What Is Unified Namespace (UNS) and the i3X Standard?
· Smart Manufacturing

What Is Unified Namespace (UNS) and the i3X Standard?

Industrial environments have been built one use case at a time, leaving most large manufacturers with fragmented IT and OT infrastructure. A manufacturer with 10 sites might run four different home-grown MES platforms, three different ERPs, and entirely custom data connections between them. As organizations deploy artificial intelligence, that absence of standardized data architecture has […]

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How Open Data Standards Power Industrial Process Optimization
· Process Manufacturing

How Open Data Standards Power Industrial Process Optimization

Data is more than a byproduct in today’s industrial landscape—it’s the backbone of smart operations.  From sensors and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) to building management systems (BMS) and cloud platforms, manufacturers generate an enormous amount of data every second. But data alone doesn’t drive performance. The real value lies in how that data is structured, […]

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· Connected Industry

Case Study: First Steps Toward IIoT in a SME Environment

IIoT and Industry 4.0 are omnipresent topics in today’s industry tradeshows and blog posts. A lot of products promise to help you achieve vertical integration of production flow and data and enterprise software like ERP. But usually, there’s also a catch: either you get very complex products with a similarly shocking price tag – or […]

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