Tag Archives: Cloud

If You’re New to Manufacturing Automation…

If you haven’t been around the manufacturing floor like I have for the last forty [...]

The Pitfalls and Traps of IoT Solutions…

Everyone is so excited these days about IoT. Every company I know is talking about [...]

The Internet of Things – The same but different

The Internet of Things isn’t a fad. It would be hard to argue that Microsoft, [...]

Cloud Computing – The Inconvenient Truth

The Internet of Things (IoT). If only I could have a penny for every time [...]

The End of Cyclic Communication…

It’s amazing to think how life has changed over the last ten years. Today, I [...]

The Cloud & EtherNet/IP

I read today that integration of the factory floor and the Cloud is THE biggest [...]

Old McDonald Had a Factory…

One of my favorite songs from childhood is: Old McDonald had a factory, E-I-E-I-O. And [...]

AHR 2017

Trade shows are a necessary evil. I’d bet I’ve been to 100 of them. Mind [...]

The Big Problem for Device Manufacturers

I had a very interesting call the other day from a guy in the controller [...]

OPC – Are its days numbered?

It’s hard to work almost anywhere in the automation industry without knowing something about OPC. [...]