Bloomberg Markets - Watch Out OPEC, the Americans Are Coming

Watch Out OPEC, the Americans Are Coming

OPEC's decision to cut output for the first time in eight years has put a rocket under oil prices. They've gained almost 20 percent since Nov. 30 when OPEC officials convened in Vienna. It's not all sunny uplands for the oil dignitaries, however, because the rally will spur production in the U.S.

ISA Interchange - Industrial Marketing Tips for ‘Distracted’ Engineers Gone Mobile

Industrial Marketing Tips for 'Distracted' Engineers Gone Mobile

Chances are you are reading this blog post from a smartphone or tablet. How do I know? Easy. A quick check with Google Analytics reveals that nearly 50 percent of the automation and control industry visitors to this site are using some type of portable computing device with Internet access.

Automation World - The Great Graphics Debate: Is Going Gray Good for HMIs?

The Great Graphics Debate: Is Going Gray Good for HMIs?

This is the advice that Larry Sawicki gives for specifying graphics for industrial human-machine interfaces (HMIs). The control systems engineer at Pima County Regional Wastewater Reclamation Department in Arizona urges automation professionals to adopt a graphical-design strategy that focuses the operators' attention on the things that require it.

Bloomberg Markets - OPEC Confounds Skeptics, Agrees to First Oil Cuts in 8 Years

OPEC Cut Output in Bid to End Record Glut

OPEC confounded its doubters and sent crude oil prices soaring by agreeing to its first production cuts in eight years. The deal, designed to drain record global oil inventories, overcame disagreements between the group's three largest producers -- Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq -- and ended a flirtation with free markets that started in 2014.

Bloomberg Markets - Goldman Sees OPEC Meeting Down to the Wire With 30% Odds of Deal

Goldman Sees OPEC Meeting Down to the Wire With 30% Odds of Deal

The oil market is pricing in a 30 percent chance of producers reaching a deal to cut output at OPEC's meeting in Vienna, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The most important market news of the day. Get our markets daily newsletter.

Automation World - FDT Streamlines Device Management in Multi-Network Facilities with CODESYS

FDT Streamlines Device Management in Multi-Network Facilities with CODESYS

FDT Technology's roots in the industrial automation marketplace span the horizon for process, hybrid and factory automation - standardizing device integration and management for all common fieldbuses, regardless of manufacturer. This includes a common environment for accessing the most sophisticated device features.

Harvard Business Review - Companies Should Understand Where Cybercrime Thrives

Companies Should Understand Where Cybercrime Thrives

As global cybercrime increases, governments and businesses are struggling to keep up with the threats they are facing. Because of the changing and innovative methods of attack being used against them, it is of the utmost importance that they constantly refine their knowledge of the particular enemies they face.