The Wrong Solution To An Unknown Problem
This post from Kevin Meyer brought back my first university days. I was a naive 17-year-old with no guidance from a very small school when I decided to enroll in the College of Engineering at the University of Cincinnati (a large school—there were almost as many...
Digi Connect EZ TS Serial Device Servers, Enabling Secure Transition to Modern IP Networks
I remember the beginning of the serial networking (remember RS232 and RS422/RS485?) transition to ethernet. There were two companies that I recall who specialized in serial-to-ethernet converters. Digi was one. I thought those days were long faded into memory. Imagine...
Deepgram Launches Flux Multilingual: The World’s First Multilingual Conversational Speech Recognition Model
Voice interaction with our computing devices continues to become more powerful—and useful. Deepgram has been reaching out with a continuing stream of advancements to its Voice AI capability. (Now, if I could introduce them to Siri—but I digress.) The TL;DR: One model,...
Ship Products, Not Technologies
John Gruber nails it in a recent Daring Fireball post. He refers to a news item quoting incoming Apple CEO John Ternus saying Apple has always shipped products, not technologies. Steven Levy writing in Wired ripped Ternus for not laying out a plan to ship AI. But AI...
Automate Show Coming to Chicago in June
Few trade show/conferences exist in our market anymore. I attend only a few of them. I will be at Automate at Chicago’s McCormick Place next month. If you’d like to meet for a coffee and chat while I’m there, send me a note. I will see Keegan (didn’t get the proper...
Portland Bottling Company Doubles Production Volume with Plex MES
This is one of those press releases that have come to me for years that a typical magazine would just republish and call it news but leaves me wishing for much more information. Like who, what, how. The story concerns implementing a Manufacturing Execution System...
Aras PLM and Agentic AI
I devoted three days in April to attend the Aras Community Event (ACE 2026) in Miami, FL. Even though I am not a specialized market analyst in that market, I’ve been involved with the application of product lifecycle management ever since I was “The Kid in...
GE Appliances and Gemini
The world of AI and Agents seemingly focuses on OpenAI and Anthropic thanks to their leaders’ bold dystopian statements. There are others—even ones who have application in manufacturing. Google sent me a rare piece of news from it’s recent annual user conference,...
Siemens Industrial Edge Ecosystem Strengthens Data and AI Integration
Immediately following my trip to a software conference featuring AI solutions, I attended an online press conference from Siemens at Hannover Fair. I’ve attended it in person several times over the years. This year Siemens held the press conference (with fewer than...
Siemens and OnLogic Partner On Industrial Edge
Industrial automation suppliers are scrambling for advanced compute edge solutions, often through partnerships rather than acquisition. This is the first of Siemens announcements from the recently held Hannover Messe. Industrial computing and edge AI specialists,...
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