What is Driving Demand for IoT and Industry 4.0?
The Internet of Things, boiled down to the essence, is about data. Industrial applications have been gathering process data for decades. So what has changed in how and why we collect data? Continue...
View ArticleHappy Pi Day: Raspberry Pi and What it Means for Automation
In honor of Pi Day (3/14), we want to look at the ways that smart, connected devices like Raspberry Pi represent a chance for innovation for Automation, and how such devices can put IoT and IIoT...
View ArticleThe Exponential Growth of the Cloud: Introducing the Newest Industrial Trend...
A few years ago, the Internet of Things(IoT) was an idea, slowly creeping its way into common parlance. Soon after came the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), which put the practice of using small,...
View ArticleHistory of Automation: Mark David Weiser Predicts IoT in 1988
Mark David Weiser, who died this week in 1999, was a visionary in the field of computer science. Weiser worked as the CTO of Xerox, and was embracing the future of IoT well before the internet was...
View ArticleProtecting IoT Ecosystems from Malicious Apps and Attacks
In today’s video posted by cybersecurity researchers at the University of Michigan it’s possible to see how hackers can gain direct access to an IoT ecosystem. In this case, they hacked into Samsung’s...
View ArticleWhy System Integrators Who Don’t Embrace IIoT Risk Being Left Behind
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Industrie 4.0, and Made in China 2025 are being supported by hardware, software, and government initiatives worldwide. Gartner projects 21 billion devices will...
View ArticleThe Internet of Things’ Role in Last Week’s DDoS Attacks and How to Protect...
As more details emerge about last week’s massive DDoS attack against DNS Dyn, it’s clear that the lax security in IoT devices is a part of what enabled such a massive attack. While DDoS attacks may not...
View ArticleIoT is Expanding Faster than Security Can Keep Up – That Doesn’t Mean...
IoT has truly hit the consumer sphere, and it’s not unreasonable to expect that plants and industrial automation as a whole will soon be incorporating elements of the consumer IoT in the form of...
View ArticleNew InduSoft Case Study: IIoT Brings New Efficiency to Irrigation Control
Conestoga Energy’s Eagle Eye interface is an IIoT irrigation system that allows operators to start and stop irrigation systems and check moisture levels using satellite internet and GPS. The Eagle Eye...
View ArticleMicrosoft Azure IoT and InduSoft Web Studio
AVEVA IoT Edge bundles InduSoft Web Studio and AVEVA InTouch Edge HMI with the Microsoft IoT management functionality to allow users to create and host intuitive, secure, and highly maintainable HMI...
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