Siemens expands its private 5G infrastructure to the United States
Proponents of cellular 5G private networks have touted benefits for a few years. The uptake seems slow. But there must be a market. In this news, Siemens announces expanding its private 5G infrastructure to eight more countries—including here in the US. Siemens...
Apple At 50
Apple Computer Co. is 50 today. The best customer-facing technology makes the complex simple. Then companies add complexity over time. That describes much about Apple. Is the iPhone becoming too complex? I was playing around with computing devices in the late 70s and...
Podcast–Why AI?
I’ve released a new podcast. You can subscribe and download from your favorite podcast app or from my site. It is also available on my YouTube channel. Episode 275. Why AI in Manufacturing? Why not? I explore how new technologies for knowledge work, unlike in...
DNV outlines foundations for achieving trustworthy AI
Several people involved with standards have shared with me the insight that the driving force for adoption of some of these will come from company boards due to insurance and risk management pressures. Therefore, I found this paper interesting looking at trustworthy...
Fanuc Announces $90 Million Investment
Fanuc announced in recent news a significant investment to create production capacity for robot manufacturing in the US. We experienced more announcements regarding investments in manufacturing and infrastructure in the US during the past 10 years than just about any...
High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and Operational Resilience Across SQL Server Environments
The accumulation, retention, and analysis of data continues to provide an important foundation for digital transformation, as well as, providing a threat vector for malicious hackers. News from companies combatting the problem forms a core to any coverage these days....
TwinThread Launches Perfect Batch
TwinThread is one of those smallish software companies within an interesting niche that I can’t believe has yet to find a buyer. I quoted noted software developer and LinkedIn commentator Rick Bullota in 2020 extolling the value of the AVEVA/TwinThread link with the...
Honeywell AI Powered Control Room Assistant
Honeywell announced a pilot project last November for its AI-powered Operations Assistant. The commercial launch of the product has just been announced. Everyone announces AI of one sort or another added to their systems. I suspect that operators will find both...
25 Most-Learned Skills Survey
The press release was tempting—a survey showed the most sought skills among manufacturing people. But…I’d never heard of the company called Wiingy. I wondered, who are Wiingy and how did they execute the survey? Turns out the company is a marketplace for tutors for...
ABB Adds Symphony PLus to Automation Extended
I have noted ABB’s update to its automation systems—Automation Extended and the first product incorporating it, the 800xA. ABB’s challenge for the past 25 years has been modernizing the installed base it acquired. This new platform incorporates many of the latest...
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