New Words; Old Strategies
The CTO and co-founder of a tech company chanced to have lunch with me at a conference several years ago. After I asked about technologies that would become important, I mentioned the series of conference themes that seemed to chase the latest fads. He told me that...
Foxit Launches New eSignature Subscription Plans to Streamline Document Workflows
A longtime media contact wrote that she had a new gig. Unlike most media people who contact me over the past few years, she actually knows what I cover. But this new company had never been on my radar. In fact, the entire category had not been on my radar. The...
FANUC America Unveils New $110 Million Robotics and Automation Campus
FANUC America has expanded its footprint to over 2 million square feet and has created over 400 jobs since 2019 The amount of news emanating from the traditional robotic companies amazes me. I thought this market was mature. Evidently FANUC doesn’t think so. This news...
Emerson Updates DeltaV Distributed Control System
Just when I realized there had been no news for quite a while from the major automation suppliers this news from Emerson came my way. The news concerns expanding DeltaV Automation Platform with the DeltaV Version 15 Feature Pack 2 update for its distributed control...
Cybersecurity Breaches Identified as Major Cause of Downtime
Cycles of marketing thought intrigue me. Suddenly PR people are flooding my email inbox with offers to interview CTOs of security companies who wish to comment on how cybersecurity breaches are a major cause of downtime. I chose this one to post for now partly because...
Aras Introduces New Supplier Collaboration Solutions
I just posted about collaboration within an organization. Many companies now send news about supplier collaboration and relations. Supply chain has never been my focus in writing. My early career involved procurement and supplier relationships. This is more than a...
Live Collaboration Environment to Analyze and Troubleshoot Industrial Operations
Industrial collaboration tools flourish as manufacturers discover better tools and better people leadership. Further finally a press release promoting a product that includes generative AI without that as the headline! This looks interesting. Anyone out there using...
Independence Day
Every year I suggest that all Americans take some time to read a few things to refresh our memories about the founding of our country. It’s probably not a bad practice for all of you who do not live here just for the ideals. Read The Declaration of Independence...
Industrial DevOps Platform Said to Boost Manufacturing Efficiency, Minimize Disruption
This company intrigues me. Copia Automation. Its co-founder and CEO’s credentials include heading IT at Uber. They have taken the IT technology of DevOps and ported it to industrial use. HighByte performed a similar adaptation of DataOps to Industrial DataOps in 2016....
Research—PLM and Digital Thread Address Key Sustainability Challenges
“Spotlight on the Future” Report Highlights How PLM and Digital Thread Solutions Address Key Challenges with Sustainability Data Accuracy, Availability, and Analysis Aras Research Finds That Three Out of Four Companies Feel Pressured by Regulation, Customers,...
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