Articles & News on Edge Computing

Litmus Collaborates With Supermicro to Help Customers Enable Smart Manufacturing

  • October 19, 2020
  • News

Solution simplifies edge data collection, analytics and integration for fast time-to-value.

Experts to Discuss Data Center, Edge Infrastructure and Real-Time Power Monitoring in Future Operations

  • October 15, 2020
  • News

Chatsworth products’ first ‘Digital Exchange’ to Include CEO keynote, expert panel discussions, product demonstrations, interactive gaming and more.

Industrial Automation in the Maker Era: Raspberry Pi Industrial Edge Platform

  • by Bill Lydon
  • October 13, 2020
  • Feature

Sfera Labs has a vision to provide innovative technology bridging the best of the Maker World with the industrial automation market with the introduction of the Iono Pi Max.

Edge Computing: Chip Delivers High Performance Artificial Intelligence

  • by Bill Lydon
  • October 12, 2020
  • Feature

The Hailo-8TM inference chip expands the number of industrial Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications possible for a wide range of industrial applications including optimization of production, processes, track & trace, logistics, quality, machine functions, and predictive maintenance by eliminating inherent limitations of server and cloud solutions with processing at the edge.

Edge Computing and AI Will Drive Growth in the Industrial PC Market

  • October 9, 2020
  • News

New ARC Advisory Group research on the global Industrial PCs market reveals that while trade conflicts between China and the US and the global COVID-19 pandemic have stalled growth in the market for industrial personal computers to a certain degree, new technology and market trends will likely be growth drivers for the industrial PC (IPC) market moving forward.

Building Industrial IoT from Edge to Cloud

  • by Josh Eastburn
  • September 10, 2020
  • Feature

Next-generation distributed I/O and control open new possibilities for connected infrastructure.

Why Do Industrial IoT Projects Fail?

  • by Olivier Pauzet
  • August 25, 2020
  • Feature

Beecham Research published a survey of IoT adopters which found that 58% of respondents stated their IoT project was either mostly unsuccessful or not successful. Why is that?

Proliferation of Edge Computing and Testing M2M Solutions to Drive IoT Test and Measurement Market by 2025

  • by Srihari Daivanayagam
  • August 2, 2020
  • Feature

Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis finds that because of COVID-19, the proliferation of machine-to-machine (M2M) devices will decrease during 2020.

Enhanced Integration Drives Need for Enhanced Cybersecurity

  • by Bill Lydon, Automation.com
  • July 14, 2020
  • Feature

There is an increasing recognition that an integrated cybersecurity approach is required for an entire manufacturing and production company. Many manufacturing companies are realizing with the integration of IT, OT, automation and other functions that designating one leader responsible for all cybersecurity for the company is most effective.

Pushing Plant Computing to the Edge and to the Cloud Factories

  • by Bill Lydon, Automation.com
  • July 13, 2020
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon
Time synchronization and accelerate the continued integration of Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) groups. This trend has been facilitating changes in organizational structures, and the creation, in many cases, of integrated IT/OT groups.

Manufacturers Embracing Edge Computing to Manage Growing Factory Data

  • May 3, 2021
  • News

Sixty-nine percent of manufacturers surveyed using Edge computing solutions to better acquire, analyze and act on critical data.

Industrial Digitalization: How an Edge Embedded Time Series SQL Database Delivers Performance

  • by Bill Lydon
  • April 29, 2021
  • Feature

SQL features not typically available on an embedded device greatly simplify data management for software developers.  In an interview with the founder of ITTIA LLC, Bill Lydon discusses industrial IoT edge devices and facilitation of OT data analytics.  

German Edge Cloud and IBM Take a Hybrid Cloud Solution for Industrial Edge Computing Directly Onto the Shop Floor

  • April 15, 2021
  • News

ONCITE industrial edge appliance from German Edge Cloud (GEC) has been expanded to include components from the IBM Cloud Paks, which is built on Red Hat’s “OpenShift” Kubernetes platform for enterprises.

Phoenix Contact Dialog Days: Experience the Future at an Interactive Digital Trade Fair

  • April 7, 2021
  • News

Phoenix Contact invites customers to experience Phoenix Contact Dialog Days – Edition Hannover Messe. From April 12-16, 2021, this interactive digital trade fair will feature nearly 40 live conferences, along with guided tours, live chats and more.

Digital Twin Consortium Partners with LF Edge on Digital Twin/Edge Platform Interoperability

  • March 30, 2021
  • News

EdgeX Foundry & Digital Twin Consortium collaborating on a common approach to integrate edge platforms in digital twins.

Advantech Connect Online Partner Conference: Edge+ to the Future of AIoT

  • March 17, 2021
  • News

Collaborating with 60+ecosystem partners to share strategic insights.

Building Industrial MQTT Networks at Scale with Edge Computing

  • by Josh Eastburn
  • March 10, 2021
  • Feature

MQTT (formerly MQ Telemetry Transport) consistently ranks as the most popular IoT-specific messaging protocol. However, there are several obstacles to bringing the power of MQTT to an industrial environment. From Volume 1 of the Automation 2021 Ebook: IIoT & Industry 4.0.

Embedded Hardware for Processing AI at the Edge: GPU, VPU, FPGA and ASIC Explained

  • by Zane Tsai
  • March 8, 2021
  • Feature

To meet the new demands of today, hardware must evolve from control and rules-based systems to data-centric environments to accommodate edge AI. 

Cisco and Amazon Web Services Collaborate to Integrate AWS IoT Core and Cisco Edge Intelligence

  • February 24, 2021
  • News

Cisco and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have collaborated on an integration between AWS IoT Core and Cisco Edge Intelligence software.

Extended Temperature Range Platforms for Edge Computing: From High-end COM-HPC to Low Power SMARC

  • February 18, 2021
  • News

congatec, a leading vendor of embedded and edge computing technology, focuses on customers’ ruggedization challenges at virtual embedded world 2021, presenting extended temperature range platforms for all performance levels, from high-end COM-HPC to low power SMARC modules.