Kevin Parker

Senior contributing editor, CFE Media

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System Integration December 13, 2023

System integrators: Best of a breed

Systems integration requires highly trained individuals to execute detailed, complex protocols, but they also need to be flexible.

By Kevin Parker
System Integration December 13, 2023

Systems integrators apply technology to very human endeavors

As the workplace changes, the integration imperative persists and leads to innovation for the System Integrator of the Year winners.

By Kevin Parker
System Integration December 13, 2023

The time is now for systems integrators

Labor and skills shortages justify increased automation; SIs occupy key position in today’s supply chains; SI Giants embrace the opportunities,

By Kevin Parker
System Integration December 9, 2023

Batch solutions specialists deliver for processing, packaging company

What does it take to implement a systems integration project? This case study examines several potential challenges and how they were resolved.

By Kevin Parker
Courtesy: Chris Vavra, CFE Media and Technology
System Integration September 15, 2023

The time is now for system integrators, manufacturers

CFE Media and Technology’s 2024 Global System Integrator Report will highlight the range of solutions and services available to manufacturers, goods producers.

By Kevin Parker
System Integrators May 30, 2023

What systems integrators, others should expect in the second half of 2023

An economic and labor update advises shifting performance indicators for the near future.

By Kevin Parker
System Integrators May 26, 2023

Systems integrators are not a “one size fits all” kind of market

Systems integrators (SIs) connect expertise on emergent technologies with real world experience.

By Kevin Parker
IIoT, Industrie 4.0 October 21, 2022

In tune with times, software application provider focuses on frontline workers

An interview with serial industrial IT/automation entrepreneur Augmentir’s Russ Fadel

By Kevin Parker
Courtesy: CFE Media and Technology
IIoT, Industrie 4.0 June 16, 2022

IT/OT convergence moves automation markets forward

Cloud-native data historian expedites data migration, insights

By Kevin Parker
Hierarchy of Controls: This figure, developed for an industrial setting or work environment, is used here as a model for airborne pandemic situations.
Environmental Health April 8, 2022

Layered COVID-19 controls significantly reduce risks

QuaRAD method quantifies efficacy across thousands of scenarios; rating system anticipated

By Kevin Parker
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