When it comes to industrial cybersecurity; governments know they need to improve it, industry knows it needs to better understand it, and system integrators/automation vendors know they need to offer it. If you fall within any of these categories, ask yourself “What’s your industrial cybersecurity strategy for 2017?” The truth is that while the need […]
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A research from the Ponemon Institute finds digitalization in U.S. Oil and Gas operations is seriously outpacing cybersecurity measures and that’s creating an undeniable risk to operational security. In “The State of Cybersecurity in the Oil & Gas Industry: United States,” released in March, 68% of those surveyed said their operations have had at least one security […]
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Perpetual inventor, classical pianist, and serial entrepreneur Toby Ruckert is the Founder and CEO of Unified Inbox. With Unified Inbox, the intelligent Internet of Things (IoT) messaging platform company, Toby has built an extensive network of global telecoms, ISPs, and manufacturers for IoT, robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Passionate about startups, new business models, and […]
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Internet of Things(IoT) – A new revolution that is going to be the core backbone of business in the years to come. Industry is getting ready to adopt this massive change that is likely to hit it sooner than later. As per a recent survey[1] 96% of the senior business leaders have plan to use […]
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Mr. Chuck Brooks – one of the world’s most known experts and the cybersecurity guru, shares his thoughts about Industry 4.0 and cyber threats in an interview with Ludmila Morozova-Buss. As the capabilities and connectivity of cyber devices have grown exponentially, so have the cyber intrusions and threats from malware and hackers requiring restructuring of […]
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The New Industrial Internet of Things & Cybersecurity startups are popping up daily and it is easy to understand why. Who would not want to be part of the next big sensation and secure or take their piece of the IoT pie, which some market research companies estimate to far exceed $6 trillion in less than 10 […]
Read more →IHS Markit manufacturing technology experts representing a variety of industrial segments provide their predictions on what the 7 biggest trends and developments will be for the market in 2017. These are: Global market to grow despite headwinds Remote cloud-based analytics to shift to local and edge computing Industrial automation to become more influential in outsourced […]
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The OpenFog Consortium announces the release of the OpenFog Reference Architecture, a universal technical framework designed to enable the data-intensive requirements of the Internet of Things (IoT), 5G and artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The RA marks a significant first step toward creating the standards necessary to enable high-performance, interoperability and security in complex digital transactions. […]
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Manufacturers competing on ESG performance are replacing manual utility tracking with AI-driven systems that connect energy data to operations in real time. The results are measurable: one automotive manufacturer cut energy usage by over 20%, saving $35 million. A petrochemical producer reduced energy consumption by 8% across its furnaces. The Pearl Gas-to-Liquids plant in Qatar […]
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Most manufacturers looking at software-defined automation ask the wrong question first. The question is not “should we replace our hardware PLCs with virtual ones?” At Siemens, the S7-1500 virtual PLC and the hardware PLC share the same components and behave identically as a control layer. The real question is where a virtual PLC actually improves […]
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Monitoring one pump with a vibration sensor and catching a failure two weeks early is straightforward. Doing the same thing across hundreds of assets in multiple plants, with different machine types, different maintenance histories, and different data systems, is where most predictive maintenance programs stall. During a panel at IIoT World’s AI Manufacturing Day 2026, […]
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Manufacturing competition used to center on the mechanical speed of production lines and the efficiency of output. The advantage now belongs to organizations that react to data faster, catching a quality drift, a mechanical failure signal, or a process deviation before it becomes scrap, downtime, or a safety event. Reacting faster, though, requires trusting the […]
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