One of the biggest and most costly challenges of plant maintenance is proving that systems are functional and safe. Proof testing is one of the most critical aspects of plant operations and costs millions of dollars in lost production every turnaround in the name of...

When an operator considers cybersecurity, they tend to focus on Legal, HR, and Finance data. This makes sense; intellectual property and personal information security are essential for competitive advantage, and Dodd-Frank, SOC, and FTC regulatory compliance also come...

 Everyone in an oil and gas facility understands that safety is the highest priority, yet even with regulatory mandates and safety standards there is still room for improvement. There have been 130 incidents at chemical facilities reported over the past 20...

It is common for companies in the engineering industry to have a corporate structure with multiple disparate business units; traditional Information Technology (IT) and Engineering are two such units. IT fills the important role of providing software and network...

Enterprises count on their asset management system to be the “master” from which all other applications pull data. For most business functions, this works well while providing consistency and control to the enterprise. Still, the fundamental way data is collected,...