A Cloud Based Alternative to Traditional SCADA
What is SCADA? Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems have been in existence three decades and have long been considered the de facto method for interfacing with PLCs and providing alarming, logging, trending, and operator interface functionality. Today most SCADA
Leading Vendors in MachNation’s 2019 IoT Edge ScoreCard
Edge platforms are beginning to play a vital role in the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. Businesses deploying IoT solutions recognize that many optimally designed IoT solutions, especially those in the industrial vertical, take advantage of one or multiple edge
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The 50thAnniversary of the Apollo 11 mission is an event that will forever be etched in the sands of time. The United States of America’s winning the space race and putting a man on the moon, can be referred to
Manufacturing Case Study – Securing Nesher Cement Enterprises
Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises is the largest cement producer in Israel. With a large-scale production sites in Ramla and Haifa, Nesher produces about 60% of the cement used by Israel’s construction industry. With the introduction of “connected” technologies, Nesher realized that
Smart traffic systems throughout Amsterdam: three use cases
Amsterdam is the largest city in the Netherlands, with a population of 2.4 million. The city is also one of Europe's leading tourist destinations, attracting around 6 million people a year. Amsterdam’s oldest quarter, the medieval centre, is very small
Artificial Intelligence And Recycling
Recycling today is a joke. Many municipal rubbish collectors just dump recycled waste in the landfill with everything else. Furthermore, because recycling is unpleasant and expensive, many first world countries ship their waste to 3rd world countries, pay them to process it,
Smart Cities Challenge for a Better Mobility
Parsons Corporation and its partners and sponsors announced this week the first Smart Cities Challenge — titled Transforming Intersections — that will significantly increase mobility around cities and reduce the amount of time citizens spend at red lights. The goal of Parsons' Smart Cities Challenge is
How to Make Sense of Machine Data in Smart Factory 101
“Digital transformation” and “smart factory” are the terms that have been around for a while, but only advanced manufacturers apply them to practice. The idea of machine to machine communication has raised the initial excitement and high hopes but now
[Cybersecurity] Ensuring Business Continuity with Blockchain Distributed Storage
One of DARPA’s original design features of the Internet was to ensure connectivity is resilient to partial failures. This was achieved through decentralization and recovery from failures. With more and more data stored online, we need a similarly robust infrastructure.
Renewable energy and electric vehicles make the future of sustainable cities
Cities play a significant role in global consumption, production, and pollution. To become sustainable, cities need to plan, innovate, and invest in their future. There are many aspects to discuss when it comes to sustainable urban transformation: governance, planning, innovation, consumption,
Managing the Risks of Digital Transformation
Digital transformation is a disruptive process that often throws companies into uncharted territory for their business. Many organizations have plunged headlong into the process and are ahead of the curve while others, more unsettled by the turmoil, are slow and