enables access to process data from any computer with a set of common web …