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Hrishchenko Oleksandr
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While OT and IT convergence delivers operational efficiencies, it also generates dangerous friction: OT was designed for reliability and uptime, not cybersecurity.
Siemens Digital Industries Software
Jeff Lowry at Realize LIVE 2025 in Detroit in early June.
Outsourcing cloud-based software frees up resources and can save time in a fast-moving project timeline. But you’d better trust the provider, advises Workhorse CIO Jeff Mowry,...
Nuttapong Punna
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Digital transformation has brought us AI, digital twins, and IoT—all built for productivity—but when trust is misplaced or unverified, the consequences can be severe and expensive...
Nobohh
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Federated learning, linked to blockchain, opens the potential for models trained on large, rich, and diverse cross-industry shared datasets.
Olegunnar
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By focusing ZT at the application and services layers and using data diodes between IoT devices and filtering between internal and external users, operators can take significant...
Yurok
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Manufacturing saw some of the largest growth in bandwidth demand because of digital acceleration and rapid reindustrialization across North America, says new research from communication...
Michael Borgers
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The M&S incident underscores a broader and more critical truth: Any organization that relies on digital systems is vulnerable.
Wave Break Media Ltd
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A recent productivity survey found that employees in manufacturing were spending 11 hours a week or more on “gray work.”
Aiman Khair
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Well-intentioned C-suites nevertheless hamper progress and hemorrhage their competitive advantage with permanent evaluation committees that perpetually search for perfect solutions...
Elnur
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The promise of digital transformation is real, but the path is paved with more than just new tech. Manufacturing leaders who want to see real ROI must prioritize efficiency and...
Dragoscondrea
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For an industry where unplanned downtime costs $125,000 per hour, the convergence of AI adoption, third-party dependencies, and escalating cyber threats cannot be ignored.
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Predictive analytics can help play a role in reducing manufacturing costs, optimizing productivity and boosting quality.
Funtap P
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Transformation can be a frustrating undertaking full of competing priorities, incompatible technology, and questions about the investment and production impact.
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In newly released Ease.io research, a strong majority of manufacturing managers view their companies’ quality culture favorably while their own frontline workers said they are...
Olan Dah
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Such threads record a product’s lifecycle—connecting data from design to its disposal—and allow for features that make up each product variant to be remembered for the product...