All businesses want to boost productivity and efficiency while reducing errors and accidents, but this is especially important for small businesses operating with tighter budgets and smaller staffs.

Paul Murphy opined recently on the relative merits of standards versus standardization. To paraphrase, standards are good because multiple products do things in the same general way, thus making them ...

Most Identity and Access Management (IAM) programs don''t fail spectacularly in a single public incident. Even in highly ...

With the simplification of systems, the availability of training, the move toward the adoption of modern programming languages, and the rise in configuration or “no programming required” options, it ...

As the drive for value-based care continues, hospitals and health systems are looking for proven best practices to improve clinical outcomes, enhance safety and control costs. Whatever the goal, the ...

After a decade of consultation and debate, on June 7, the European Union approved a directive requiring virtually all electronic devices sold in the EU be equipped by 2024 with a USB-C charging port; ...

If you’ve been to even one of the process-focused conferences or user group meetings held over the past several years—Emerson Exchange, Schneider Electric’s Connect, Siemens Oil & Gas, Honeywell Users ...

Some scientists suggest that environmental standardization may lead to spurious findings. The implication from this hypothesis will likely be controversial. A major tenet of science is the ability to ...

Getting a number of vendors to talk to each other, let alone align, is no easy feat. Adding academics and researchers does not necessarily make things easier. Now try adding to the mix a fragmented ...