Heiko Claussen is SVP of AI at AspenTech, responsible for the company’s industry 4.0 strategy, industrial AI research and data science. Industrial companies have been on the road to information ...

It’s an imperative for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. RAILWAY AGE, FEBRUARY 2021 ISSUE: Industry 4.0 (also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution) was formalized by the World Economic Forum in ...

With practical examples at many distribution organizations, IT/OT convergence is not entirely new. But now there are strong technology and business reasons driving increased distribution IT/OT ...

The benefits of IT/OT (operational technology) convergence are overwhelming, but businesses must be diligent in the process. IT/OT convergence, from a digital transformation perspective, is gaining ...

When OT systems are brought into the IT security realm, there are more devices that need network connectivity and greater segmentation is required to isolate those devices. Zero-trust architectures ...

Real-time data integration and other IT/OT convergence practices will become increasingly important to Tucson Electric Power as it continues to expand its renewable energy portfolio. TEP is working to ...

“We are fully converged” is a statement that security industry veteran Jeff Slotnick has famously said regarding the analog-to-IP conversion. Although a few security industry stragglers admittedly ...

As Capdevielle explained, “A lot of customers in our space are going through what’s called ‘IT-OT convergence,’” as the traditionally serial OT networks are now being converged with IT technology and ...

With the utilities sector facing complex challenges in integrating IT and OT efforts, Info-Tech Research Group has published a comprehensive blueprint designed to help IT leaders overcome these ...

As Industry 4.0 and IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) concepts become real applications, an exciting conversation has developed centered on the integration of information technology (IT) with ...

Smart manufacturing approaches are enabling industrial companies to address the challenges of global competition, sustainability, supply chain snarls and labor shortages. The goal is to become more ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...