Details of Inductive Automation Update to Ignition 8.3
Ignition 8.3.5 is here, and Inductive Automation’s Jennifer Faylor explains on the company blog. Expanded OPC UA support Ignition 8.3.5 delivers OPC UA support for using a Global Discovery Server, a new file-based Secret Provider type, and major improvements for...
Digital Engineering Podcast
I had an opportunity to talk with long-time business colleague Juliann Grant at the recent Aras Community Event in Miami. She is Marketing VP at digital engineering firm Razorleaf. She’s been a great source of PLM market insight. She told me about a podcast she hosts....
Reshoring Yet Lack of Investment
Market research firm, Interact Analysis, sent this analysis of factory construction in the United States, Why has US reshoring not translated into meaningful factory construction? Written by senior analyst Matthieu Kulezak, the research notes that following a wave of...
ICC 2026 Tickets Available Now
Here’s a chance to meet me and share your thoughts about what I should really be writing about. Plus getting the latest updates from Inductive Automation and its partners. The Ignition Community Conference, ICC2026, will be held again in Sacramento September 22-24....
Secure Industrial Communication Depends on Deployment as well as Protocols
This news release falls clearly into the category of Duh!!! Human social engineering and humans gaining unauthorized access while serving as contractors and the like have long been known to be a cybersecurity risk. But, I’m happy to note that an august group has...
Podcast–Aras Community Event 2026–Rise of Agents
I've posted a podcast to both my podcast channel (subscribe on any podcast app) and my YouTube channel. A first summary of my three days with the Aras community in Miami. These PLM events always return me to the time when I did this sort of work--manually. Then my...
OPSWAT and Emerson to Strengthen Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Operators
Cybersecurity news will not wither during my lifetime. I think that is a safe prediction. Especially given all the hype around Anthropic’s latest news velocity releases. Not enough media pays attention to potential huge problems with attacking critical infrastructure....
AI-ready at the Edge – Siemens Industrial Automation DataCenter with AI computing power and advanced cybersecurity
It had to happen. An industrial-strength data center designed for the industrial edge. From Siemens, of course. They’re unveiling at Hannover next week. I will unfortunately not be in Hannover next week. I need funding to cover the expense, and all my past contacts...
Do We Really Need To Know?
Most of the time this blog traces new technologies or products. Sometimes I come across thinking about current events that troubles me. These are things I’d like to pass on as thought experiments for you. Or perhaps bring to realization something you just pass by. One...
Smart Manufacturing Second Take With No AI
I wrote (sort of) a long post Friday defining strategy and practice definitions of Smart Manufacturing. I used Claude.ai to research. I also wanted to see what Claude would write if I told it to put all the research together in an essay in the style of The...
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