Podcast 178 What Problem Are You Solving
Podcast 178 What Problem Are You Solving It has been said that computers are great at generating questions. They just can’t figure out the right question. Engineers are problem solvers. That is 99% of their education. Thing is—are they solving the right problem?...
Control System Simulator Helps Operators Learn to Fight Hackers
Simulators are great training tools. It sure beats flying 777s around for your annual pilot recert. Gaming technology has become so good along with many other technologies, that operators of process plants and machinery should be well trained to respond appropriately...
On The IT/OT Conference Road Again
There are many conferences and events this late summer/fall time frame. I used to try to make every event partly to gather information about the state of the market and partly in support of sales at the magazine I was at. These days, I cannot afford every trip at an...
Defining Your IoT Terms Such As Edge and IT/OT Convergence
Defining terms enhances effectiveness of communication—especially in this new Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) space. The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) leads the way bringing companies and people together to accomplish this sort of work. I floated a...
Location Sensing Partnership Offers New Take on Digital Twin
Quuppa introduced me to its unique location sensing technology at Hannover last April and I wrote about it here. Today’s announcement concerns a partnership with Ubisense Group plc, a market leader in enterprise location intelligence solutions, as part of Ubisense’s...
End-to-End Metal Additive Manufacturing Solution for Volume Manufacturing
Moving additive manufacturing from plastics to metal and from hobbyist bench to the factory has attracted much attention. One of the problems with metal 3D printing (additive manufacturing) has been holding high tolerance for consistency. Velo3D today announced...
Siemens Acquisition Bolsters Mindsphere Platform
Siemens is serious about building out its IoT platform, Mindsphere, on it way to realizing the vision of the technology supplier of digital transformation in manufacturing. How else to describe the €0.6 billion (or about $700 million) acquisition of Mendix, a popular...
The ERP Buyer’s Profile for Growing Companies
Who buys enterprise software applications, how and why? I ran across this article by a contact of mine, Gabriel Gheorghiu, Founder and principal analyst at Questions Consulting, with a background in business management and 15 years experience in enterprise software. I...
Platform for Secure and Scalable Cloud-Native Edge Application Management
The CEO of Zededa told me in an interview a few months ago that his mission was no less than to build the largest computing company on Earth without owning infrastructure. Its vision—create a new edge economy that allows applications to run anywhere. When I wrote in...
Global Survey: Companies Turning to Multi-Platform Strategy to Digitally Transform Businesses
I’m interested in where all this IoT, IT/OT convergence, and digital transformation technology is taking us. This survey on platforms is revealing. Nearly forty percent of respondents are using Platform as a Service (PaaS), containers, and serverless technologies...
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