Thomas Burke
Thomas Burke is global strategic adviser for CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA). He is the founder of the OPC Foundation and spent much of his career developing software, hardware and firmware for industrial automation, including at Rockwell Automation. CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) is a CFE Media and Technology content partner.
Articles
Fundamental concepts to maximize data acquisition
Industrial communication protocols are improving, opening up access to new sources of data acquisition for users.
Ethernet reliability in the age of IIoT, digital transformation
Improving Ethernet technology can enable the better coordination of operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) communications and improve reliability.
Industrial Ethernet’s value for communications
Picking the right industrial Ethernet protocol for communications can give vendors, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and system integrators an advantage.
Top 10 modern SCADA system features
A modern supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system should be designed to help manufacturers take advantage of digital transformation and should run on modern technology.
Internet protocols are the new frontier for Ethernet
IoT communication protocols provide users with enhanced security and efficiency and can help bring the worlds of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) together.
Improving sustainability with your communications network
Selecting the right network technology is a key step in enhancing sustainability in manufacturing.
Four reasons why manufacturers should upgrade their SCADA systems
Engineers should take another look at their supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system to see how much more modern systems are able to help organizations achieve their Industry 4.0 goals.
TSN becoming a must-have for manufacturers
Time-sensitive networking (TSN) is shaping the future of industrial network technology through convergence, process transparency and next-level communications.
Digital manufacturing needs TSN
Time-sensitive networking (TSN) can help reshape industrial communications and factory operations and futureproof digital manufacturing.
Why TSN will soon be a must-have for competitive manufacturing
Advanced industrial networks that incorporate time-sensitive networking (TSN) can benefit from high-speed, reliable communications for smart manufacturing applications.