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  • Getting Started with Digital Transformation

    Getting Started with Digital Transformation

    Smart manufacturing can optimize performance across a network, adapt to and learn from new conditions in real time, and autonomously run production processes. This feature originally appeared in the ebook Automation 2022: IIoT and Industry 4.0 (Volume 3).
    By: Divya Prakash
    19 July, 2022 | 6 minutes
    Sponsored By SICK, Inc.
  • Attack Surface Management: Six Steps for Success in OT/ICS

    Attack Surface Management: Six Steps for Success in OT/ICS

    Most attack surface management tools and approaches do not understand the technical complexities and operational requirements of these OT systems. But there is a way to effectively and efficiently conduct ASM in OT.
    By: John Livingston
    19 July, 2022 | 7 minutes
  • Five Keys to Powering Remote Wireless Devices

    Five Keys to Powering Remote Wireless Devices

    Consider environment, energy demands, self-discharge rate and energy density when selecting batteries for remote wireless devices. This feature originally appeared in the ebook Automation 2022: IIoT and Industry 4.0 (Volume 3).
    By: Sol Jacobs
    15 July, 2022 | 5 minutes
  • How to Mitigate Three Common Industrial Network Vulnerabilities

    How to Mitigate Three Common Industrial Network Vulnerabilities

    The following scenarios summarize some common system vulnerabilities in industrial networks that may be exploited during the three main stages of a cyberattack: exploration, utilization and attack.
    By: Felipe Sabino Costa
    13 July, 2022 | 3 minutes
  • Examining the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Current OT Security

    Examining the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Current OT Security

    Organizations recognize the importance of OT security but are still struggling to build a strategy that can counter today’s mounting threats. Fortinet recently conducted research on this topic, culminating in the 2022 State of Operational Technology and Cybersecurity Report.
    By: Jim Richberg
    08 July, 2022 | 3 minutes
  • Eight Key Trends for the Industrial IoT

    Eight Key Trends for the Industrial IoT

    Antaira has identified eight key trends making their way through networked factories that have embraced the principles of IIoT. Evolution is the natural course for technology, and the IIoT is no exception.
    By: Henry Martel
    08 July, 2022 | 6 minutes
  • Industrial Robots Push Into New Applications and Industries

    Industrial Robots Push Into New Applications and Industries

    The industrial robot market is embarking on a new phase of development. Robot vendors are widening the scope of their offer, targeting new application scenarios by offering machines of increased versatility.
    By: Maya Xiao
    06 July, 2022 | 3 minutes
  • Overcoming the Challenges of Automated Bin Picking

    Overcoming the Challenges of Automated Bin Picking

    More advanced 3D vision systems are key to wider adoption of robots.
    By: Claudia Jarrett
    07 July, 2022 | 4 minutes
  • How to Overcome Supply Chain Disruptions With Real-time Data Transparency

    How to Overcome Supply Chain Disruptions With Real-time Data Transparency

    Ensuring precise data about all parts, materials and components at every link in the supply chain provides an early-warning system and puts actionable information where it can be mobilized.
    By: John Delligatti
    01 February, 2023 | 3 minutes
  • Key Trends & Takeaways: Industrial & Collaborative Robots

    Key Trends & Takeaways: Industrial & Collaborative Robots

    New market insight by Interact Analysis outlines some key takeaways from 2022 for the industrial and collaborative robot market.
    By: Maya Xiao
    01 February, 2023 | 4 minutes
  • Straight Talk About OT to ERP & SAP Integration

    Straight Talk About OT to ERP & SAP Integration

    Find out what ERP systems and SAP are about and how they fit into Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing.
    By: John Weber
    31 January, 2023 | 6 minutes
    Sponsored By Software Toolbox
  • How TSN Is Accelerating Digital Transformation for Industrial Automation

    How TSN Is Accelerating Digital Transformation for Industrial Automation

    Transforming smart factories is key to the survival of companies amid the current turbulent climate. This feature originally appeared in the ebook Automation 2022 Volume 6: IIoT & Industry 4.0.
    By: Jack Lin
    31 January, 2023 | 3 minutes
  • Integrating Robots Into Industrial Communications Networks Is Key Step in Digital Transformation

    Integrating Robots Into Industrial Communications Networks Is Key Step in Digital Transformation

    Thomas Burke, Global Strategic Advisor at the CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA), looks at how industrial automation vendors, machine builders and end users can futureproof robotic systems with value-adding network technologies.
    By: Tom Burke
    26 January, 2023 | 4 minutes
  • AI Inference at the Rugged Edge: Meeting Performance with M.2 Accelerators

    AI Inference at the Rugged Edge: Meeting Performance with M.2 Accelerators

    Data at the rugged edge enables capabilities, accuracy and speed beyond human performance. This feature originally appeared in the ebook Automation 2022 Volume 6: IIoT & Industry 4.0.
    By: Dustin Seetoo
    30 January, 2023 | 7 minutes
  • Powering Remote Wireless Devices to Run a 40-year Marathon

    Powering Remote Wireless Devices to Run a 40-year Marathon

    Low-power remote wireless devices can operate for up to 40 years on a single battery while powering two-way communications. This feature originally appeared in the ebook Automation 2022 Volume 6: IIoT & Industry 4.0.
    By: Sol Jacobs
    27 January, 2023 | 6 minutes
  • The Importance of Cyber Resiliency in OT

    The Importance of Cyber Resiliency in OT

    Cyber resiliency, as defined by The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is “The ability to anticipate, withstand, recover from and adapt to adverse conditions, stresses, attacks or compromises on systems that use or are enabled by cyber resources.”
    By: Willi Nelson
    18 January, 2023 | 3 minutes
  • ICS Cybersecurity: 9 News Items You Missed in 2022

    ICS Cybersecurity: 9 News Items You Missed in 2022

    The ISA Smart Manufacturing and IIoT Division highlights important industrial control system and IIoT cybersecurity developments in 2022.
    By: Jacob Chapman, Matjaz Demsar, Suresh Madaswamy & Alzbeta (Betty) Helienek
    17 January, 2023 | 8 minutes
    Sponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA)
  • Powering Next-gen Servos with the Right Network Technology

    Powering Next-gen Servos with the Right Network Technology

    Tom Burke, Global Strategic Advisor at CLPA, looks at the enabling solutions that are driving servo performance.
    By: Tom Burke
    11 January, 2023 | 3 minutes
  • Digital Transformation: Evolution or Revolution?

    Digital Transformation: Evolution or Revolution?

    The concept of connectivity is not new. But the potential for wisely using data obtained through the right connectivity is the objective to be pursued. This feature originally appeared in the December 2022 issue of InTech magazine.
    By: Jack Smith
    10 January, 2023 | 2 minutes
  • How to Proactively Protect Your Industrial Networks

    How to Proactively Protect Your Industrial Networks

    Increased cybersecurity incidents have been crippling critical infrastructure and harming businesses. Here's how to respond.
    By: Roger Chen
    11 January, 2023 | 3 minutes
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