Better Gripping With Intelligent Picking Robots
Festo has consistently presented me with some of the most impressive creativity within pneumatics, robotics, and automation. This is a fascinating use of artificial intelligence (AI) with robot gripping. Only a couple of years ago, I caught myself thinking that...
DH2i Launches DxEnterprise Smart Availability Software for Containers
Containers have become a must have technology for those pursuing some form of Digital Transformation, or whatever you wish to label it. I’ve written little about the subject. Following is a news release concerning a way for cloud-native Microsoft SQL Server. DH2i, a...
Partnership Enhances Skill Development Through Providing For Undergraduate Degrees
Employers finding ways to encourage employees to boost skills and grow is not a new phenomenon. However, this will only grow further for a while as the employee supply chain restocks and reorients following the pandemic. This is an example. In order to meet new skills...
Seeq Expands Machine Learning Features for Process Engineering and Data Science Integration
Machine Learning (ML) is a flavor of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This news release from Seeq illuminates a bit of the mystery surrounding much discussion of the topic. Seeq Corporation released R52 with new features to support the use of machine learning...
GE Digital Proficy Operations Analytics Software Added To Proficy Suite
An example of software integration and pulling data for improved business. GE Digital announced it is adding Proficy Operations Analytics to its Proficy suite of software solutions. As an integral part of the Proficy suite, Proficy Operations Analytics...
Schneider Electric Standardizes EcoStruxure Micro Data Centers on Stratus Edge Computing
Juliet justifying her love with a man from a rival family argues, “O, be some other name! What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet…” A modern manufacturing OT/IT architecture includes some manner of compute and storage at the...
Executive Order’s Impact On Embedded Device Security
While I am on a cybersecurity marathon today, here is information about a round table discussion I watched last week. Long-time acquaintance and cybersecurity guru Eric Byers drew my attention. And the event was hosted by old friend Greg Hale of ISSSource. To be...
Hexagon Announces New Version of Cyber Integrity
While I’m on a cybersecurity kick today, following is a news release from Hexagon which acquired PAS Global a few months ago. PAS had brought its holistic, enterprise-wide view of risk analytics to OT cybersecurity solution to drive remediation efforts. News release...
End Users Lack Awareness of Major Cyber Attacks
This survey reveals that most end users in the industry lack awareness of many basic cybersecurity issues. I told the marketing person, “I’m hardly surprised.” But a little data is useful confirmation. Take a hint (although readers of this blog are probably not the...
ROKLive Into the Clouds but Weaker at the Edge
This week’s conference was called ROKLive. This is the annual Rockwell Software conference that has naturally morphed over the years. It was training for distributor tech specialists. This year was virtual only and seemed a bit more general. Themes this year could be...