Industry of Things World IoT Conference
I moderated a track on innovative business solutions based on the Internet of Things. Seven sessions. Good speakers. The Industry of Things World event is one of the better conferences you will attend. It is organized from Germany, and still draws top speakers and...
Open Process Automation Forum
Open Process Automation and IT/OT Convergence. Thursday, the last day of the ARC Forum, is not always all that well attended. The 2017 edition witnessed two sessions that held the attention of the later departing attendees. These two attracted a reasonably good...
New Podcast On Government Manufacturing Policy Plus Open Architectures
I was asked by an Italian magazine, Automazione Oggi, to share thoughts from America about a Trump presidency attitude toward manufacturing. I'm not part of the administration or even involved in politics, but I gave some thoughts. I also had some thoughts on some...
Major Companies Discuss Connections and Services at ARC Forum
Three major automation companies laid out new products and services based on exploiting all the connections found in today’s industrial world. Senior executives presented to a press conference and later I had a chance to talk a little with most of them. Honeywell Paul...
Cyber Security Featured at Recent ARC Forum
Cyber security was a pervasive topic at the recent ARC Forum in Orlando. There were at least five suppliers with exhibits featuring security. Several were startups headed by former Israeli security officers. Guess they should know what they’re doing. Featured: Bedrock...
Add Profit Control To Your Process Control
A long-time dream of enabling operators to see the profit impacts of process changes is a giant step closer to reality. Much of my early career involved the intersection of engineering and profitability. No surprise that I valued my conversations with Peter Martin...
Internet of Things Edge Products Unveiled at ARC Forum
I'm tackling Internet of Things Edge computing in the first of many posts as I finally have some time to gather my notes and thoughts after an intense four days in Orlando at the ARC Advisory Group Industry Forum. Announced during the Monday press conferences and...
Livestream Building The Internet of Things Talk
I interviewed and reviewed the book by Maciej Kranz Building The Internet of Things in January. Now I have word that he will be Livestreaming a talk today, Feb. 6, at 6 pm. Kranz wrote an eminently practical book about implementing the Internet of Things in your...
Industrial Internet Consortium Publishes the Industrial Internet Reference Architecture V 1.8
Committee co-chair Mark Crawford of the The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) told me yesterday that its Industrial Internet Reference Architecture is a living document. The committee revises frequently in order to stay current with rapidly moving technology and...
PTC Delivers Year of Success in Its Internet of Things Business
PTC has had an interesting journey of moving from ERP to PLM to IoT through batches of acquisitions over the course of several years. When it announced a series of acquisitions including ThingWorx and Kepware (at premium prices from the looks of things) I had to...
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