Home automation: for me the term recalls rich dudes in the ’80s who could turn off their garage lights with remote-control pads. The stereotype for that era was the more buttons your system had—even ...

Manufacturers need to adapt to changing times and adopt new technology to stay competitive. For many manufacturers, concepts like software-defined automation may seem strange and far away. But the ...

A particular usage of Microsoft's COM-based component software architecture that lets applications expose their internal functions as COM objects. Called "automation" or "OLE automation," it enables ...