You've shown a lot of interest in our blog posts this last year—thank you. We hope they answer some of your questions and help make your automation projects easier.

So to round out the year, take a look and see if you missed any of these popular posts. 

Predictive maintenance on a compressor. We'd all like to get a better handle on equipment maintenance, to reduce unnecessary expense, maximize efficiency, and avoid outages.

See how a simple internet of things project could provide real value for your company.

IoT doesn’t always mean Internet. In this report from the Automation Conference 2017, you'll read about the real value of the industrial internet of things (IIoT).

It's not necessarily putting data into the cloud; it's really about getting your industrial equipment to talk to your computer systems. And that could be just on your local network. 

Case study: ARi improves efficiency in industrial separation processes. Separation processes using chemical, physical, or electrical forces are a crucial and basic part of many industries.

Amalgamated Research LLC shows how they reduce equipment size and provide remote process monitoring for their customers.

Adventures of an Applications Engineer, Part 2. Beer, ball games, and power for a famous halftime show are featured in this tale of applications engineering. Join Opto 22 Engineer Mary St. John for some more adventures.

New Videos: Introducing Ignition Edge on the groov Box. Here's a really recent post that's gotten a lot of interest. Ignition Edge in our groov Edge Appliance gives you a host of easier options for moving data where you need it. 

With its built-in OPC-UA drivers and MQTT/Sparkplug capability, plus Node-RED for simple logic and a groov View operator interface, groov could be just what you're looking for.

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And Happy New Year!