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Power & Water

Perspectives on the near future of energy and lessons that cross over to manufacturing

Feb. 6, 2025
Why energy loss is comparable to downtime on the plant floor and how techniques like process optimization can benefit both verticals.

Top Stories

George Shpikalov
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Artificial Intelligence

Reliability teams need AI-ready digital blueprints now more than ever

As experienced workers become scarce and AI continues its rise, organizations must rely on modern software solutions—integrated through a robust digital transformation roadmap...
Denisismagilov
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Cybersecurity

Webinar: Cybersecurity center stage in 2025 and beyond

Sponsor Yubico provided the platform for three panelists, including Smart Industry's Scott Achelpohl, to discuss cyber defense and what manufacturers can do now that threat actors...
Niall Wiggan
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Cybersecurity

Why ransomware attackers target backups—and how to ensure your data is protected

What if the bad guys manage to destroy, damage, or encrypt your backup data in addition to your production data? In that case, you're pretty much out of luck.
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Artificial Intelligence

New survey says manufacturers prefer AI copilots over autonomous agents

Enthusiasm for AI and its penetration into the marketplace is no longer surprising at this point. What is? The preference for tools designed to assist human work, not those that...
Andrii Yalanskyi
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Cybersecurity

The cost of downtime: Manufacturing's worst nightmare and how to solve it

Downtime at critical sites, whether the result of an outage or a ransomware or other cyberattack, can lead to millions in losses.
Scott Achelpohl | Endeavor Business Media
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Business Models

Toyota weaves the city of its future

At CES, the automaker marked its progress at Woven City, a small campus near Mount Fuji that blends inventors with regular citizens. In doing so the company touted its yearslong...
Jakub Jirsak
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Special Reports

Crystal Ball 2025 finale: AI and its influence on software and manufacturing security

AI is a widely covered topic, but there’s much chatter about what the technology can and will do to shield your critical manufacturing systems … or help intruders to worm their...

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Digital Transformation

New report reflects optimism among manufacturers mixed with some caution

Digital transformation still is surging, but Industry 4.0 faces workforce, C-suite buy-in, and money challenges among others in manufacturing, SI survey shows