Podcast Manufacturing Leadership
Gary offers observations on the continuing saga of former GE executives running Boeing changing the culture from engineering-driven to Wall Street-driven. Also thoughts on good manufacturing leadership. Some people have nothing to lose in the game. They have no skin...
SymphonyAI announces IRIS Foundry, an AI-powered Industrial Data Ops Platform
Now that ChatGPT has been out for a while, people playing with it have discovered the shortcomings. Today at MIT, Sam Altman acknowledged the shortcomings of GenerativeAI. But that doesn’t stop companies from jumping on the GenAI bandwagon. Yes, they are using it. I’d...
Honeywell Report Reveals “Silent Residency” Is Driving Escalating Cyber Threat
The 6th Honeywell cybersecurity research concludes that yes, you are being targeted, and maybe not where you expect it. Yes, it is still humans that are the most vulnerable link in the cybersecurity defense Maginot line. New research indicates increasing...
Secure Edge Management to Disconnected Environments
In brief: Companies can now monitor and manage fleets of edge nodes locally, ensuring continuous secure operations even when cloud connectivity is disrupted. ZEDEDA Edge Sync is the first edge solution that enables customers to manage deployments locally and from the...
ISASecure Issues First Security Level 3 Certifications for ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Standards
I haven’t had word from ISA for quite some time. And especially the cybersecurity certification program. This news concerns GE Power Conversion’s HPCi Controller achieving cybersecurity Security Level 3 certificates of conformance. Congratulations. The International...
Advantech Establishes Collaboration with Qualcomm
Catching up on some back news. This is part of the flurry of news around chipmaker partnerships with computer hardware suppliers. This one is Advantech, a Taiwan-based computer manufacturer, and Qualcomm Technologies. I have not had a conversation with Advantech for...
Opto 22 celebrates 50 years!
I first met Opto 22 back in the early 90s when I searched for a solution to connect one of my Allen-Bradley devices to a Modicon PLC and discovered their solid state relays. I could at least send digital signals. (Note: I didn’t get the job.) Later I stopped by their...
Siemens To Acquire Industrial Drive Technology Business of ebm-papst
This acquisition is a very interesting acquisition from several points-of-view. This shows Siemens commitment to factory automation. It hints at entry into the mobile automated robotic space (see the analysis by Vanessa Lopez, Research Analyst, Interact Analysis at...
Survey—Work Is Harder and Less Meaningful
I’ve been working some with a software company called Quickbase (disclaimer: they sometimes pay me for posts without dictating content and also for appearing on webinars and podcasts). They produce a number of products and software solutions in a no-code/low-code...
Software Streamlines Pharmaceutical Development
Emerson continues on the software development path. In brief: DeltaV Workflow Management delivers scalable recipe authoring and execution technologies for life sciences companies. Global automation technology and software leader Emerson on April 16, 2024 introduced...
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