ABB’s CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer Steps Down
In a bit of a surprise to us outsiders, the Board of Directors of ABB and its CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer (55) have mutually agreed for him to step down from his role, which he has held since 2013. The Chairman of the Board, Peter Voser (61), will become interim CEO in...
Podcast 188 Disruptive Technology Startups
I've released another podcast discussing the emergence of a couple of startups leveraging the latest technologies to solve some interesting problems.
Ask a Developer To Discover IoT Directions
Survey of More Than 1,700 IoT Developers Reveals Top Hardware, Software “Stack” Choices Eclipse Foundation survey finds security, connectivity and data collection/analysis are top three current “developer concern” areas as commercial IoT adoption marches forward The...
Disrupting Cost of IIoT Projects
Where is there room for startup companies who can disrupt industrial technology? I was recently pondering this problem—and indeed, I consider it a problem. Inductive Automation did it years ago partly with a state-of-the-art technology, but mostly it was by building a...
AI for Troubleshooting Technology
I interviewed an interesting CEO of a Swedish start up called Mavenoid. Shahan Lilja is also a co-founder of this company leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the form of Statistical Machine Learning that tackles maintenance from an entirely different...
Bringing Manufacturing Data to the Cloud
This press release is more than a little puzzling. GE Digital announces its Predix Manufacturing Data Cloud—apparently its own cloud platform. I would swear that I heard 18 months ago about a change in direction where it would leave behind its “not invented here”...
Emerson Acquires KNet Software
The acquisition pace within the industrial technology space continues. Some companies pursue partnerships, but most are growing their portfolios through acquiring. Emerson has been aggressively on the acquisition path. This action is another step. Emerson has acquired...
New HMI SCADA IIoT Software
There’s something new for venerable HMI SCADA IIoT software applications? While discussing HMI SCADA announcements at last February’s ARC Industry Forum, a friend observed, “I didn’t think it was possible for there to be something new.” Ignition 8 from Inductive...
Industrial Control System Security
I booked a vacation several months ago that conflicted with Hannover Messe. I missed the usually chilly and damp north of Germany in favor of the definitely chilly and damp Pacific Northwest. Many announcements from Hannover reached me anyway, though, so I’ll be going...
Robots and AI Spell Change Not Replacement for Workers
Here, finally, is someone who writes sensibly about automation. Dystopian writers about a robot apocalypse get lots of clicks and attention, but reality will be far different. Elliot Dinkin, president and CEO of Cowden Associates: What automation appears to have in...
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