Where is the IIoT edge? Four points on the edge-compute continuum
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has mapped out a “continuum” of edge computing in industrial settings, with the ‘edge’ variously located at certain points of remove from the data source …
IIC releases industrial-grade ‘cookbook’ for edge computing
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has issued a white paper with practical guidance on edge computing in industrial internet-of-things (IIoT) settings. The publication seeks to define edge computing architectural functions …
Asset performance management: Three IIoT case studies from GE Digital
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailGeneral Electric reckons the convergence of machines, data and analytics will contribute $10 to $15 trillion to global GDP in efficiency gains over the next two decades. It has spent …
Industrial transformation will put impact of consumer digital in the shade, says GE
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe digital transformation of industry will be more dramatic than transformation of the consumer retail and media markets, reckons General Electric. “We have seen how retail has been remade, how …
Rockwell takes $1bn stake in PTC to deliver on “promise of industrial IoT”
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailRockwell Automation is to take a $1 billion stake in Needham-based industrial software maker PTC as part of a part of a strategic partnership to drive growth for both firms, …
The impact of OT/IT convergence on manufacturing
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailWe live in a world of continuous digital transformation. One technology obsoletes another, and the pattern repeats itself. For example, the invention of email has displaced the fax technology. Today …
What is OPC UA TSN, and how does it work? (The long read, with Cisco and SAP)
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe emergence of the OPC UA TSN communications stack, backed by a loose-knit consortium of automation specialists, is a key part of the developing industrial IoT narrative, with halting technological …
OPC group responds to Kaspersky claims, Rockwell intros OPC UA support
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe OPC Foundation has said security vulnerabilities found by Kaspersky Labs in its OPC-UA framework, designed for secure data transfer between clients and servers in industrial systems, were in fact …
The IIoT interview (pt2): “Three is the magic number for digital ROI,” says Hitachi
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailManufacturers should treble their money on digital transformation, at least, reckons Greg Kinsey, vice president of Hitachi Vantara. If the digital ROI does not stack up, before starting out, then they …
When does XaaS make sense for industrial operations? (Reader Forum)
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail The use of software as a service (SaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is well established in the enterprise data center. Now, industrial organizations are beginning to make …
