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| | | | | | The 2026 ITAs from Smart Industry and Cisco seek to recognize these organizations for operational excellence in Manufacturing, Transportation, and Utilities. |
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| | The future likely isn’t one or the other, but rather a blend. If there’s good data, AI is replacing human input in certain processes. But people must stay in the loop for their creativity, critical and strategic thinking, and for ethical considerations. |
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| | The companies announced a series of updates to their systems, prioritizing AI that assists in uptime and operational reliability. |
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| | | | | | A CMMS is not a magic wand. It is a sophisticated tool that is only as effective as the discipline of the organization using it. |
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| | Jen Szkatulski of Immersive Labs joins the podcast and Smart Industry's Sarah Mattalian to discuss why manufacturing continues to suffer greatly from cyberattacks—and the most ransomware targets—and how companies can protect themselves. |
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| | The most effective industrial intelligence is grounded in physical infrastructure. Most practitioners approach IIoT from either the IT side or the OT side, but true resilience requires fluency in both. |
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| | | | | As AI removes many routine cognitive tasks, the human role doesn't disappear—it elevates. People shift their roles toward tasks like defining strategic objectives and constraints and designing systems rather than executing steps. |
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| IT is blamed for adoptions stalling or integrations breaking down, but the problem is decades of neglected data infrastructure. |
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