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How to Use Ignition's Security Features

Security is one of the most pressing issues industrial organizations face on a daily basis, and that's why Ignition was designed with an abundance of security features. Some of Ignition’s security features have been around for a long time, and there are also many new ones coming out with Ignition 8. In this session, you'll learn more about how to use Ignition’s security features to make your system as secure as possible.

Design Principles for Creating Mobile-Responsive HMIs

Designing an effective HMI screen for a desktop or panel is much different than designing for a mobile device. Depending on the screen size and how the user interacts with it, the way the operator uses and views that screen can change drastically. In this highly informative session, you’ll learn solid, time-tested web-design principles for creating mobile-responsive HMI screens that work equally well on a mobile device or a desktop.

Diagnosing, Troubleshooting, and Improving Ignition Gateway Performance

In this educational session, taught by Ignition support experts, you'll learn how to self diagnose and troubleshoot potential problems in your Ignition gateway. You'll also learn valuable tips for how to improve Ignition gateway performance so you can get the most out of your Ignition system.

Building Scalable Ignition Enterprise Architectures

With the introduction of the Gateway Network feature in Ignition v7.9 and the Ignition Edge products this year, it's now possible to build new types of architectures that are much more scalable than before. In this session, we'll discuss highly scalable architectures that allow you to better distribute large workloads across multiple Ignition Gateways in the enterprise, and to extend Ignition from the enterprise level all the way to the edge of your network.

IIoT: Getting Started with MQTT

The lightweight, open, and efficient MQTT messaging protocol has become a favorite among developers for IIoT applications. MQTT is different from other protocols you may have worked with before, so be sure to attend this session. Learn about the three components of an MQTT architecture: the broker, the publisher, and the subscriber. We'll also cover the other MQTT fundamentals you'll need to get started.

Introduction to Machine Learning

There is a growing amount of interest in machine learning, a discipline within artificial intelligence in which machines analyze data to identify patterns and develop models. In this intriguing session, experts from Inductive Automation will share the basic concepts and processes of machine learning, and discuss its potential implications for industrial automation.

Keynote ICC 2017

As the effects of rapid technological change continue to be felt by companies and organizations everywhere, it's essential to understand the real meaning behind the latest industry trends and to see the guiding philosophy behind the company's recent product updates. In this opening keynote session, Inductive Automation's top thought leaders will discuss their vision for keeping the Ignition platform and the Ignition community at the forefront of the industrial data revolution.

Transforming the Modern Oil Field: Moving to a Distributed Gateway Architecture

Pioneer Natural Resources is a large, Texas-based independent exploration and production company that delivers industry-leading production and reserve growth through onshore, unconventional oil and gas resource development in the United States. SCADA Operations and Development Manager Charles Lame will present an interesting case study of how Pioneer is using Ignition to move from a single-server architecture to a scaled-out enterprise architecture with distributed services. Their large-scale implementation features more than 1,700,000 tags and 29,000-plus device connections, logging 52 million records per day and polling 160,000,000 tags overall.

Learning Ignition Fundamentals (2017)

If you're new to Ignition or just need a refresher, this is the session for you. Ignition's training team will cover the basic knowledge and fundamental features you will need to know to get started with Ignition.

Steps for Protecting Your Ignition System

Every day, the issue of protecting your SCADA systems against security threats becomes more pressing. There are specific actions you can take – and other actions you should definitely avoid – to improve the security of your Ignition system. In this highly informative session, an Ignition expert will teach the best practices for strengthening Ignition against security threats.