Major IoT vendors including AWS, Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft, SAP and SIEMENS leverage secure, standardized information exchange in edge-to-cloud applications based on OPC UA.

Industry experts weigh in and provide their perspective on the state of IT-OT Convergence in the modern manufacturing plant. This special progress report takes a look at cybersecurity, enterprise data connectivity and how common network diagnostic and management tools can increase IT-OT effectiveness.

Ever shorter response times, increasing volatility and almost unmanageable complexity are bringing production challenges into sharp focus. But the IIoT is providing a new architecture for factory automation which enables an ultra-flexible production concept for companies – for greater adaptivity and resilience.

Enabling AI capabilities at the edge can improve operational efficiency and reduce risks and costs for industrial applications. Choose the right computing platform for your industrial AIoT application by addressing specific processing requirements during implementation.

Connectivity solutions are at the heart of advances in automation and machine control networking. This special report provides the perspective of industry experts, and how meeting cybersecurity requirements and concerns has come forward as a front and center issue for automation connectivity technologies.

Industrial edge computing can mean data are processed locally and never leave the site, or data can be forwarded for processing to a central platform. Hybrid systems with a mix of local and centralized data processing are the most common model used in practice but the key is potential advantages…

A new holistic technology covers all aspects advancing the use and connectivity of smart motors. Offering a solution from the field level to the cloud, using a single source, it aids the rapid development of decentralized control programming and IIoT solutions.

In today’s world where network manageability plays an increasingly critical role in a network’s ability to efficiently scale, having a platform is significantly vital. With the conveniences that RACER provides, it’s almost effortless to securely configure, document, and manage Cisco URWB devices on a network of any size.

In this introduction to the Condition-Based Monitoring Platform (CN0549), the focus is on the software ecosystem, data analysis tools, and software integrations available for the different components, and how engineers and data scientists can leverage them for application development.

Optical transceivers are widely used in networking hardware installations, with different modules used for specific applications. While they allow a switch to support different types of transmissions formats, it can sometimes be confusing to make out which transceiver is best for a specific application.