Network and Connectivity Complexity
Some final thoughts from the ODVA meetings in March in Florida. I’ve been thinking for some time about complexity. Sometimes we get into the weeds with our technologies, building routine atop routines, solving a multitude of problems through creating others. The...
CIP Security Pull Model for Configuration Data From ODVA
More news from ODVA at Hannover. Following a presentation by a cyber security researcher at the annual meeting, everyone agreed that implementing CIP Security was a must have. ODVA announced that a new pull model for configuration data is now available for CIP...
ODVA Add Level Sensors to EtherNet/IP Process Device Profiles
The first news from Hannover this morning concerns additions to EtherNet/IP device profiles. Delegates discussed continued updates for process devices at the annual meeting a couple of weeks ago. ODVA announced that level sensors are the latest option for process...
ODVA Elects Leadership for the 24th Term
ODVA have generated still more news—I have some wrap up from a couple of weeks ago when I attended their meeting plus some news this morning from Hannover Messe. (No, I wish I were in Hannover, but I’m still in Illinois.) The leadership for ODVA’s 24th term was...
Siemens Acquires Altair Creating AI-powered Industrial Software Portfolio
The last of four news items this week from Siemens concerns a large software acquisition. A high level Siemens executive told me years ago that the company had learned from earlier mistakes in order to more successfully integrate acquisitions. Events have proved him...
Siemens Xcelerator With Microsoft for Edge, Cloud, AI and Simulation
The third of Siemens pre-Hannover news releases concerns Xcelerator Edge with Microsoft Azure IoT Operations. Siemens Industrial Edge works seamlessly with Microsoft Azure IoT Operations, making OT and IT data planes fully interoperable for manufacturing Edge and...
Siemens Expands Industrial Copilot with New generative AI-powered Maintenance Offering
This is the second of four Siemens news items. In the vein of everyone in industrial software is Microsoft’s best friend, Copilot headlines this news. And no news today is complete without mentioning generative AI. The Siemens Industrial Copilot, a generative...
Siemens Makes Employment Adjustments
I have four items from Siemens shortly before Hannover Messe. An acquisition, Copilot, Xcelerator, and this one…to use their euphemism—Siemens to strengthen competitiveness in automation business and in electric vehicle charging business. These are the...
Sustainability for Dummies
I seldom hear from PTC anymore what with some of the areas interesting to me being devalued. This blog post came to my attention. I know that “sustainability” can be a political phrase, but I view it from the standpoint of Lean—waste avoided. Product Sustainability...
Private 5G Solution Said To Expand IoT Connectivity
5G and private 5G cellular networks were all the rage a few years ago. They hype cycle has progressed. I’ve seen some examples of real-world applications. It remains more promise than use at this time. However, some news continues to flow through my system. This one...
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