Tag Archives: Enterprise

OPC UA as the Architecture for IT/OT Convergence

The challenge today is to how to best migrate the tightly-coupled factory floor architectures with [...]

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. [...]

What’s ‘Open’ on the Factory Floor is Not What’s ‘Open’ to IT

Moving is supposed to be the third most stressful event, outranked only by death and [...]

Architecting OPC UA Systems

As most of you know, I’m a huge fan of OPC UA. Have been since [...]

Sharing the Trade Floor with President Obama

I recently returned from Hannover Messe (‘messe’ is German for ‘fair’), my first visit to [...]

Still a Thrill: OPC UA Device Discovery

A long while back, I when I started working on industrial connectivity, I had hair. [...]

All Hail, ASCII, King of Data

I fell in love with ASCII 40 odd years ago and I’m still in love [...]

Industrial Ethernet Security

I admit it. All this security talk makes my head spin. I didn’t go to [...]

IA, BA, Star Trek

I always loved the original Star Trek series. The original. Not any of the extensions [...]