Automation

Bosch Rexroth Adopts Ubuntu Core And Snaps For App-based CtrlX AUTOMATION Platform
Canonical announced that Bosch Rexroth has selected Ubuntu Core for their app-based platform ctrlX AUTOMATION. ctrlX AUTOMATION leverages Ubuntu Core, designed for embedded devices, and snaps, the universal Linux application containers, to deliver an open source platform to remove the barriers between machine control, IT and OT. Industrial manufacturing solutions built on ctrlX AUTOMATION with Ubuntu Core and snaps …

SaltStack Infrastructure Automation Now Integrated With Tenable.io For Closed-Loop Vulnerability Remediation
SaltStack®, the creators of intelligent automation for security operations and IT teams, today announced several new features and capabilities introduced in version 6.2 of SaltStack Enterprise, SaltStack Protect, and SaltStack Comply. Now generally available, SaltStack Protect integrates infrastructure automation and configuration management with the Tenable.io vulnerability management solution for closed-loop vulnerability remediation. SaltStack Comply now includes …

The Eclipse Foundation Launches The Sparkplug Working Group To Bring Device Communications Standardization To The Industrial Internet Of Things And Industrial Automation
The Eclipse Foundation announced the launch of the Sparkplug Working Group, which is driving the evolution and broad adoption of the Eclipse Sparkplug Specification that enables the creation of open, interoperable, Industrial IoT (IIoT) solutions utilizing MQTT. In particular, the Working Group will encourage the definition of technical specifications and associated implementations that rationalize access to …

Emerson’s Exploration And Production Software Suite Drives Customer Success Using Accelerated Automation And Cloud Hosting
Emerson announced the release of the Paradigm™19 integrated oil and gas exploration and production software suite, featuring automated workflows that enhance productivity while reducing user effort. Based on proven science that delivers maximum information about the subsurface, Paradigm 19 optimizes model accuracy, reduces outcome uncertainty and saves costs across the customer’s organization. This release expands the …

PyCon 2019 | A Snake in the Bits: Security Automation with Python
PyCon 2019 | A Snake in the Bits: Security Automation with Python Speaker: Moses Schwartz, Andy Culler Security incident response is an intense, high stress, high skill job that relies heavily on human judgement. Despite that, for reasons that we can’t begin to understand, a big part of an incident responder’s job seems to be …