What skills do frontline workers need for low-code tools?
· Smart Manufacturing

What skills do frontline workers need for low-code tools?

Frontline workers already use smartphones for various tasks such as banking and ride-hailing, demonstrating a widespread digital fluency that translates to using low-code tools. This familiarity with technology provides a solid foundation for adopting low-code platforms.Low-Code Tools Mirror Familiar SoftwareLow-code platforms often resemble familiar software like Microsoft Office, making them more approachable. For example, some low-code platform […]

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Grab Your Free Tickets Now for IIoT World’s Sustainability and AI Day – Limited Time Offer!
· Connected Industry

Grab Your Free Tickets Now for IIoT World’s Sustainability and AI Day – Limited Time Offer!

Join us ONLINE on September 10, 2024, for a deep dive into the intersection of sustainability and artificial intelligence at IIoT World’s Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence Day. This virtual event will feature live sessions that explore how AI is revolutionizing industrial practices to create a more sustainable future.Agenda9:00 am – 10:00 am (EDT) AI Innovations Driving the […]

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10 Ways Robotics Leads to Stronger Manufacturing
· Smart Manufacturing

10 Ways Robotics Leads to Stronger Manufacturing

Manufacturing is second only to medicine as the most time-sensitive business there is, with the livelihoods of every employee hanging in the balance. Simply put, manufacturers live and die by how well they manage time, resources, costs, and time.The future of robotics in manufacturingAutomation is the flywheel that keeps the manufacturing in step with fast-changing customer […]

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Building the Next Generation of Smart PLCs With the ctrlX CORE and InfluxDB
· Connected Industry

Building the Next Generation of Smart PLCs With the ctrlX CORE and InfluxDB

Program Logic Controllers (PLCs) have played an integral role in industrial automation since their initial creation during the 1960s.Since then, we’ve seen incremental improvements to their form and function throughout the years. The problem? While PLCs are exceptional at managing and controlling industrial processes, the evolving demands of modern manufacturing require these devices to do […]

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Real-Time Anomaly Detection at the Edge using EmbeddedAI and IoT
· Artificial Intelligence

Real-Time Anomaly Detection at the Edge using EmbeddedAI and IoT

The world is surrounded of problems to solve at the same time companies need to use innovation to offer new products and new services for their customers. There are several technologies already available to be combined by smart teams to support leadership on decision-making, managers to lead teams efficiently, and execution to run more with […]

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How to improve operational resilience in a multi-vendor and multi-site world
· Cybersecurity

How to improve operational resilience in a multi-vendor and multi-site world

Introduction to OT/ICS Security Reviewing the OT cybersecurity threat landscape from 2021 to 2022, we have observed that since the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis, the world’s reliance on networks and information systems has surged to unprecedented levels, with industries and services becoming increasingly interconnected. The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the necessity for the digital […]

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Bringing sustainability to your industrial data architecture
· Smart Manufacturing

Bringing sustainability to your industrial data architecture

You don’t have to agree with environmental policies to know that sustainability is a part of business and life today. Supply chain partners, regulators, customers, and investors are demanding more environmental accountability from manufacturers—and with good cause. According to the International Energy Agency, the manufacturing and power sectors account for 63% of energy-related CO2 emissions […]

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Will AI make us more secure?
· Artificial Intelligence

Will AI make us more secure?

ChatGPT, the dialogue-based AI chatbot capable of understanding natural human language, has become another icon in the disruptor ecosystem. Gaining over 1 million registered users in just 5 days, it has become the fastest growing tech platform ever. ChatGPT generates impressively detailed human-like written text and thoughtful prose, following a text input prompt. In addition, […]

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How to Protect Your OT Network — Without Disrupting Operations
· Cybersecurity

How to Protect Your OT Network — Without Disrupting Operations

A good portion of existing operational technology (OT) networks were originally built during the air gap days, where isolation from other enterprise systems made for sufficient security. As digital transformation initiatives drive IT and OT networks towards convergence, the result is a network where anything can theoretically connect to anything else. That’s a dangerous amount […]

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The Cloud, the Fog and the Edge
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The Cloud, the Fog and the Edge

Understanding the basics Cloud vs Fog vs Edge is the first step to success Before participating in outdoor activities or going on a vacation, it is a wise decision for a person to prepare for the weather. Of course, in order to adequately prepare, one must have an understanding of basic weather events and terminology. […]

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Disrupting Plastic Recycling
· Smart Cities

Disrupting Plastic Recycling

City Solution of the Year Automedi to Receive $100,000The 2022 QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge, hosted by Leading Cities in partnership with QBE Insurance Group, concluded last week with the City Solution of the Year awarded to Automedi, the world’s first decentralized circular microeconomy converting plastic waste into community products at the actual point of use.According […]

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Industrial Metaverse: Convergence of Physical World, Connectivity and Immersive Technology
· Connected Industry

Industrial Metaverse: Convergence of Physical World, Connectivity and Immersive Technology

After Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg popularized the concept of a metaverse during a company rebrand last year, much of the discussion about this immersive world centered on the consumer’s use of virtual and augmented reality headsets with digital representations of people and things in a network of 3D worlds focused on social connection. Often, we […]

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