Recap of Media/Analyst Briefings From Rockwell’s Automation Fair
The only news emanating from Automation Fair last week was the announcement of a plan to build a 1 million sq ft manufacturing and warehousing facility in southeast Wisconsin. Executives also reinforced earlier news regarding its regrouping of the cybersecurity...
Write Once, Run Anywhere
The comment brought memories from many years ago when I first heard about a new programming language/operating system. Java. I rushed to the local bookstore to purchase a book. It was huge. I downloaded the Java Development Kit. Eventually, I downloaded eclipse, an...
Rockwell Automation Launches ControlLogix 5590 Controller
The Rockwell Automation Control team could not contain their enthusiasm for their latest product—ControLogix 5590. Yes, they are master at branding 😉 I saw long-time contact Dennis Wylie on the show floor. He shared his excitement with me there—and later. At a later...
Honeywell And TotalEnergies Pilot AI-Assisted Control Room To Accelerate Shift To Industrial Autonomy
Every day brings more press releases about AI in something. Every one consistently uses the term AI completely undefined. I asked Honeywell if they could explain anything further about their AI. I waited a week. No reply. Suffice it to say that some sort of AI...
Rockwell Automation to Build New Greenfield Manufacturing Site in Southeastern Wisconsin
I visited Automation Fair, Rockwell Automation’s annual customer showcase gathering, Tuesday. We had six briefings and a gathering to discuss the new ControlLogix 5590 platform. This year’s event felt both similar to past years (this was my 29th) and also a bit...
Asset Data Interoperability Ecosystem
We met in a conference room at an office in Barrington, IL. A place where sometime later a couple guys thought they’d screw me in a business deal. I came out ahead in the end, but the place has mixed memories. This meeting involved thinking about the future of asset...
New Aras CEO Interviewed
Aras, a PLM developer, appointed a new CEO a couple months ago (see Aras Appoints Leon Lauritsen as Chief Executive Officer). Our schedules finally coalesced for a conversation. I’ve been invited to two Aras community events over the past two years. Prior to that, my...
TPG to Acquire PTC’s Industrial Connectivity and IoT Businesses
I’ve had the opportunity to talk with many CEOs and SVPs following acquisitions that, to me, seemed out of place. Perhaps a distraction to core business. Perhaps just an ego play to build a larger business/division. Two ranking executives told me that the acquired...
Rockwell Automation Introduces SecureOT Solution Suite
Rockwell Automation has upgraded its cybersecurity offering for operations technology (OT) applications. Executives touted how Rockwell’s roots in operations roots its cybersecurity offering more naturally in the plant than IT-oriented solutions overlaid at a recent...
ZEDEDA Launches Edge Kubernetes App Flows
Industrial IT developers increasingly incorporate standard IT infrastructure. Rather than send platitudes about the mythical “IT/OT Convergence,” some actually just do it. Integration with Kubernetes exemplifies one such technology. This news comes from edge...
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