IIoT It’s All About Data—Machine-Learning Data Discovery
Manufacturing technology professionals have been working with data of many types for years. Our sensors, instrumentation, and control systems yield terabytes of data. Then we bury them in historians or other databases on servers we know not where. Companies are...
Alliances Advance Edge to Cloud Analytics and Computing
Much of the interesting activity in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) space lately happens at the edge of the network. IT companies such as Dell Technologies and Hewlett Packard Enterprise have built upon their core technologies to develop powerful edge...
Software Development Kit Boost Usage Of Robotic Platform
Whenever people hear about automation or manufacturing technology, they always respond with "robots?". Reading mainstream media where writers discuss manufacturing without a clue, they also seem fixated on robots. And most all of this ranges from partial information...
Siemens Talks Manufacturing In America
A small group of journalists and writers trekked to the Detroit area March 12-13 to glimpse the future of Manufacturing in America sponsored by Siemens Industry and its local distributor/partner Electro-Matic. We toured the local Founders Brewery facility, visited...
Misunderstood Robots
Two things I know--First, this is, and always has been, a blog. That means that it's personal and written by me. On the other hand, I'll gladly quote anyone relevant. Second, people who work for PR agencies are under great pressure. Evidently they get paid per...
Industrial Internet Consortium Releases Endpoint Security Best Practices White Paper
Security comes first to mind whenever we begin discussing connecting things in an industrial setting. And, of course, nothing connects things like the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). One place we often fail to consider in our security planning is at the endpoint...
Industrial Internet of Things Becoming a Reality According to Survey
Industrial Internet of Things and Augmented Reality technologies and applications have progressed from curiosity and exploration into the realm of maturing applications. At least, a snapshot of PTC’s customer base alludes to this. PTC has released its bi-annual “State...
Industrial Internet of Things Think Tank
Think Tanks are an interesting type of gathering of technologists and business leaders. Dell introduced me to them when I moderated two for it. Then the end of January I heard about another one. This one organized by Optel Group—a supplier of traceability software. It...
Feedback on My AVEVA and Schneider Electric Software Post
There were some good responses to my post on LinkedIn regarding the AVEVA software / Schneider Electric Software deal. Check out Sandy Vasser’s comments. Those remind me of a conversation I had with a Schneider executive many years ago following a small acquisition. I...
It Is Official – Schneider Electric Software Joins AVEVA
Calling the action “transformational”, AVEVA completed the incorporation of Schneider Electric Software (Wonderware, Avantis, and so forth) proclaiming “a new software leader is born.” Of course, now the hard part starts. How do they get all these different parts to...