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The world of television commercials is chock full of “integrated enterprises” — not so ours.

The question is not what the process industries are trying to accomplish by means of industrial automation. But rather, “As you drive performance by opening up data and collaboration, how do you ensure cyber-security?” said Patricia T. Sperrell of Exxon Mobil, speaking at ARC Advisory Group’s World Industry Forum, held this week in Orlando.

Many process plants are under pressure to calibrate instruments quickly but accurately and to ensure that the results are then documented for quality assurance purposes and to provide full traceability.

The question is not what the process industries are trying to accomplish by means of industrial information technology. But rather, Patricia T. Sparrell of Exxon Mobil says, “As you drive performance by opening up data and collaboration, how do you ensure cyber-security?”

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The world of television commercials is chock full of “integrated enterprises” — not so ours.

If you’ve been a fan of Global Processing, you may notice a subtle difference in our editorial approach this issue.

Have you seen some of the things they do with industrial-plant software models today? As always, it’s the meshing of user roles that makes an integrated system sing.