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August 11, 2021 · Smart Manufacturing

MQTT and Sparkplug: Delivering Plug-and-Play Interoperability for IIoT

The manufacturing industry is rapidly changing as leading companies invest in new technologies to modernize their manufacturing infrastructures, improve overall efficiencies, and develop more flexible manufacturing processes. The introduction of IIoT technologies, combined with machine learning, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing, create significant opportunities for all manufacturing companies. Overview of MQTT A key protocol in […]

August 10, 2021 · Energy

Plant Optimization with Artificial Intelligence (AI enabled Plant Optimization)

Operating waste-to-energy power plants have a lot of day-to-day challenges. Volatile combustion, unstable steam, staff issues, and CO-peaks are common problems. In addition, there are problems that are unique to a single power plant. Often, these problems persist even with fire control systems. Artificial Intelligence in Power Plant Operations (AI enabled Plant Optimization) Uniper has […]

August 9, 2021 · ICS Security

Cybersecurity for Cloud Migration

In an interview with Merritt Baer (AWS Office of the CISO), Aaron Ansari VP, Cloud Security at Trend Micro discusses how fundamental information security is to business functions in today’s world. Cybersecurity is Job Zero It’s everyone’s job to ensure they are working to help secure the organization – from the frontline workers to the […]

August 8, 2021 · Our Contributors

Adrian Vernon, Director

Dynamic, multi-faceted Enablement leader, recognized for ability to improve Field engagement, positively impact company culture and generate cross-functional buy-in for tools/programs/events. Experienced with stakeholder interaction at all levels of the company. Personable team leader/team player with excellent presentation skills.

August 6, 2021 · Smart Manufacturing

Manufacturing Optimization – The Paradigm Shift to A Smarter System

There is no sitting on the fence with manufacturing transformation in a post Covid-19 world, the value of smart manufacturing takes on an added dimension. In this unexampled signal of the pandemic most of the organizations have struggled for a faster response to the disruptive challenges and restoring their operations. Research indicates that most of […]

August 5, 2021 · Our Contributors

Denis Pasero, Product Commercialisation Manager

Denis Pasero is Product Commercialisation Manager at Ilika plc who design miniature, long life solid state batteries, ideally suited to small size, unobtrusive “perpetual” sensing devices intended to be placed, unattended for, for many years, for industrial IoT and remote monitoring applications.

August 5, 2021 · Connected Industry

How to Protect Against Ransomware in your OT Environment

Know how an IT attack can impact OT, build clear incident response gameplay, and prioritize risks to ensure as little impact on operations as possible in case of emergency. Well-defined maps of potential threats and impacts. One of the biggest questions is the risk levels and priorities of assets and systems. What systems are tied […]

August 4, 2021 · Smart Manufacturing

Smart Manufacturing: Performing a Manufacturing Analysis

Manufacturing managers maximize the tools they have at their disposal by understanding their shop’s capacity. What is Manufacturing Analytics? Manufacturing analysis is critical for companies to drive efficient production and capture the highest profitability by better use of space, materials, labor, and optimized equipment performance. A capacity analysis can be an excellent solution for auditing […]

August 2, 2021 · Connected Industry

MQTT Enables IIoT Security Best Practices within the Purdue Model

As Industrial IoT has evolved over the past decade or two, the vision for secure data communications and the integration of enterprise and control systems has evolved at the same time. When the Purdue Model of Computer Integrated Manufacturing was published in 1990 as a reference for enterprise architecture and ISA 95 was developed a […]

July 30, 2021 · Our Contributors

Joe Kassl, Manager, Accenture Industry X

Joe has worked within the IoT space for over 20 years throughout its inception. He has held many roles during his career including SI, Solution Architect and Lead Design Engineer for IoT Hardware and Software platforms. Joe has worked within multiple industries Including Connected Buildings, Industrial Automation/Industry 4.0, and Data Centers. Joe is a professional […]

July 30, 2021 · Energy

Modernizing the Energy Industry with MQTT

The global energy industry, encompassing oil & gas, solar energy, wind energy, etc. is going through tectonic shifts, confirms McKinsey. One of the major contributors to this shift is technological developments, such as digital transformation and digitalization initiatives, which revolutionize the safety, productivity, efficiency and sustainability of energy systems. A BloombergNEF research study anticipates that […]

July 27, 2021 · Connected Industry

Supply Chain Control Tower Solutions to Conquer Disruption

44% of organizations lacked a clear strategy for dealing with supply-chain disruption, according to a survey published by the Institute for Supply Management in March 2020. Almost 75% of companies surveyed reported a disruption in their supply chains because of the COVID-19 pandemic (Source: “75% of Companies in ISM Virus Survey Report Supply Chain Disruptions,” Industry […]