Hitachi Vantara NEXT 2019–All About Data
Hitachi, a large industrial conglomerate, brought together several businesses it owned into a wholly owned enterprise called Hitachi Vantara in 2017. The parts included IT hardware and software along with Vantara, an acquired company with software called Lumada. NEXT...
Planning, Perseverance, Achievement
I am at the Las Vegas airport United Club on my way home after an the Hitachi Vantara customer conference. I learned a lot about the company, people I knew, and the technology. But I'm not here to talk about technology. That will be the next post. I'm here today to...
Use The Right Kind of Analytics
I am still talking about Emerson Exchange, and have a few more to go. This post is about analytics. Jonas Berge, Senior Director, Applied Technology, Plantweb, Emerson Automation Solutions, has often supplied me with great insight usually about networks in the past....
Smart Trend—Specific Function Application Software
This announcement from Schneider Electric originated from the conference in Barcelona that I will be attending in Austin, Texas. It supports a trend we're seeing of suppliers breaking software into specific-purpose chunks to make it easier for customers to purchase,...
Industrial IoT Suppliers From a Different Point of View
I have just returned from a weekend in Eastern Ohio at a youth soccer tournament. You learn a lot about human nature--your own as well as others--when you're in a competitive tightly compressed space. The games I refereed had coaches and parents carrying exhuberance...
GE Digital Updates IIoT Software
I guess I did attend the last GE software conference Minds + Machines. However, the reconstituted and independent GE Digital recently held a user conference where it announced a number of upgrades to its IIoT software. These are firmly within the current trends of...
Personal Brand Building with Digital Transformation–Emerson Exchange
Emerson Global User Exchange brings thousands of geeks together to, well, exchange ideas. Most relate to technology and its applications. Some relate to personal growth and development. So far, I’ve captured the growing importance of Digital Transformation—both...
Rockwell Automation Acquires Another Systems Integration Firm
I interrupt my writing from last week’s event to bring some interesting news. The last time I was able to meet with a Rockwell Automation executive and ask questions, I asked about the impact of acquiring Maverick Technologies on Rockwell’s relationships with...
Presentation Skills for Career Success–Emerson Exchange
Presentations abound at Emerson Global Users Exchange. Attendees can choose to take deep technical dives into Emerson products, get overviews and trends of technology and the industry, and even personal development. Yes, there was even a 6 am fitness time with either...
Where’s The Edge with IIoT–Emerson Exchange
Presentations abound at Emerson Global Users Exchange. Attendees can choose to take deep technical dives into Emerson products, get overviews and trends of technology and the industry, and even personal development. Yes, there was even a 6 am fitness time with either...
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