Hitachi Energy launched AxoniQ, a portfolio of solutions for multi-terminal direct current systems designed to support dynamic power flow, congestion management, and grid resilience.

As process plants become more complex, measurement architecture is emerging as a critical framework for aligning instruments, data flows, and control systems to support better performance and process visibility.

As industrial operations become more automated and data-driven, effective alarm management requires disciplined lifecycle practices, rationalization, and selective use of AI to reduce noise and improve operator response.

Honeywell expanded its OT Cybersecurity Suite with new capabilities designed to help industrial organizations monitor threats, streamline compliance, protect data flows, and strengthen cyber resilience.

At AVEVA World 2026 in Milan, AVEVA outlined a strategy centered on industrial AI, digital twins, multi-cloud deployment, and ecosystem partnerships with TwinThread, Snowflake, AWS, and IFS.

Hitachi and Google Cloud expanded their strategic alliance to strengthen Hitachi’s Forward Deployed Engineers model, enhance HMAX with Gemini Enterprise, and support cybersecurity capabilities for AI-driven threats.

Schneider Electric and Kraken partnered to help utilities and DSOs improve grid visibility, manage demand flexibility, and support faster connections for data centers and large industrial loads.

Industrial autonomy does not require greenfield infrastructure; many high-value edge AI use cases can run on brownfield assets through localized execution, vertical software overlays, and hardened edge appliances.

PTC announced PTC Orbit, a cloud-native asset intelligence solution that uses AI to help unify asset data from PLM, ERP, CRM, IoT, EAM, and FSM systems into a single as-maintained asset view.