Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is changing the industrial landscape rapidly. To stay competitive and make the right decisions industry’s leaders need to understand the potential of IIoT and to be informed. This is one of…
Intelligrated, now part of Honeywell, developed IRIS, the Intelligrated Reliability Intelligence Solution, a computerized maintenance management software (CMMS) that connects to customer equipment via IIoT to gather machine data. The system reduces inventory costs by 10-15%,…
Industrial Control Systems face a persistent and worsening cyber threat that existing standards fail to fully address. According to Joseph Weiss, PE, CISM, CRISC and ISA Fellow, malware such as CrashOverride, BlackEnergy, and Havex has targeted…
Petya ransomware spreads by exploiting the EternalBlue vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, the same flaw used by WannaCry weeks earlier. ICS cybersecurity experts, including Dr. Ulrich Lang of ObjectSecurity, Edgard Capdevielle of Nozomi Networks, and Bryan Singer…
A successful IoT ecosystem depends on three core elements: an IoT platform, market expectations, and network effects. APIs, partner communities, and revenue models serve as drivers that transform a connected product into a scalable ecosystem, as…
Predictive maintenance outperforms reactive and preventive strategies, with the U.S. Department of Energy reporting savings of 30-40% over reactive approaches and 8-12% over preventive ones. Machine learning and vibration analysis are reshaping how these programs scale,…
Augmented reality (AR) delivers measurable gains for industrial companies by equipping frontline workers with real-time information through smart glasses. According to Brian Ballard, CEO of Upskill, AR technology at Boeing drove a 25-percent improvement in production…
Industrial manufacturers seeking market-share growth must help distributors reinvent into lean distribution organizations. Lean distribution is a model that is highly focused on product selling, sales growth, and adding new customers, while reducing reliance on inventory,…
Drones serve as the aerial eye of the construction jobsite, helping field engineers survey sites, perform cut-and-fill analysis, and monitor project progress faster than traditional workflows allow. PCL Construction, for example, captured an entire Florida jobsite…
Industrial manufacturers who rely on independent distributors to sell electrical, electronic, and hydraulic products face a sales channel in crisis. Distributor gross profit margins, which averaged 23 to 27% for many years, are falling. Faded product…
Ben Wolff, Chairman and CEO of Sarcos, describes the current moment in industrial robotics as a "Golden Age," driven by advances in computer vision, artificial intelligence, edge computing, and falling hardware costs. Robots are moving beyond…
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) poses direct questions for ICS cybersecurity standards. The ISA99 committee, which governs the ISA and IEC 62443 series, has identified over 500 normative security requirements, with at least 125 addressing…