Announcements from Inductive Automation’s Ignition Community Conference 2023
I brought two questions along to my visit to Folsom, California and the 11th Ignition Community Conference. How are people using HMI/SCADA software? Why, after all these years, do companies still need to pursue “digital transformation”? I’ll have a few posts from the...
BIC Implements Rockwell Automation’s Plex MES As Part of Digital Transformation
My mission involves going beyond the hype of the marketing term digital transformation into the reality of implementation. Companies have actually been doing this for many years. It’s just that we learn better ways to implement it, and suppliers have developed better...
HighByte Releases Industrial DataOps Solution with Complete Data Engineering Toolset for Global Manufacturers
Unified Namespace architectures are the hot IT item right now. HighByte, a pioneer in industrial dataops, now includes support for this technology. HighByte, an industrial software company, announced the release of HighByte Intelligence Hub version 3.2 that fully...
Hexagon Empowers Machine Shops
This topic is slightly outside my usual area of expertise but shows extension of digital technologies (should we say even digital transformation?) into the machine shop market. I attended the Hexagon user conference last summer gaining an appreciation for the breadth...
Betacom and UScellular Introduce Industry’s First Private/Public Hybrid 5G Networks
Manufacturing, along with retail and other industries, are still reaching for the last mile of wireless connectivity, especially given the growth of mobility platforms. Representatives of Betacom and UScellular chatted with me the other day to reinforce the important...
Inductive Automation Alliance Partner Program Expands
Ecosystem adds SafetyChain, SiteSync, and Snowflake join the Ignition Ecosystem From the first time I met the founder of Inductive Automation some 20 years ago, he talked about a different way of doing business. Part of it was building IT-friendly databases and tools....
Investing in Manufacturing in America
Calix Continues 24-Year Leadership in US Rural Broadband by Expanding Strategy To Include American Manufacturing, Ensuring Full Participation in the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program Calix and its strategic manufacturing solutions provider,...
Survey Reports Edge Computing Application Plans
Paul Simon wrote that it’s all happening at the zoo. Today, it’s all happening at the edge. ATT Cybersecurity has released its 2023 AT&T Cybersecurity Insights Report: Edge Ecosystem focusing on manufacturing companies worldwide. It explains how edge computing is...
Preserving Global Standards
I was invited to a presentation by a wireless technology provider called InterDigital. They wished to discuss the current state of global standard development especially in the wireless communication space. My career has wandered through a maze of standard setting...
New Research Finds Cyberattacks Against Critical Infrastructure on the Rise
State-affiliated Groups Responsible for nearly 60% 60% of incidents result in operational disruption, driving the need for proactive OT defenses and incident response The topics of this time are Cybersecurity, Sustainability, and Workforce with the impact of AI...
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