Complexity—the Enemy of Effectiveness
I recently wrote an article for my website about technology complexity within industrial technology. Engineering managers have stood at conferences pleading with the standards and technology developers to find ways to simplify interfaces and connectivity. OPC...
Flexiv and NVIDIA Join Forces in Robotics Simulation
Everyone wants to be NVIDIA’s best friend. This friendship focuses on the world of robotics and simulation. In brief: Flexiv launches the Flexiv-Isaac Bridge App, empowering developers to design, test, and deploy force-controlled robotics applications in...
Honeywell AI for Security
Speaking of Honeywell from yesterday’s post, here is another release, this one from their User Group meeting that are, of course, announcing AI use cases. They bring in another buzz word from the automation market—autonomy. Announcements include: AI-enabled...
Honeywell’s 2025 Cybersecurity Threat Report
Cybersecurity companies have specialized in reports over the past few years. Some are merely surveys. Journalists and marketing people love surveys. I had a graduate level class on those things including statistical analysis. I’m not so sanguine. On the other hand,...
New Mobile App and VPN Service Provide Instant Control and Enhanced Security
Digi International had been one of two primary sources of serial-to-Ethernet converters. Then they went dark for years. They’ve returned to the public lately with a number of press releases. This one continues industry trends of enabling remote workers and security....
Next-Generation Integrated Production Control System Released
Just as I was wondering about anything new in process control, this release about Yokogawa releasing its next-generation CENTUM VP Integrated Production Control System came my way. They say that this celebrates the 50th anniversary of the announcement of the world's...
Honeywell User Group 2025
Honeywell did not invite me to this year’s HUG. I’m not sure when I was last there. I had attended the software group’s event a couple of times lately, but I think that it is history. Looks like they addressed the impending breakup of the corporation into three...
AI-supported Predictive Maintenance
Probably 90% of the press releases I have been receiving manage to work AI into the story. Most refer not to the Large Language Models that have captured the imagination of the tech press. The most useful are machine learning (ML) and some pattern matching that we’ve...
Think Remarkable
Still in the “books I’ve read recently” mode. This is a rare business book worth reading all the way through. Guy Kawasaki earned his reputation as the first technology evangelist promoting the original Apple Macintosh to developers back in the day. He’s been an...
Emerson Exchange 2025
I am no longer a favored person by Emerson. But, then, I really don’t care to travel as much as I once did. Plus, the technology evolution and applications have slowed. If you haven’t seen any reports from the latest Emerson Exchange users group, I recommend this from...
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