April 2020
Remote connectivity for customer operations during COVID-19 crisis
“During the COVID-19 crisis, governments and companies are having to make difficult choices, balancing people’s safety with economic livelihood. ABB is committed to supporting both: protect people, while helping businesses to stay operational during these challenging times,” said Peter Terwiesch, President Industrial Automation, ABB. “Remote services and digital solutions can make a major contribution to […]
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Working From Home? Here’s What You Need for Cybersecurity
There has been an influx of employees signing in remotely to corporate networks and using cloud-based applications. But this shift could also open doors to cybersecurity risks. Where should cybersecurity fit in? The current workplace reality is that, in response to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, many companies around the globe have rolled out work-from-home […]
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5 Reasons to Consider an Alternative to Linux for Your Medical Device
Medical device designers have become increasingly interested in the Linux® operating system (OS), largely because of its open source model. Linux lets the designer leverage a large pool of developers, a rich legacy of source code, and industry-standard POSIX APIs. But Linux may not be the right choice for all projects, especially safety-critical medical devices […]
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Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic – A collaboration framework for cities and solutions providers
The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating and disruptive impact on cities and communities worldwide. From the loss of lives, interruption of essential day-to-day services, to disruption of the global economy, no one person, organization or country is spared. Local, regional, and national governments are urgently responding with varying degrees of effectiveness. As the […]
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Maintaining Factory Efficiency in a Crisis through Remote Monitoring
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) announcement about Covid – 19 reaching pandemic levels triggered responses across the industrial world. In industrial manufacturing, shop floor activity hit its lowest levels since the Second World War and in many cases manufacturing facilities have been shut down. As we’ve discussed in our previous coverage on the impact of […]
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Industrial Cyber Security: Why IT & OT collaboration is no longer an option but a necessity
Since the mid-1990s, many industrial companies have interconnected their industrial control systems (ICSs) to improve productivity, maintenance, and safety in the operational environment. Some of this interconnectivity was to the Internet. While, this connectivity helped to improved the efficiency, security was at best a minimal consideration. The lack of adequate security planning has resulted in […]
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