IoT at the Edge

With cameras seemingly everywhere, facial recognition is an understandably popular application of AI in the quest for enhancing safety, security and convenience. But it's also laced with thorny issues around privacy, ethical use and bias. In today's episode, Anyvision CTO Dieter Joecker helps pull apart those issues, both on the technology the evolving regulations fronts.

In today's episode we continue to focus on that very messy edge-of-network in industrial settings and how to solve this Factory-4.0 Achilles heel. Joining the discussion is PTC Kepware's Kyle Carreau. Kepware has been solving the messy edge problem for the world of OT since well before “IoT.” Now, under the spotlight of more OT-IT convergence and real progress in deploying Industrial IoT solutions, PTC Kepware finds itself in the right place, at the right time to help solve those messy problems at the edge, both with their traditional KEPServerEX or pushing out to the very networks edge with ThingWorx Kepware Edge deployed on widely distributed industrial gateways and PC's.

The world of electrical energy has shifted dramatically in the past few decades, and this shift has been outpacing the modernization of the electrical grid itself. In order to balance and mitigate challenges from changes in the electrical grid, it is paramount that utilities begin to modernize infrastructure and start to participate in active grid management with data-driven, autonomous decisions. This means adding edge intelligence into substations and building a modern infrastructure at the edge. Learn about this and more as Mike Fahrion, CTO of the Industrial-IoT Group for Advantech North America, talks with Prithpal Khajuria, Global Segment leader for Smart Infrastructure at Intel, and Jason Shepherd, VP of Ecosystems at ZEDEDA.

In order to meet modernization challenges, utilities need technologies that allow them to rapidly and easily respond—virtualization is one of those technologies. In this episode, we take a deep dive into substation virtualization and its significance to grid modernization. Intel does not control or audit third-party data. You should consult other sources to evaluate accuracy. Intel, the Intel logo, and other Intel marks are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries.

In the early days of the Industrial Internet of things, all the talk and focus was about the cloud and cloud platforms. But as the IIoT started to move from talk to action, that focus has shifted back down to the Edge. Tom Arthur, CEO and co-founder of Dianomic joins today’s discussion to discuss why the Edge has become such a critical piece of the solution architecture, and how to solve the complexities of the Edge of the Industrial IoT.

It’s been 60 years since the development of AI based data science and not even five years since AI conquered the complex game of Go. But it’s just in the last couple years where AI based video analytics has begun to move beyond the domain of scientists and into the hands of engineers. 2021 marks the point where video-based AI in manufacturing climbs the curve from early adopters towards the early majority. In this episode, Mehdi Merai, CEO and co-founder of Dataperformers discusses the state of AI in Operations, common applications, how to get started and challenges to overcome.

Digital Transformation is becoming the #1 driver to growing shareholder value, able to unlock massive potential in legacy manufacturing companies. Yet, many companies don’t fully understand what digital transformation is, or have a viable roadmap to get there. In this episode, Walker Reynolds, DX architect and CEO of Intellic Integration shares the Intellic recipe for successful Digital Transformation in manufacturing. Perhaps more importantly, we discuss the top Digital Transformation fails and how to identify them before they derail your Digital Transformation journey.

The North American electric grid is paramount to economic infrastructure and it’s the largest, distributed electric infrastructure we have. But, simply put, it’s old. And with a changing world, the system is becoming more distributed, more complex, and the flow of electricity is becoming bidirectional. What is the path forward to handle it? How do we built a modern infrastructure at the edge? In this episode, Intel’s Prithpal Khajuria helps to answer these questions and more. Listen in to understand one of our biggest digital transformation challenges—the need for modernization of our electrical grid.

The automation industry is a slow-moving machine. It’s encumbered not only with complex, specialized processes and long-life legacy equipment, but also the lasting effects of automation vendors focused on closed systems and vendor lock in. Taken together, it’s created a landscape primed for disruption. That state has been further exposed by IT/OT convergence and digital transformation. In today’s episode, I talk with Inductive Automation’s Travis Cox about the state of the industry, how Inductive Automation approach has enabled industry disruption, and forward looking trends on where the IA community is creating innovation.

Cybersecurity for the Industrial IoT is an often misunderstood or underestimated challenge. While there are many IIoT components that you can learn-as-you-go using an agile approach, that is a high-risk strategy when it comes to security. In this episode, Mocana’s Rolf O’Grady lays out the unique challenges of security for IIoT in comparison to the world of IT and enterprise solutions. If you are on the IoT and digital transformation journey, listen to this episode of IoT at the Edge before taking your next steps.

Have you ever been confused by all of the “Edge” technology in IoT? You’re not alone. In this episode, Jason Shepherd demystifies “The Edge” referencing a comprehensive new white paper being published by the Linux Foundation Edge umbrella project. You’ll not only learn the what and why of “The Edge” continuum, but also how it got to be such a murky and misunderstood subject. Once we’ve demystified the industrial Edge, we explore trends in virtualization at the Edge to accommodate both legacy applications and modern new workloads like Artificial Intelligence and how “cloud native” principals must be driven all the way to the Edge in IIoT architectures to maximize flexibility and long term business potential.

Digital Transformation is particularly challenging when you’re working with assets with 50+ year life expectancies. In this episode we’ll discuss Smart Buildings with Tim Vogel. Tim is the Director of IoT for KMC Controls, a company with 50 years of history in building automation who has embraced open architecture and ecosystem partnerships in their approach to applying Digital Transformation to these long life-cycle assets. And as with virtually every industry, you’ll hear how the COVID-19 pandemic has been changing the conversation and business drivers behind Smart Buildings.

How will the #IIoT and #DigitalTransformation be transformed by Covid-19? When we emerge from this crisis will we find that many of our Digital Transformation projects have been focused on the wrong problem statement? Listen to this episode with technologist and futurist Fred Thiel to hear some ways that the crisis will change the landscape of the IIoT, creating an even stronger set of drivers for IIoT projects and likely forever changing our view of manufacturing and supply chain.

If you’re stuck in pilot purgatory when it comes to #IIoT and #digitaltransformation you’ll want to listen to this episode of IoT at the Edge with Remus Pop from Dana Inc. Hear how Dana has successfully fast-tracked their IIoT initiatives and moved at impressive speed from vision and strategy to PoC and production. This episode is full of best practice tips and pitfalls that will accelerate your IIoT initiatives.

In this inaugural episode of “IoT at the Edge,” Mike Fahrion sits down with Jay Ennesser, director of ecosystem development for Fathym, to discuss how his Internet of Things career kicked off, his tenure with IBM, and the many technology shifts he experienced along the way. IoT technology is rapidly developing, but it’s easy to get lost in the hype. In this discussion, Mike and Jay dig past the hype to understand the major IoT technology changes of the past, the progression of the PC evolution, and much more. To confront the challenges of future IoT development, we must first understand the past.

Cut through all the hype and babble about the Internet of Things with Mike Fahrion, Advantech’s North American CTO, to get clarity and insight about everything to do with the IoT. Through Mike’s experiences, he’s picked up a lot of interesting stories, including those with bumpy paths and wrong turns. IoT at the Edge will not only bring you all the IoT tech info but also share many of these stories. Let’s dive into IoT at the Edge!