MaintainX Announces Asset Connect to Better Connect OEMs with Customers
My last post detailed vulnerability problems resulting from connected assets (the basis of my renaming the blog Manufacturing Connection in 2013). This post contains news that show the impossibility of managing a modern manufacturing enterprise without connected...
Tenable Enhances Nessus Risk Prioritization
Cybersecurity initiatives resemble the Whack-a-Mole game. As long as everything is connected, especially to outside environments, securing digital assets will be impossible. Certainly companies formed to combat these threats are trying. Take this news from Tenable. It...
Phoenix Contact Announces U.S. Leadership Transition
For my money, Jack Nehlig has been one of the premier leaders in the control and instrumentation market in the US. He has led Phoenix Contact US through the difficult market transitions of the past 15-20 years. I’ve enjoyed his Tweets (remember those) and LinkedIn...
Deep Learning-Based Part Detection for Machine Tending Cobots
Speaking of robotics and collaborative robotics—my last post mentioned Universal Robots. The company is alive and well as a part of a conglomerate since 2017. UR leaps on the AI bandwagon at IMTS announcing an AI-powered machine tending solution. This enables faster...
Rethink Robotics Re-emerges
Remember the cute and ground-breaking collaborative robots that pioneered the space—Baxter and Sawyer? I wrote about Rethink Robotics in March and November of 2015. The company closed in 2018 0r 2019 and many employees wound up at Universal Robotics. The company’s...
Ignition Latest Release from Inductive Automation
The last software update of Ignition from Inductive Automation before the Ignition Community Conference coming up in September offers several interesting enhancements. Gateway Trial Status Indicator—a persistent indicator in the designer to keep you informed about the...
OT Threat and Vulnerability Workflows Streamlined
Every day my news feed pushes information about cybersecurity attacks from nation-state actors around the globe. No wonder that fully half of the press releases coming my way are from cybersecurity protection suppliers. Many, if not most, attacks seem to be on...
Mid-Year Cyber Threat Intelligence Report Critical Start
New (to me) cybersecurity companies continue to spring up. They all try to inform industry leaders about specific areas of attack and vulnerability. This report comes from a study by Critical Start who bills itself as “a leader in Managed Detection and Response (MDR)...
Rockwell Automation Opens Automation Fair 2024 Registration
After many years of Automation Fair expos from Rockwell Automation, the 2024 edition from November 18-21 in Anaheim boasts a new look and feel. Registration is now open for what Rockwell Automation calls, “a vibrant convergence of innovation, learning, and networking...
Dragos Second Quarter Threat Report
Cybersecurity companies release periodic reports trying to alert people to recent threats and new awareness. This report, Industrial Ransomware Analysis: Q2 2024, comes from Dragos, written on his blog by Abdulrahman H. Alamri. The report shows a resurgence in...
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