Technology challenges for 2007

What do you see as the biggest technology challenge for 2007?
InTech magazine, the flagship publication of ISA, conducted an online survey to find out what industry observers and practitioners felt the trends were going to be this year and in the years to come.
Predictive maintenance led the pack as the biggest technology challenge in 2007 with 21%, while 18% said wireless and enterprise interoperability were the next two top challenges.
But when it comes to looking down the road, wireless weighs in with 25% of respondents saying it will be the biggest challenge and enterprise interoperability came in second with 21%. Respondents must feel they will come up with a predictive maintenance answer, because only 9% said it would be a challenge in five years.
Along the lines of enterprise interoperability, 51% of respondents said they are currently able to communicate through the enterprise to the executive suite, while 49% said they could not.
For more information on the Automation Outlook 2007, see the January issue of InTech magazine.
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