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Infographic: How Important Are These Features in Your I/O Choices?

March 3, 2014
February 2014 Survey Results Show Readers' Top Five Criteria When Selecting I/O

An electronic survey of Industrial Networking readers was conducted in February, 2014, in order to identify usage and application trends of I/O modules among the magazine's readership.

When asked to evaluate the importance of I/O features, respondent's top 5 criteria that were ranked as "Extremely Important" or "Important" were ease of setup/installation, reliability, and diagnostic features, compatibility with existing systems and scalability.

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