Software, Robots, Friday Updates, Automation and Ethics
It’s Friday before Memorial Day and I’m catching up on a number of items I’ve read this week concerning automation and ethics. GPR AI (Eric Schmidt / Elon Musk) Robot Market Automation Tsunami Rockwell Automation OPC UA Schneider Electric Triconex Peaceful Fruit GDPR...
Looking At Technology 2030 Compliments of Dell Technologies and IFTF
Living with technology a decade from now. Dell Technologies and the Institute for the Future conducted an in-depth discussion with 20 experts to explore how various social and technological drivers will influence the next decade and, specifically, how emerging...
Internet of Things Prominent at Dell Technologies World
A few of us gathered for a round table discussion of Internet of Things while I was at Dell Technologies World at the beginning of the month. I arrived a little early and had a private round table for several minutes before others arrive and the discussion became...
SAP Introduces Digital Twin and IIoT Solutions at Hannover
Hannover Messe was the place to learn the latest about all things digital—digital twin, Industry 4.0, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). SAP was one of the many stops in my itinerary advancing the trend. My contact at the SAP booth at Hannover wasn’t around when I...
Embedded Computing News From Hannover Messe
Amongst the cloud and manufacturing IT booths in Hannover was a sizable booth nestled in the middle housing Arm, the processor company. Here Ian Ferguson, Vice President, Ecosystem Development, met with me to discuss some of the latest embedded computing news. Arm...
Hannover Messe Finds Itself in the Cloud
Walking through one of the Halls at the Hannover Messe, you suddenly find yourself in the Cloud—computing that is. There was Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. The Manufacturing IT section just keeps growing. And getting more interesting. One...
Avnu Alliance and TSN Developments at Hannover Messe
Hannover Messe continues to reflect the trend of companies joining alliances to develop and promote standards and interoperability. While I did not have an interview with the Avnu Alliance while I was in Hannover, I talked with some members and obtained other...
Rockwell Automation Joins Group Developing OPC UA over TSN
A small group of companies proposed a marketing initiative promoting OPC UA over a new Ethernet standard called Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) in 2017 at Hannover Messe. I was privileged to sit in a meeting to listen to the proposal and subsequently wrote a white...
Dell’s Commitment to a Legacy of Good Technology Plus People
Much time was devoted last week at Dell Technologies World to Dell's Legacy of Good highlighting people and companies doing some really cool and worthwhile things. I'm especially impressed with the AeroFarms people (see photos below) who are using IoT to find a better...
Evolving HMI SCADA Business Models
The HMI SCADA software space continues to evolve into areas unthinkable only a few years ago. The competitive landscape is similarly evolving as some larger companies face corporate challenges and smaller players are finding new ways to compete. Inductive Automation's...
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