Ethics and Doing Good to Society
The last person (well, maybe not totally the last) that I thought I'd listen to on a podcast would have been Charles Koch, CEO of Koch Industries and famously a supporter of "right-wing" causes. But, there he was on the Tim Ferriss podcast. No, I'm not going down the...
Podcast 194 Beware Hype
Podcast 194 of my long-running series—Beware Hype of OT and IT Platforms come and go--sometimes quickly with turns in technology. IoT platforms were all the rage. Just like IT/OT Convergence and other hyped tech. But engineers are quietly working together to apply the...
Improve IIoT Deployment
The Industrial Internet of Things by definition is all about connections. Connecting hundreds of devices which often have differing protocols is a huge challenge. In an attempt to facilitate IIoT deployments, ioTium has announced an alliance with Telit. The agreement...
Tales from the Tech Unknown
You heard the video, now read the book. It's an honor to be included in this collection of inspiring stories 🕮 in @SAP's Tales from #TechUnknown. Read more from these top tech leaders: http://bit.ly/2MZ8BD5 @timoelliott @KirkDBorne @briansolis @tpowlas...
Smart Factory Transition
The short take: ADVICS and Macnica Networks, Inc. deploy FogHorn Edge Computing Software in Smart Factory Transition. We talk endlessly about IoT, digital transformation, and now Smart Factory Transition. Do these terms mean anything? I think we are seeing people do...
Mergers and Acquisitions Measure Industry Health
Here is a little bit of merger and acquisition activity of interest. One involving industrial cybersecurity; the other IT-oriented. Owl Cyber Defense and Tresys are coming together. I have been anticipating some consolidation in that space. Lots of startups. Can’t be...
OSIsoft Discusses Digital Twin
The concept of digital twins was born from the marriage known as cyber-physical systems. The cyber representation of a product or process was often held digitally within CAD/CAM or PLM systems. These became linked to the physical object through a feedback loop that...
ABB Names Another CEO–Björn Rosengren Assumes Leadership in 2020
Senior leadership among leading automation companies has been regularly shifting during the past few years. ABB, Emerson Automation, GE Digital, Honeywell Process, Rockwell Automation have all experienced changes. Sometimes a few. ABB’s board evidently didn’t like the...
Collaborative Robots Assume Tedious Tasks
I started out in a small shop. I had roles that encompassed purchasing, production/inventory control, manufacturing engineering, and even worked production when something needed done. So it was that one day I was trimming parts from a vacuum-formed plastic sheet...
Advice for Managing and Assessing Trustworthiness for IIoT
The spread of connected devices with the resultant flow of data throughout the industrial enterprise spurs concern for security and trustworthiness of that data. The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and its members recognize this problem / challenge. I normally...
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