Trustworthiness methods in Industrial System Design
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Trustworthiness methods in Industrial System Design

Trustworthiness in the context of an industrial system is a relatively new term intended to provide a better understanding of the meaning of trust in such a system and how this trust can be approached by the operational user as well as the planner and designer of the system. In general, the definition of trustworthiness […]

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Released this week: Global ICS & IIoT Risk Report
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Released this week: Global ICS & IIoT Risk Report

Industrial and critical infrastructure organizations that rely on industrial control systems (ICS) to run their businesses — such as firms in energy and utilities, oil & gas, pharmaceutical and chemical production, food & beverage, and other manufacturing sectors — have known their valuable assets are susceptible to cyberattack since Stuxnet was discovered and publicized in […]

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24 interesting Startups focused on Industry 4.0 to watch out at the Web Summit
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24 interesting Startups focused on Industry 4.0 to watch out at the Web Summit

ALPHA 2018 has sold out. ALPHA is a program run by Web Summit organizers and aims to spotlight the early stage startups engineering the future, connecting them to the world’s most influential companies at Web Summit. In this article, I’ve listed a few startups that caught my attention as they develop solutions in one of […]

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Critical Infrastructure and ICS Security Remain a Network Segmentation Problem
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Critical Infrastructure and ICS Security Remain a Network Segmentation Problem

Companies in every industry are developing and implementing connected industrial control applications as strategic digital business initiatives. However, the risks of security breaches and the subsequent impacts to consumer privacy and now personal safety are limiting the delivery of secure and resilient services, that are based on these connected applications.  Many company’s networks remain disconnected […]

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Combine Crosser Edge Streaming Analytics and Azure IoT Edge
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Combine Crosser Edge Streaming Analytics and Azure IoT Edge

Based on customer requests we have implemented support for running Crosser Edge Streaming Analytics on Azure IoT Edge. Now you can innovate much faster and without the cost, risk and developer dependencies that come with writing code. Crosser Edge Streaming Analytics vs Azure IoT Edge solution The Crosser Edge Streaming Analytics solution allows non-software developers […]

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Navigating the big pivot from IoT to AI-driven analytics
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Navigating the big pivot from IoT to AI-driven analytics

If you’ve worked in industry for any length of time, you’ve experienced wave after wave of digital technologies washing over the plant floor, from robots to tablets. The next decade will see a new technological wave breaking over the landscape, as artificial intelligence expands from a narrow set of tasks to far more sophisticated applications […]

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Refinery of the Future type of projects: benefits and opportunities
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Refinery of the Future type of projects: benefits and opportunities

This month two members of IIoT World have been invited by HPE to visit their IoT Innovation Lab in Houston and two separate sites where IIoT implementation is already a reality, leveraging the benefits of the intelligent edge. A couple of years ago, Texmark has undertaken a three-phase IIoT journey, combining HPE and Aruba solutions with […]

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IoT Gateway Software For Connecting Industrial Equipment
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IoT Gateway Software For Connecting Industrial Equipment

IoT gateway software is the unsung hero of industrial IoT. Your IoT gateway bridges the worlds of OT and IT, where the physical becomes digital. Your industrial equipment speaks through varied industrial protocols, and your gateway software understands them all. First, it translates and cleans up incoming data, and adds critical context. Then it stores […]

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Benefits of the blockchain technology in manufacturing
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Benefits of the blockchain technology in manufacturing

Blockchain technology attempts to address the problems described in the previous section through a common data architecture that allows non-trusting parties to share information in a more secure manner. Blockchains are designed to permanently record transactions, not only currency transactions but also data exchanges, in such a way that the record cannot be tampered with. […]

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A Software Architecture For Manufacturing
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A Software Architecture For Manufacturing

The movement towards Industrie 4.0 leads to a higher software penetration on the shop floor. Companies must sit behind the steering wheel if they do not want to run into trouble. A suitable software architecture is the basis for a successful Industrie 4.0 journey. As shown in this article, manufacturers have to adapt to new […]

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CEO Insights: Why Cybersecurity is an enablement of IIoT
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CEO Insights: Why Cybersecurity is an enablement of IIoT

Lucian Fogoros: How would you rate the level of cybersecurity awareness among industry in general? What level of uptake do you see regarding the level of cybersecurity best practices and systems? Joseph Saunders: With the many reported attacks on utilities, SCADA systems, and operational technology, I’d have to say that the level of cybersecurity awareness […]

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Why It’s So Hard to Create a Good User Experience in IoT
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Why It’s So Hard to Create a Good User Experience in IoT

Creating a good user experience for IoT products is hard. There are more layers of technology, more users to please, and more teams to coordinate than ever before. Are you prepared to lead the way as a Product Manager? Throughout the years, UX practices have evolved and adapted to the latest technology trends, from the […]

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