Welcome to 2013—I hope. I’m writing this editorial days before the end of the world, according to an interpretation of an old Mayan calendar. Whether we are crumpled at the bottom of the “fiscal cliff” is also unknown now. Such are monthly magazines.
假设我们所有人仍在阅读这篇文章，我认为我对自动化的看法比玛雅人要短，并且比我们的政治领导人似乎能够召集更长的看法。尽管控制平台，编程，感应和运动仍然有所改进，但我看到的事情在时间的充足度中是在控制平台上建立的，这些平台可以帮助我们更有效地管理植物和工厂。
提到云计算在出版的目标ed to enterprise information technology people doesn’t even draw a yawn any more. Automation people are moving with the usual haste (meaning “not quickly”) toward adopting cloud technologies. The reason is that “the cloud” is a place to house lots of information. Expect to read more about the cloud. Also expect to hear your suppliers talking more about it.
除非有一种方法可以使所有人都可以理解并以不同的方式交付，否则建立大量信息的存储库是不好的。幸运的是，另一种IT创新可用 - 分析。寻找各种技术供应商，以取得分析，仪表板，操作员屏幕，移动支持等方面的进步。
必须喂食那只野兽，以及经常在他们之间进行交谈的连接设备和无人干预的数据库是什么。这项技术的发展速度非常缓慢，就像我们市场上的其他所有事物一样。物联网，普遍的互联网和工业互联网只是这个连接设备的新世界的一些新名称。自动化公司像通用电气一样多样化
Advantech have made this technology a cornerstone of strategy. There will be ever greater connectivity using all the strands of networking technology we’ve discussed for the past 10 years.
Interoperability
需要其他技术和标准线程来编织这一信息丰富的工业未来。那是互操作性。我最近参观了一家布尔登工厂，在那里制造了布线电缆。管理层研究了新的计算机维护管理系统（CMMS）应用程序。一位经理告诉我：“我肯定希望这些软件包能够与其他软件包进行通信，例如我们的企业资源计划（ERP）系统。”
OPC UA发展已有五年多。2012年，我们开始看到大量的应用和产品。OPC是互操作性的行业标准，已经证明自己已经多年了。UA带来的进步使其更加有价值。这Open O&M Initiativeis yet another industry-led interoperability standard that is beginning to gain mass in the oil & gas industry. Watch for more to come this year.
This issue marks the second year of reporting on the results of our open-ended reader poll of companies you choose to be on your “First Team” as automation suppliers. You’ll also find a section where a variety of automation suppliers are promoting their products and solutions and asking you to go online and select them as a Leader in Automation. These are a couple of ways you can make your voice heard.
This year also marks the 10th Anniversary of the founding of Automation World. I joined the start up team with Dave Harvey and Jane Gerold in Feb. 2003 with first issue published in June, and I owe both much gratitude for having confidence in me as the founding editor. It has been a lot of fun.
