Revenge of (some) CEOs
I posted a report on workplace thoughts and a survey. Some of the findings: More than half (57%) of professionals say they come to the office for company culture and team engagement, making it clear that strong social connections are what’s drawing employees back. 73%...
Rockwell Automation Opens Registration for Automation Fair 2025
I first attended Rockwell Automation’s answer to the old trade shows in the control and automation market, Automation Fair, in 1997. I’ve hit almost every one since. They’ve expanded from a trade show just for them and their partners (no competitors to divert...
Ransomware Groups Multiply as Attack Surface Rapidly Expands
While I’m on a report kick, this cybersecurity research report is a month old (I’ve been busy and traveling). Most of the news I receive from security firms concerns research reports. If you’re not already aware that many threats are in the wild threatening your...
HighByte Releases Industrial MCP Server for Agentic AI
Agentic AI has been in the news recently. I had interviewed HighByte Chief Product Officer John Harrington about it in the spring. Here is the company’s announcement about its new Intelligence Hub version 4.2 bring it to life. Industrial software company announces...
State of Work Report for 2025
This State of Work Report was presented to me as a generational difference finding. You know the drill, there’s aging Baby Boomers who had certain expectations, Gen X “slackers” (I have two kids who reveal the lie about that—a mental health therapist and a commercial...
Hexagon Research Finds 72% of U.S. Manufacturers Say Outdated Technology Is Hurting Hiring as Reshoring Ramps Up
I attended some sessions in June at Hexagon’s conference where surveys about manufacturing executives attitudes and concerns were voiced. Later, this report from Hexagon was released specifically regarding hiring. This survey reinforces everything I’m hearing about...
Ethernet-APL proves its value
I received this item from Endress+Hauser regarding Ethernet Advanced Physical Layer (APL). Companies have been working on this standard for some time. Appears to be ready for prime time according to this testing. Ethernet-APL has moved beyond readiness. The...
EDM Council Acquires Object Management Group
I’m beginning to catch up on accumulated news from before my vacation. The market has seen consolidation among a variety of technical consortia. Most likely companies belong to too many of these and seek some consolidation where one investment and dues payment does...
Cloud-Controlled, AP-Only Private 5G Platform for the AI-Powered Enterprise
I told Mehmet Yavuz, co-founder and CTO of Celona, that my contacts on LinkedIn had been discussing how 5G private networks had been a non-starter. And he was supposed to explain to me the benefits of a new private 5G solution. He did. The Celona solution, in brief,...
Foundation EGI Secures $23M in Oversubscribed Series A to Build the World’s First Engineering General Intelligence Platform
Tired of the hype and speculation surrounding the term Artificial General Intelligence? How about something that could be a useful tool for engineers? This release breeds questions as well as answers. How do you think you could use it? Foundation EGI platform:...
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