During LiveWorx 2018 in Boston, FairCom Corporation unveiled the c-treeEDGE IoT Database: a transaction-controlled database capable of collecting, storing, and managing data at or by the edge. Because this solution…
Inside the Airstream factory in Jackson Center, Ohio. (Image courtesy of AP Photo/Jay LaPrete.) The term ‘digital transformation’ might sound buzzwordy enough to elicit eyerolls from even the most enthusiastic…
AutoForm Tryout Assistant AutoForm-TryoutAssistant software. (Image courtesy of AutoForm Engineering.) AutoForm Engineering has released its AutoForm-TryoutAssistant software. Designed around tryout specialists’ requirements, this software can be utilized in conjunction with…
PTC, the maker of engineering software that's on the cutting edge of the Internet of Things (IoT), recently entered into a partnership with Rockwell Automation. Rockwell invested a billion dollars…
What’s the Promise of the Connected Factory? There’s a well-known old parable about some blind men who, upon meeting an elephant for the first time, try to appraise it and figure out just what…
A year after Boeing employees at the company’s 787 plant in North Charleston, S.C., voted against union representation, a group of those employees has voted to form a “micro-union.” One…
There is growing concern about whether there is enough lithium to keep up with rising demand that has been mostly driven by the rapid growth of the electric vehicle market.…
This agreement provides that Sartorius Stedim Biotech will use Siemens automation technologies, which will include industrial PCs, the S7-1500 software controller, the TIA Portal and the SCADA system Simatic WinCC,…
The updates include extensive functionality for smart factories and energy distribution, as well as new predictive analytics calculations. Source URL: COPA-DATA introduces zenon 8.00 and zenon Analyzer 3.20 Source Website:…
Following its acquisitions of artificial intelligence (AI) specialist Zementis (2016) and the Cumulocity IoT (2017), Software AG’s acquisition of TrendMiner is consolidating its position in the IoT market. Source URL:…