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High Performance HMI

Posted On: May. 15, 2013

I recently sat in on a session that really changed how I look at HMI design. Now, it very well may be that "High Performance HMI" is a catch phrase or buzzword that is floating around the industry, but implementors and support personnel of ...

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Warning - Graphic Content

Posted On: Apr. 29, 2013

With the advent of very high-speed graphics for gaming such as those found on Sony’s PlayStation, Microsoft’s Xbox and Nvidia’s CUDA platform it appears (excuse the pun) that the technology used in SCADA displays is stuck in the &ls...

The Uprising of Mobile SCADA

Posted On: Apr. 22, 2013

The new mainstream platform of computing has made its stake in the world in the form of handheld consumer electronics. They have become much more powerful, user friendly, and mobile. With products like smart phones and tablets, a user now has the pow...

Alberta: Something to be proud of

Posted On: Apr. 01, 2013

It is time for Albertans to stop apologizing and start celebrating. It is time to push back on the Daryl Hannah’s of the world and let everyone know we are proud of what we have, proud of what we’ve accomplished in Alberta and proud of ou...

Industrial Control Systems Cyber Security in Critical Infrastructure – From Reactive to Proactive

Posted On: Mar. 09, 2013

The emergence of a new landscape available to cyber attackers is here. The evolution of Industrial Control Systems to provide more effective and efficient data transfer has now taken remote access closer and closer to end field equipment. ...

The Evolution of Data Transfer

Posted On: Feb. 20, 2013

Remember the days when production data from a gas meter was gathered by an operator who would drive out to the site every so many days to fetch a chart? And what was collected wasn’t actually production data… it was a recording of pressu...

How will a shortage of Technology Experts impact your business?

Posted On: Jan. 14, 2013

At Streamline, as technology experts in an industry that is full of companies struggling to find technology experts, we seem to be in an enviable position in the industry. ...

The Future of SCADA - IT versus Automation

Posted On: Oct. 31, 2012

At Streamline, we recently conducted a survey about the future of SCADA.  A section of the survey focused on the relationship between IT/IS and the Automation world in the Canadian Oil and Gas industry.  This relationship was something we w...

Common Mistakes in Flow Measurement

Posted On: Sep. 25, 2012

Accurate measurement is of very high importance… since ultimately the measurement data ends up impacting the cash register. The following list highlights the most common flow measurement mistakes. ...