Top five largest cyber-attacks in the past year and lessons learnt
· Cybersecurity

Top five largest cyber-attacks in the past year and lessons learnt

Sponsored by RunSafe Security Cyberattacks are becoming far too common, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, as companies are changing how they’re doing business. Large cyber-attacks on enterprises’ software, in particular, have already affected millions of users. Unfortunately, these will continue to impact more people unless organizations take proper precautions to prevent cybercriminals from exploiting vulnerabilities. […]

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Jim Zwica, Solution Architect & Strategic Product Expert
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Jim Zwica, Solution Architect & Strategic Product Expert

Jim serves as a solutions architect and strategic product expert and voice of the customer for Vertex Software. He has extensive experience in product lifecycle management (PLM) and collaboration throughout the supply chain, giving him unique insight into customer needs.

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Shree Moorthy, Senior Vice President of Digital Transformation Strategy
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Shree Moorthy, Senior Vice President of Digital Transformation Strategy

Shree Moorthy has over 27 years of experience in software product and business transformation strategy within discrete manufacturing. As Senior Vice President of Digital Transformation Strategy at Vertex, Shree oversees digital transformation and business development efforts across strategic accounts and partners. Shree partners with customers and internal teams to solve real-world problems using current technology solutions He's an evangelist for new technologies that push the envelope and deliver exponential value to manufacturing. He's especially passionate about the Factory of the Future and Digital Manufacturing. Prior to his role at Vertex, Shree served as both the CIO and the Global Vice President of PLM for Tata Technologies, where he built a global services business line to solve challenges for manufacturing customers—boosting market share and driving company growth. Before that, Shree spent eleven years at Siemens PLM Software (Engineering Animation / UGS / EDS PLM) where he ran the digital factory products line.

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Bill Cliff, Plant Manager
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Bill Cliff, Plant Manager

Bill has over 40 years of experience in the power generation business working on large scale coal, oil, gas fired and CHP plants. His project experience covers construction, commissioning, project to asset transition and the successful commercial operation of a 1400MW CCGT power and CHP plant. The last 14 years of his career has been […]

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How IIoT can help manufacturers better prepare for disruptions
· Connected Industry

How IIoT can help manufacturers better prepare for disruptions

Use the industrial IoT to prepare for disruptions Disruptions can be entirely unpredictable, leaving manufacturers and their supply chain at risk – resources may become sparse, teams may be unable to work, or operations may not be safe to resume. Moving forward, organizations need to find ways to establish continuity plans that allow them to […]

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Returnable Asset Tracking – Operating Principles
· Connected Industry

Returnable Asset Tracking – Operating Principles

Before moving forward with an investigation into tracking returnable assets, it is important to understand the available technologies, their capabilities, and how they relate to tracking functions in a production facility.

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IIoT Gets A 5G Boost of Machine Learning Innovation
· Connected Industry

IIoT Gets A 5G Boost of Machine Learning Innovation

Network operators around the world have invested heavily in spectrum, with auctions exceeding $27 billion in 2020 according to the Global Mobile Suppliers Association. They are looking to move quickly with 5G, seeking solutions to help them develop services faster for specific verticals such as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). There is a lot […]

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Dr. Peter Struckmann, EVP of Uniper COO Digital Evolution
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Dr. Peter Struckmann, EVP of Uniper COO Digital Evolution

Dr. Peter Struckmann leads the digital transformation of Uniper’s operational business, which aims to create the digital foundation that allows us to drive and empower the energy evolution. Peter has 25+ years of experience in the energy and Asset “heavy” Industry, holding various leading positions in EON and Uniper for the last 20 years with […]

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Augmented Reality in IoT
· Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality in IoT

The use of augmented reality in IoT An interview with Ian Kanski, CTO of UrsaLeo The use of augmented reality (AR) in IoT and industrial applications is growing by leaps and bounds and has become tantamount in Industry 4.0 concepts. In fact, 28 percent of those surveyed in a recent PwC study reported that they […]

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[E-Book] The State of OT Cyber Security
· Cybersecurity

[E-Book] The State of OT Cyber Security

Many predictions from ten years ago about a rapid rise in cyber-physical attacks did not come true. Certainly, there has been significant financial damage to many firms resulting from powerful intrusions and attacks. However, relative to the IT world, OT has remained relatively unscathed. The real question is what the patterns of historical attacks, emerging […]

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