Kevin Parker
Articles
It’s good to be an integrator (in a time of IT/OT convergence)
CSIA event addresses technology, workforce issues and other challenges and opportunities for system integrators.
System integrators: Best of a breed
Systems integration requires highly trained individuals to execute detailed, complex protocols, but they also need to be flexible.
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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
Systems integrators are not a “one size fits all” kind of market
Systems integrators (SIs) connect expertise on emergent technologies with real world experience.
In tune with times, software application provider focuses on frontline workers
An interview with serial industrial IT/automation entrepreneur Augmentir’s Russ Fadel
IT/OT convergence moves automation markets forward
Cloud-native data historian expedites data migration, insights
Layered COVID-19 controls significantly reduce risks
QuaRAD method quantifies efficacy across thousands of scenarios; rating system anticipated
Address SCADA, data ops and industrial data management priorities
Arlen Nipper, co-inventor of MQTT, the publish-subscribe network protocol that has become the dominant messaging standard in IoT, outlines data management and how OT can help IT.
Ensure industrial control system networks reliability and security
Mark Immordino, a field product training engineer for WAGO Corp., shares insights on best practices for industrial control system networks.
Siemens, Dow partner on process production test bed
The many uses of the digital twins in process automation
Instrument technician’s evolving role
Many plant-floor technicians are being asked to do more as their role evolves.
How we live now
How profound an impact will the coronavirus crisis have on the technology infrastructure? It's already happening with one-third of workers logging in from home.
The promise of a digital twin
Digital twins are being embraced by companies in many different ways as they realize its potential
Top Plant 2019: Raymond Corp. excels as an innovator
From introducing wooden pallets to incorporating Lithium ion batteries, near-100-year-old Raymond Corp. moves the materials that define the e-commerce era.
Poised to go all-in on edge
Edge computing is a mesh network of micro-data centers that process or store critical data locally while also working in concert with a central data center or cloud-storage repository.
Tales from the engineering department
Forgotten documents conceal ancient wisdom of lasting value.
High-speed engine monitoring IIoT-enhanced
Analytics improve performance of remote assets.
Capital spending increase will expose digital platform needs
Capital spending has increased in 2018 for the oil & gas industry exposing digital platform needs.
Facility management addressed by building technologies
Security and safety enhanced by integration and standardization.
A man who knows where he is
Autonomy for a machine or a man is never possible because we're always interacting with an environment.
Artificial intelligence in the industrial enterprise
Analytics can deliver insight as to how things are going, but artificial intelligence (AI) doesn't become a thing until you start using machine learning and semantics for insight.
Straight talk on industrial integration
Hybrid environment of proprietary and open-source standards will persist.
The information experience
Augmented reality presents ideas and facts in just a glance.
Current issues in industrial cybersecurity
Ransomware is as loathsome as it sounds; programmable logic controllers (PLCs) seen as likely targets.
How IIoT happened at Hirotec
Tactical engagements support a strategy to make better use of data.
Next steps in IT-based automation and operations
Welcome to the CFE Media special edition, IIoT for Engineers.