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Automation Show to Debut in New York June 2005

1/24/2005

Exposition will be part of East Coast’s largest design and manufacturing event.

Federal Trade Commission Proposes Settlement Agreement with Aspen Technologies

7/17/2004

AspenTech announced that the Proposed Consent Decree to settle the proceedings brought against the Company regarding its acquisition of Hyprotech, Ltd., has been accepted for public comment by the commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

HART Releases New Device Description Development Tools

7/16/2004

The HART® Communication Foundation (HCF) released its new Device Description Integrated Development Environment (DD-IDE), a tool suite is a set of integrated software tools for development, testing, and maintenance of Device Descriptions (DDs).

Cyber Security concerns of Internet connected plant control systems.

6/12/2004

Is your plant’s control system connected to the Internet? (or to another system that is connected to the Internet?) Are you worried about hackers or “cyber terrorists”?

FTC Questions AspenTech's Aquisition of Hyprotech

3/16/2004

In August, 1993 the FTC filed an administrative complaint charging that AspenTech's Aquisition of Hyprotech“was anticompetitive and led to the elimination of a significant competitor in the provision of process engineering simulation software for industry.

The Programmable Automation Controller - A new type of control system or a fancy name for a PLC?

12/14/2003

The term “Programmable Automation Controller” has recently remerged as a new class of system, according to news from the ARC Advisory Group and from Rockwell Automation, makers of Allen-Bradley PLCs.