Welcome to my new newsletter from Hey.com. Hey is a new (well a year old, now) email service from the company that brought you productivity suite Basecamp. It's better than any of the other gmail alternatives I've tried. But moving an email address is very difficult. You can find me here at garymintchell@hey.com.
My latest podcast is 229 Flying in the Clouds and can also be found on YouTube.
Here is a summary:
A beginning student pilot must only fly on clear days where the ground is always visible. Following much additional training, the student can achieve instrument rating and can "fly in the clouds." Manufacturing and production companies are moving to flying in the clouds perhaps much more quickly than they moved to any other technology. Of course, I'm talking about cloud computing.
I recently sat in the ROKLive Rockwell Automation event. They discussed two recent acquisitions, Fiix and Plex, both of whom will move Rockwell into the cloud. Good moves.
Tech doesn't change industries, says analyst Benedict Evans. People in the industry use tech to change the industry. Witness how Ethernet went from nice IT thing to a necessary network on the factory floor. Or mobile phones went from "can we control them" to "everyone has one and it changed workflows forever." Same will happen with Augmented Reality (AR). Just watch.
News and ideas on The Manufacturing Connection this week feature the ROKLive Rockwell Software conference and a healthy dose of cybersecurity. Another item reported success with "reshoring" or adding manufacturing jobs after corporate managers chased low wages overseas for so long. Mix in some AI, and it sounds like a typical week.
Partnership Enhances Skill Development Through Providing For Undergraduate Degrees
Employers finding ways to encourage employees to boost skills and grow is not a new phenomenon. However, this will only grow further for a while as the employee supply chain restocks and reorients following the pandemic. This is an example.
Seeq Expands Machine Learning Features for Process Engineering and Data Science Integration
Machine Learning (ML) is a flavor of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This news release from Seeq illuminates a bit of the mystery surrounding much discussion of the topic. Seeq Corporation released R52 with new features to support the use of machine learning...
Schneider Electric Standardizes EcoStruxure Micro Data Centers on Stratus Edge Computing
A modern manufacturing OT/IT architecture includes some manner of compute and storage at the edge...
Executive Order’s Impact On Embedded Device Security
Here is information about a round table discussion I watched last week. Long-time acquaintance and cybersecurity guru Eric Byers drew my attention. And the event was hosted by old friend Greg Hale of ISSSource. To be...
Hexagon Announces New Version of Cyber Integrity
While I’m on a cybersecurity kick today, following is a news release from Hexagon which acquired PAS Global a few months ago. PAS had brought its holistic, enterprise-wide view of risk analytics to OT cybersecurity solution to drive remediation efforts. News release...
End Users Lack Awareness of Major Cyber Attacks
This survey reveals that most end users in the industry lack awareness of many basic cybersecurity issues. I told the marketing person, “I’m hardly surprised.” But a little data is useful confirmation. Take a hint (although readers of this blog are probably not the...
Coalition for Open Process Automation Launches COPA QuickStart
The Open Process Automation Forum has made progress over the past few years. You can see a chain of reports and thoughts I’ve written over that time. These ideas remind me of a phrase we had amongst the graduate assistants when I was in grad school (we were all...
Manufacturing Reshoring Sets New Record in 2020
As companies grow, they must seek new markets. Necessity pushes these companies to expand internationally. I was a manager in two companies that were not even large but still needed overseas markets in an attempt to survive. On the other hand, companies begin in one...
This newsletter is sponsored by Ignition from Inductive Automation. Check out Ignition 8 and the upcoming Ignition Community Conference.
Go make a difference.
My latest podcast is 229 Flying in the Clouds and can also be found on YouTube.
Here is a summary:
A beginning student pilot must only fly on clear days where the ground is always visible. Following much additional training, the student can achieve instrument rating and can "fly in the clouds." Manufacturing and production companies are moving to flying in the clouds perhaps much more quickly than they moved to any other technology. Of course, I'm talking about cloud computing.
I recently sat in the ROKLive Rockwell Automation event. They discussed two recent acquisitions, Fiix and Plex, both of whom will move Rockwell into the cloud. Good moves.
Tech doesn't change industries, says analyst Benedict Evans. People in the industry use tech to change the industry. Witness how Ethernet went from nice IT thing to a necessary network on the factory floor. Or mobile phones went from "can we control them" to "everyone has one and it changed workflows forever." Same will happen with Augmented Reality (AR). Just watch.
News and ideas on The Manufacturing Connection this week feature the ROKLive Rockwell Software conference and a healthy dose of cybersecurity. Another item reported success with "reshoring" or adding manufacturing jobs after corporate managers chased low wages overseas for so long. Mix in some AI, and it sounds like a typical week.
Partnership Enhances Skill Development Through Providing For Undergraduate Degrees
Employers finding ways to encourage employees to boost skills and grow is not a new phenomenon. However, this will only grow further for a while as the employee supply chain restocks and reorients following the pandemic. This is an example.
Seeq Expands Machine Learning Features for Process Engineering and Data Science Integration
Machine Learning (ML) is a flavor of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This news release from Seeq illuminates a bit of the mystery surrounding much discussion of the topic. Seeq Corporation released R52 with new features to support the use of machine learning...
Schneider Electric Standardizes EcoStruxure Micro Data Centers on Stratus Edge Computing
A modern manufacturing OT/IT architecture includes some manner of compute and storage at the edge...
Executive Order’s Impact On Embedded Device Security
Here is information about a round table discussion I watched last week. Long-time acquaintance and cybersecurity guru Eric Byers drew my attention. And the event was hosted by old friend Greg Hale of ISSSource. To be...
Hexagon Announces New Version of Cyber Integrity
While I’m on a cybersecurity kick today, following is a news release from Hexagon which acquired PAS Global a few months ago. PAS had brought its holistic, enterprise-wide view of risk analytics to OT cybersecurity solution to drive remediation efforts. News release...
End Users Lack Awareness of Major Cyber Attacks
This survey reveals that most end users in the industry lack awareness of many basic cybersecurity issues. I told the marketing person, “I’m hardly surprised.” But a little data is useful confirmation. Take a hint (although readers of this blog are probably not the...
Coalition for Open Process Automation Launches COPA QuickStart
The Open Process Automation Forum has made progress over the past few years. You can see a chain of reports and thoughts I’ve written over that time. These ideas remind me of a phrase we had amongst the graduate assistants when I was in grad school (we were all...
Manufacturing Reshoring Sets New Record in 2020
As companies grow, they must seek new markets. Necessity pushes these companies to expand internationally. I was a manager in two companies that were not even large but still needed overseas markets in an attempt to survive. On the other hand, companies begin in one...
This newsletter is sponsored by Ignition from Inductive Automation. Check out Ignition 8 and the upcoming Ignition Community Conference.
Go make a difference.
Gary