Manufacturers Realize that they Need to Begin Implementing Smart Manufacturing on the Shop Floor
· Smart Manufacturing

Manufacturers Realize that they Need to Begin Implementing Smart Manufacturing on the Shop Floor

United States manufacturers are at an important crossroads for innovation. Technology is accelerating at an incredible pace and mid-sized manufacturers must modernize operations to stay competitive. Real-time actionable data from machines is the most valuable ‘currency’ for modern manufacturers by helping them remain agile, implement sustainable manufacturing practices and increase efficiency across production lines. Manufacturing […]

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June 2022 Industrial IoT & ICS Cybersecurity Events
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June 2022 Industrial IoT & ICS Cybersecurity Events

It’s June, and we are halfway through 2022, but most of these events are just beginning to have in-person conferences and expos. For this month, we’ve curated the list – and timeline – of events happening in June 2022 around the globe, in-person or online, and what’s in it for the Industrial IoT & ICS […]

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The way forward: Merging IT and operations
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The way forward: Merging IT and operations

To keep up with the speed of digital business, more organizations are looking to bring together information technology, which manages data, and operational technology, which handles manufacturing and industrial equipment. Integrating the two departments can help improve productivity and boost competitiveness. Aside from the commercial pressure to digitize and tap technologies such as artificial intelligence, […]

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Difference Between AI and Cognitive Computing
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Difference Between AI and Cognitive Computing

Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Computing are often used as interchangeable terms, and as much as both refer to machines with human-like capabilities, there are some big and important differences. AI, some basic notes AI is talked about abundantly, and equally abundant are the definitions with which we want to describe this discipline. In synthetic terms, […]

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[Ebook] 4 Prevailing Industrial IoT Use Cases
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[Ebook] 4 Prevailing Industrial IoT Use Cases

Industrial IoT is at a transition point. While the number of connected devices continues to grow at a rapid rate, IoT is no longer just about monitoring equipment behavior. Increasingly, the value of IoT comes from collecting machine data and then analyzing and drawing out insights for quick action. Specifically, when IoT is combined with […]

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Digital twins: what are they and how they can help your company
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Digital twins: what are they and how they can help your company

The concept of digital twins has been around since the 1970s, but more recently we’ve started to see rapid adoption of the technology in a number of scenarios. With organizations in energy, transport, manufacturing, medicine and others creating digital twins to help understand how specific processes, instruments, even people will react to changing situations. What […]

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[Report] Security Risks Are Slowing IT-OT Convergence
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[Report] Security Risks Are Slowing IT-OT Convergence

Fortinet has worked with Forrester Consulting for a third time to check in on security trends affecting those who manage and maintain critical infrastructure—including the industrial control systems (ICS) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems that manage everything from factories to refineries to telecommunications infrastructure. Based on a global survey, the report identifies […]

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The Inventors of Things
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The Inventors of Things

Introduction Inventors live forever. They must be given credit for their obedience to science and lifetime dedication to aiming for discoveries that serve to improve human life on planet Earth. In the present article, we look at some inventors and scientists from different eras, mostly having their work in the area of electrical engineering and […]

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Rethinking technology partnerships to thrive in the digital age
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Rethinking technology partnerships to thrive in the digital age

In the past few years, there have been some major enterprise-focused digital transformation initiatives across industries, along with a lot of innovation around big data and analytics. It’s fair to say that technology is at the core of business success, and a lot of importance is given to persona-based experience and process management. Since these are […]

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Data Management on the Edge
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Data Management on the Edge

Up until recently, there have been two options for handling data on the edge: 1. Send raw data to the cloud where it can be stored and analyzed; or 2. Discard the data. Sending all the raw data to cloud is not the right choice for every organization/or system. As far as discarding the data, […]

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