Honeywell Expedites Development and Production of Vaccines
There is nothing like a crisis to spur innovation. The Covid-19 pandemic is not an exception. My Inbox runneth over with announcements—all good. Many are safety related, but this innovation reminds us that the controls and automation sector—both suppliers and...
LiveWorx My First Virtual Conference of the Pandemic
I never thought I'd sit at home in front of a screen for most of a day (7 am CDT until 3:45 pm CDT) although part of the time I was on my iPhone driving to an errand still watching. In fact, I answered a survey from my friends at Rockwell marketing with a...
Siemens Introduces Workplace Distancing Solution
Suppliers of manufacturing technology have been working diligently for the past couple of months to craft responses to the pandemic engulfing the world. They call these Covid-19 responses. I call them an upgrade to workplace safety. We conquered many safety issues...
Software as a Service (SaaS) will revolutionize predictive maintenance in motor driven systems
Interact Analysis’s new report on the market for predictive maintenance highlights the potential for a new relationship between component manufacturers, OEM machine builders, and end users. By 2024, the market for predictive maintenance in motor driven systems is...
Podcast 206 Innovate To Win Business
I have published a podcast, Number 206--OEMs How To Innovate To Win More Business. I've found in many discussions with special machine builders, custom manufacturers, and even systems integrators that they may have given up too easily in pursuit of a contract. I have...
Consulting Firm Makes Open Source Acquisition
In brief: Arthur D. Little acquires Cutter Consortium and Presans to expand open consulting capabilities Arthur D. Little (ADL) today announced the acquisitions of Cutter Consortium, a business technology research company based in the US, and Presans, a leading...
Entrepreneurship: Building the Amazon of Africa
PR people often send me review copies of new books. In this case, I received an invitation from the author. I just finished Chasing Black Unicorns: How building the Amazon of Africa put me on Interpol’s Most Wanted List by Marek Zmyslowski...
Supporting Deployment of Private Wireless Edge, 4G and 5G Networks
I am not a 5G specialist, nor even attempting to be one. But in my interviewing thus far, I see that there are many attributes to the technology beyond your mobile phone. I’ve already talked with at least one CEO about private networks for industrial applications....
Hitachi Vantara Expands Digital Manufacturing Portfolio
Many companies emphasize their response to the current Covid-19 pandemic and some leave behind the core announcements or benefits. This announcement (and a interview and webinar) from Hitachi Vantara, the digital infrastructure and solutions subsidiary of Hitachi,...
Unified View of Data Center Operations
Schneider Electric’s roots are in electrical power. Known in the US through its acquisitions of Square D and APC, which were well known brands in building and IT power respectively. Of course it picked up Modicon a long time ago and more recently Foxboro on the...
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