Recent Blog Posts
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Predixions and precision for the Industrial Internet
The Internet of Things, Industrial Internet, or Industry 4.0 – call it what you will, but all of these terms can be summed up simply as “The use of networked technology to increase profits in a data-driven economy.” While it’s clear that the IoT of Fitbits and Nest thermostats doesn’t translate completely into that of wind turbines and jet engines, [...]
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GEtting closer to “all in” on Industrial Internet – GE divests embedded systems business unit
If you weren’t 100 percent they were all in on the Industrial Internet, you are now. The latest chapter in a saga of moves to restructure the GE leviathan was made public yesterday, with the company officially announcing the sale of its Embedded Systems business unit to venture capitalist firm Veritas Capital for an undisclosed [...]
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Industrial Internet Consortium: Technology Working Group
This is the second in a series of occasional blogs describing the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC). The first entry described the goals, membership, and provided a broad outline of its work. This second entry describes the engineering work taking place. The charter for the Technology Working Group is: “The Technology Working Group will define and [...]
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A new paradigm for product line diversity, variant management, and complexity management in manufacturing
Today’s manufacturers are under intense pressure to rapidly deliver increasingly complex products with sophisticated embedded software and electronics that must seamlessly interoperate with a growing array of mechanical parts. In tandem, manufacturers are faced with increased customer demand for ever-greater product line variation. The challenge is in finding new ways to engineer and manufacture these complex product lines more quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively – while maintaining rigorous quality standards.
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Opportunities and challenges of system convergence in industrial systems
Manufacturers of industrial automation systems are finding themselves in an increasingly competitive market. This competition is rooted in the reduction of global competitive barriers combined with increasing access to technology. The pressure is on manufacturers to create more compelling and reliable products, deliver them to market faster, and at the same time allow their customers [...]
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Security requirements for today’s IIoT Systems
The Industrial Internet of Things, often referred to as IIoT, is being hailed by some as the next great industrial revolution. Analysts have predicted that the IIoT could produce as much as 14 trillion dollars in economic gains over the next decade. Even conservative estimates show that the IIoT will have a tremendous impact on [...]
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Going “off grid” with Duke Energy and Real-Time Innovations – 3/19 Live Event
The benefits of microgrids have become apparent to critical infrastructure and other entities in recent years, not just because of changing utility costs and architectures, but also due to the increased presence of cyber threats and the potentially devastating impact they pose for national and regional energy interests. To mitigate these challenges, distributed energy resource [...]
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The growing criticality of safety-certified software components
I have seen the relentless growth of safety regulations result in an ever-increasing number of products requiring certification. Examples include mature products that now require certification for the first time, and other products that will require product certification in the future. The challenge for software engineers is how to bring these products quickly and cost [...]
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Simplifying industrial M2M applications with open source
Open source embedded platform built on Linux for M2M.
Brandon Lewis, Technology Editor
Brandon Lewis, Technology Editor
Dr. Charles Krueger, BigLever Software
Warren Kurisu, Mentor Graphics
Alan Grau, Icon Labs
Andrew Longhurst, WITTENSTEIN High Integrity Systems
Andrew Mitchell, Sierra Wireless