OPC Foundation Extends OPC UA With TSN To Field Level
OPC UA and TSN (Time Sensitive Network). A marriage I was beginning to think was never going to happen. I wrote a preliminary white paper following Hannover Messe 2017. Yes, more than a year ago. (Check it out by clicking the small ad on the sidebar.) This thing has...
Industrial Internet of Things Easier to Access and More Secure
One of the most important technologies for successful implementation of an Industrial Internet of Things program involves moving more computing and storage power to the edge. GE has been in the news more often than it would like over the past year—my broker just...
Cybersecurity Viewed As Extension of Alarms and Safety Systems
I asked PAS founder and CEO Eddie Habibi about his pivot to cybersecurity during our conversation this week. It’s not a pivot, he corrected me. Cybersecurity is a natural progression from all the work PAS has done since its founding. (Read to the end to learn about...
Burke Steps Down After 23 Years at OPC Foundation
Tom Burke stepped down as President and Executive Director of the OPC Foundation after 23 years of leadership. He will remain on the Board of Directors continuing his global evangelization for the standard. Stefan Hoppe, currently a vice president of the organization,...
Podcast 180–Ask Why For Learning and Growing Business
I have unleashed another podcast--180 Asking Why. Asking why? Continuous learning. Helping educate our children. Ideas for solving new problems and developing new business. Not in the podcast, but in the realm of learning, change agents, asking why, I have been...
Danish Robotics Firm Establishes US Office
OnRobot is part of the Danish robotics revival that includes collaborative robotics and innovative end effectors. I've written about it a few times since our first meeting. Latest here. Yesterday I talked with Kristian Hulgard who leads its new office and the US...
Global Industrial Manufacturing Merger and Acquisition Activity Recedes
Merger and Acquisition (M&A) activity in the industry segment I cover seems to have been hot for some time. I, along with others dependent upon the strength of the industry like say magazine media companies, view market consolidation as having the potential for...
Awards For Best Application of HMI/SCADA
It’s not the technology; it’s what you do with it. Here are companies (and their engineers) who have done some cool projects with HMI/SCADA software. Inductive Automation has selected the recipients of its Ignition Firebrand Awards for 2018. The announcements were...
Continuous Learning For Self Development
Continuous learning is essential for economic survival in this increasingly technological world. However, I believe it is also essential for growth as a human. Sometimes we get so wrapped up in technology and organizational success that we forget that our first duty...
Open Process Automation Forum Update
Our schedules finally aligned and I was able to catch up with Ed Harrington, director of the Open Process Automation Forum for The Open Group. A few months ago I talked with Gary Freburger and Peter Martin of Schneider Electric’s process automation unit. We discussed...
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