AVEVA World Conference All About Digital
I'm at the airport with my brain shot from all the (non-digital) information I picked up during the past two days of the AVEVA World conference in Orlando. To be sure, this is the "New" AVEVA. It was formed when the existing engineering and design software company...
Taking a Digital Journey
Keynoters have a tough time with originality these Digital Days with everyone emphasizing Digital Transformation. Steve Lomholt-Thomson, chief revenue officer of AVEVA, took us on a Digital Journey this morning. Setting the tone of the three days of AVEVA World...
Vision Inspection Powered by AI
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is not necessarily the dystopian technology portrayed in books and movies. Although neither artificial or intelligent, AI can be a powerful tool in the engineer’s kit. Recently Carl Palme of Neurala chatted with me introducing the...
Bloomberg Global Economic Index
Several companies send a variety of economic research data. I appreciate a broad view of what's happening in the world even though we are in a period where many think nations can survive alone (note: check your history; hard to find a time that didn't exist without...
PwC’s Q3 M&A Analysis of the Manufacturing Sector
I have received news of PwC’s Industrial Manufacturing Deals Outlook. I guess you have your good news and your bad news. From the report’s summary: While disruptive factors are prevailing and point to an economic downturn, many of the positive factors we have...
EdgeX Foundry Reaches 1 Million Platform Container Downloads
Many engineers and programmers like open source projects combined with open APIs. Some open source catches on and quietly becomes widely used. Others languish. The Linux Foundation’s Edge project, especially EdgeX Foundry, keeps quietly growing. What are the odds that...
IoT and Control Systems Soft Targets for Cyber Hackers
Internet of Things installations along with industrial control systems constitute well known cybersecurity vulnerabilities within industrial plants and operations. CyberX, the IoT and industrial control system (ICS) security company, announced the availability of its...
Acquisitions Bolster Incumbents Further Consolidate Industry
The IT architecture of industrial / manufacturing applications increasingly boosts the role of cloud and edge. These technologies have become core to Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and improved Software as a Service (SaaS). These recent acquisition news items...
Camera-Based Quality Control System for Flat Sheet Industries
Years ago I dabbled in machine vision integration. It was fun and creative. My customers and I did some pretty cool quality control applications. So I maintain a liking for the technology even though the price of the hardware plummeted and ease-of-use skyrocketed. So,...
The Salesforce Economy Bolsters Manufacturing Cloud
Salesforce recently began reaching out to me. I found a (to me) surprising connection to industrial / manufacturing applications beyond CRM and the like. In general, more and more applications are moving to the cloud. In Brief: New research finds The Salesforce...
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