The integration between Splunk Enterprise and KEPServerEX breaks down the industrial data and IT data silos to deliver new real-time insights that were previously unavailable. [ + ]

Rockwell Automation has purchased the assets of ESC Services, a hazardous energy control provider of lockout-tagout services. [ + ]

A centre that will help Australian food manufacturing companies stay globally competitive has been officially launched at the University of Sydney. [ + ]

At the Internet of Things World Forum 2014, keynote speaker Keith D Nosbusch addressed how industry is at a major inflection point, driven by the convergence of IT and operational technology, and enhanced by the industrial 'Internet of Things'. [ + ]

At the 2014 NSW Science & Engineering Awards, the prize for 'Excellence in Engineering and Information and Communications Technologies' has been awarded to robotics and information systems expert Professor Salah Sukkarieh. [ + ]

Honeywell Process Solutions has been named the Best Industrial Wireless Provider at the 2014 Asian Manufacturing Awards (AMA). [ + ]

In a report in the journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, scientists say they have developed a new software-based method that finds leaks in oil and gas pipelines even when they're small. [ + ]

The Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) International is working to expand its conversation with the public about the role and value of information technologies (IT) in manufacturing. [ + ]

A contest to be held at the Engineers Australia Convention 2014 will see Australia's up-and-coming engineers compete to transform their big ideas into reality. [ + ]

The rejection by the Planning Assessment Commission of two open-cut mine expansions in the Hunter Valley and the Blue Mountains has been described as a "brutal double blow" by the NSW Minerals Council. [ + ]

Australia’s manufacturing industry is in decline. Yet some businesses are managing to buck the trend. The question is what do these “outliers” do differently from their competitors? And what does each thriving business have in common? [ + ]

Transfield Services has received a takeover bid of close to $1bn from Spanish infrastructure group Ferrovial Servicios. [ + ]

UK-based start-up GeoSLAM is partnering with CSIRO to further develop the handheld 3D Laser mapping technology Zebedee. [ + ]

Weir Minerals has acquired Chinese crushing and separation equipment manufacturer Trio Engineered Products from Navis Capital for US$220 million. [ + ]

The initial conference program and exhibition floor plan for Australia's only dedicated automation, control and instrumentation event, ACI Connect 2015, has been released this week.