Just as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean protein, regular exercise and routine physical checkups can keep your heart and cardiovascular system up and running, there are many ways to maintain the health of your industrial networks. Executive Editor Jim Montague explains what those ways are in this quarter's cover story. Also in the Q1 issue: See why remote access is one of the fastest-growing and most quickly accepted new technologies to hit control systems; consider whether commercial off the shelf (COTS) components make sense for your network; and learn about the tools that will help keep your network running smoothly.

Read the entire Industrial Networking Q1 2013 issue now.