ServiceNow to Acquire Mission Secure to Enhance OT Asset Visibility
I once sold a program to a customer that promised to track and maintain an inventory of one vendor’s technology assets in the plant. The president of another company explained to me about 10 years later about the company’s development of a technology asset discovery...
A3 Appeals to President-Elect Trump to Support U.S. Manufacturing and High-Paying Jobs
A publicist I know well sent me this news from the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). I studied politics academically during a dark period of my early life. I rate this sentiment as excellent. I rate its political expediency at nearly zero. Open letters will...
Festo Introduces Flagship Valve Terminal
This news lies far from my core of experience. I, however, have been impressed with Festo technology ever since my first factory visit probably close to 20 years ago. Just when I begin to believe that innovation is dwindling in this market, a new product arrives....
CODI Manufacturing Introduces a New Machine Designed and Built in Four Weeks
Time to first production. This mantra has stayed with me since the time a company I worked for built automated assembly machines. This story tells of how some new engineering tools from Festo and additional assembly services enabled a company called CODI Manufacturing...
New Opportunities for Motion Control
I tend to like the research coming from Interact Analysis. Their methodology appears to be more rigorous than others that come my way. Samantha Mou, Research Analyst based in China, covers Industrial Automation. This research report covers motion control in the...
Siemens Has Had a Busy Month
Several news items came my way while I have been traveling. These four are from Siemens. One follows the trend of industrial automation companies incorporating Microsoft Copilot for Augmented Intelligence (AI) application. The company announced expanded collaboration...
Universal Robots Unveils AI Accelerator
Augmented (Artificial) Intelligence (AI) must have a hidden marketing hype person somewhere in the metaverse. We must remind ourselves that the AI revolution-to-be has not yet really arrived. Companies have begun releasing AI augmented products. These will become part...
Private 5G Zero Trust to OT Networks for Industrial IoT
5G private networks appeared to have numerous benefits for industrial and manufacturing companies. I’ve written many times about advances with technologies and applications. This news reports strengthened security capabilities. I’ve had reports of real-world...
ZEDEDA and OnLogic Partner to Build Integrated Edge Computing Solution for Industrial Environments
OnLogic Powered by ZEDEDA integrates cloud-native edge management capabilities into industrial-grade hardware solutions to accelerate edge deployments and ROI. The edge appears to be the place where innovation is focused. Here is yet another partnership in that market...
Autonomous Mobile Robots Enterprise Software Released
One market area still showing signs of technology life concerns Autonomous Mobile Robots. Once relegated to warehousing operations, these quiet workhorses move parts around many manufacturing plants. The power of software coupled with intelligent automation onboard...
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