IT and OT Training for Industrial Ethernet
Industrial IP Advantage has launched an eLearning course focused on IT/OT integration for Industrial Ethernet. This is the fourth in a series of training courses designed to meet the emerging needs of control engineers and IT professionals tasked with deploying a...
Swift Sensors Launches Cloud Wireless Sensor System
Imagine what you could know about your plant or factory if you could get many more sensors around the area. This was the dream behind the development of robust wireless sensor networks for industrial and manufacturing applications. Here is a new entrant bearing much...
Hello Mr. Trump Here Is a Bold Manufacturing Revival Proposal
Here is a bold manufacturing revival proposal from someone who has been deep in strategy. I worked with John A. Bernaden in his roles with Rockwell Automation and the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition. Now retired, he evidently has time on his hands to think. I...
Handheld Communications Win in Industrial Production
The war is over and we have won. The war of handheld communication devices loose in the wilds of a plant, that is. Remember only a few years ago--like maybe two--when there was much angst in the media (except from me) about bringing handheld mobile communication into...
Schneider Electric Launches Next Generation IoT Architecture and Platform
Schneider Electric announced launch of what CTO Prith Banerjee called a major advance for its Internet of Things (IoT) architecture and strategy. I’ve had a bit of a problem wrapping my head around the announcement. That is because this is not a product announcement....
Search For The New IIoT Platform
Have we reached a choke point in the IIoT platform currently in vogue? Glen Allmendinger, founder of Harbor Research, studies the area of connectivity. He continues to move with the times--perhaps even ahead of the times--going from M2M to IoT to (now) Smart Systems....
Edge Devices On The Industrial Internet
What is an “edge” device in terms of network architecture for today’s Industrial Internet of Things? Classical networking practice has had it’s definition. But how do you extend the definition in today’s industrial networks with perhaps thousands of devices at the...
Industrial Internet Business Strategy and Innovation Framework
In another advancement for the Industrial Internet of Things, The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), the global, member-supported organization that promotes the accelerated growth of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), announced the publication of the...
Festo All About Connectivity at Automation Fair
Rockwell Automation was all about Connected Enterprise at Automation Fair 2016. Festo joined in the fun showcasing seamless connectivity with Rockwell Automation’s factory automation and process automation architectures in such areas as: IO-Link Premier Integration...
FDT Group Announces IIoT Server and Extensions at SPS in Nuremberg
The FDT Group announced a revised mission statement, an IIoT Server, and agreements with other organizations—OPC Foundation, ODVA for CIP, and AutomationML--at its press conference at SPS 2016 in Nuremberg. This highlights the role of technology organizations in this...