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Hitachi and Microsoft partner on digital manufacturing

Hitachi and Microsoft have announced a multiyear alliance to accelerate the digital transformation of the manufacturing and logistics industries across south-east Asia, North America and Japan. The first products [...]

Ericsson kits for industrial 5G

Ericsson is offering firms dedicated network 5G stand-alone (SA) trial kits to provide a smooth transition to 5G for industrial users. The kits include hardware and software to support [...]

Rockwell strengthens IIoT offering

Rockwell Automation has introduced a new family of Allen-Bradley industrial computers. The launch of the VersaView 6300 family follows the acquisition in May of Italian embedded and industrial computer [...]

ABB, HPE scale out industrial monitoring

Working with HPE, ABB has unveiled a high-performance wireless condition monitoring system for large industrial applications. The new system uses Aruba Wi-Fi networking together with ABB smart sensor technology. [...]

Honeywell enables ICS IIoT

Honeywell has announced a new programme, Enabled Services, an automation lifecycle services offering to ensure Industrial Control System (ICS) health, reliability and compliance. The new offering is supported by [...]

Futurism Smart Factory Transformation Services

Digital transformation specialist Futurism Technologies has launched a series of services to help manufacturers implement Smart Factory systems. The services are targeted at manufacturers who are looking to accelerate [...]

Delta expands in IIoT with Trihedral buy

Taiwanese electronics firm Delta has acquired Canadian IIoT and SCADA firm Trihedral Engineering. Delta paid CAD 45 million for Trihedral. The acquisition is intended to strengthen Delta’s capabilities in [...]

Laird, Cyprus new Wi-Fi, Bluetooth combo for IIoT

Wireless tech firm Laird Connectivity has launched a module designed for Industrial IoT applications. The Sterling-LWB5+ combines Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.1. The new module is designed for industrial [...]

Seeq expands oil, gas data access to analytics

Industrial IoT analytics firm Seeq has expanded integration with oil and gas plant industrial data. Seattle based Seeq has announced new connectors for Cygnet enterprise SCADA and WITSML data [...]

Wenco, Oxbotica to develop open autonomy for miners

Hitachi mining subsdiary Wenco and Oxford University autonomous software spin-out Oxbotica are partnering to develop an Open Autonomy solution for mining. Initial trials are underway, and the companies are [...]

ASUS expands into smart manufacturing solutions

ASUS is expanding its AI and IoT business unit to focus on smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0. The Taiwanese computing and telecoms equipment maker has established a new business [...]

PTC scales out with ThingWorx 9.0

PTC has announced ThingWorx 9.0, the latest iteration of its Industrial IoT platform. The company says the new release will enhance scalability, simplify solution development, and expand OPC UA [...]