Systems and apparatus for distribution of process control data to remote devices

A system 10 for securely disseminating information relating to a process control plant includes process control node 22 and controller 40 that is coupled to a plurality of process control devices 44, 46. The process control node includes a communicator module operable to transmit, via a first network, information of the process plant received from the controller. The system also includes a data services module operable to receive from the communicator module, via the first network, the information of the process plant and to transmit some of that information via a second network, and a mobile server 12, coupled to the second network and to a third network, and operable to receive data from the data services module. The mobile server is operable to communicate with plurality of mobile computing devices 14 via the third network. The mobile server may send system-level notifications to the plurality of mobile computing devices and user-level notifications to specific mobile computer devices. The server may maintain a plurality of lists corresponding to a set of items to which a mobile computing device is subscribed.