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.

Collaboration in the workplace: automation technology can make work less dangerous, strenuous and tedious – but it calls for sensitive implementation and a commitment to reskilling.

Industry experts provide their perspective on the state of the Industrial Internet of Things. Our 2022 progress report explores how IoT technology is being implemented into complex industrial environments as part of digital transformation strategies, and leverage a wide range of connectivity solutions.

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.

Ethernet-APL brings real-time communication to the field in process systems. End-to-end Ethernet technology yields a wide range of benefits in terms of efficiency and simplicity. Users benefit from an integrated web server that simplifies remote access to field instruments.

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.

Smart manufacturing using intelligent motion control supports more agile and scalable manufacturing, including batch size 1 production. By optimizing the manufacturing flow for higher throughput, less energy is consumed resulting in more sustainable smart manufacturing.

The Otosense SMS technology solution consists of an edge device called Smart Motor Sensor (SMS), Android and iOS mobile applications to provision the device, web dashboards to visualize the data, and AI based analytics and REST API services hosted in the cloud.

A Rapid Roaming enhanced WIFI client monitors surroundings and prepares new access points (APs) before die-down and drop-off connection processes take place. Protocols are used to seek a new AP when communication is healthy, assuring throughput and faster transitions and switch times.

IoT-connected sensors with cloud-based geolocation capabilities allow organizations to monitor assets over large geographic regions. With this technology in place, retailers can work directly with their manufacturers and logistics partners to mitigate potential delays in the supply chain while managing customer expectations.