An electronic survey of Industrial Networking readers was conducted in August, 2013, in order to identify usage and application trends of Industrial Ethernet among the magazine's readership.
At most respondents' plants, control engineers claim to maintain primary responsibility for Industrial Ethernet projects (72%). At 4% of facilities it is the IT department's responsibility, and at 24% of facilities the responsibility is shared.
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