Michael leads the Cyber Physical Systems team and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) ecosystem business at BlackRidge Technology. Prior to joining BlackRidge, Michael held several senior leadership roles at Analog Devices and most recently, TDK developing sensors, software and machine learning system solutions. Michael has a successful pedigree in leading […]
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Industrial IoT projects can cost millions to buy or develop and still not improve business outcomes. How does this happen to even experienced industrial manufacturers? The details vary. Yet the root causes are the same. A post-mortem of each IoT failure inevitably reveals a common set of fatal flaws. That’s good news. It’s not that […]
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IoT can help companies transform their businesses and leapfrog the competition, but the risk of failure is real. Managers should be prepared for technical and management challenges. Companies continue to have questions about the IoT and where they should focus their efforts. Leaders know that by connecting what has up until now been unconnected, they […]
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The problems described above are tackled by companies from various industries, from 3D printing to electronics, but also from various angles in their attempt to improve various portions of the value chain. However, this siloed innovation approach leads to duplication of work where there is a very scarce talent pool for the community to draw […]
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Dottie Shaw has a passion for making technology work for our customers. Dottie helps customers design and build applications for the Cloud and Edge in manufacturing and early adoption programs at Microsoft. Working with customers enables our teams to gain insights from customers to help shape our products, technologies, and how we deliver solutions. 15+ years […]
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Organizations are using edge computing to create smarter buildings, cities, work spaces, retail experiences, factory floors, and more. Explore how the Intelligent Edge can yield deeper insights faster to transform your business. What is Intelligent Edge? The term “Intelligent Edge” is used in many ways, but perhaps the best way to think of it is […]
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Two years ago, customers began to take delivery of an unusual new product developed by HPE’s R&D and business teams. Hewlett-Packard has long been regarded as one of the most innovative tech companies on the planet, helping to put Silicon Valley on the map through inventions such as the first scientific calculator and the first […]
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Just like the smartphone disrupted several markets by converging several different consumer devices into a single one, the same disruption is happening with infrastructure in the IT and OT industries – they are converging into one single system, in a single place: the Edge. What is IT / OT convergence OT, or Operational Technology includes control systems, data acquisition systems, and industrial […]
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Day One As a proud graduate of The Ohio State University, when I think of Michigan, several things come to mind…but tossing aside for a moment the rivalries of one’s sports-related youth, the images that surface for me tend to be namesakes of a winged variety: The Falcon, The Road Runner, The Firebird. Yes, the […]
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In this new world of Industrial IoT, your Edisons will help you succeed. Inspiration “We only had about 1000 failures to invent the light bulb”. Thomas Edison’s incremental problem-solving approach through experimentation made his inventions meaningful to the whole of society. From the motion picture camera to the phonograph to the light bulb, his inventions are […]
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“Any place you spend 8+ hours at daily is worth improving.” Says Robin co-founder and CEO Sam Dunn. “And for many people, offices are a time capsule of technology.” If for your effectiveness and efficiency play a major role, you should adapt to which allow you to get flexible. A smart workplace is effectively using […]
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Today, the term Digital Twin is ubiquitous.Four years ago, I had my first personal contact with this concept. I attended the VDI conference “Big Data in Manufacturing”, where a General Electric’s (GE) manager presented the well-known example of the transformation of GE’s business model in the aircraft turbine market.GE equips its turbines with sensors and […]
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