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Sep
15
2026

Jim Frazer — Acquisition or Partnership

NVIDIA Is Buying the Distribution Layer of AI

NVIDIA’s move for Hugging Face highlights how AI competition is shifting from individual components toward the platforms that connect models, developers, applications, and infrastructure

Sep
15
2026

Chantal Polsonetti — Technology Trends

Wireless Broadband Alliance Issues Technical Blueprint Focused on Enterprise Security for Converged Private 5G and Wi-Fi Networks

The Wireless Broadband Alliance’s new technical blueprint outlines security practices for converged Private 5G and Wi-Fi networks, including Zero Trust, unified policy management, segmentation, and AI/ML-driven analytics.

Sep
15
2026

Colin Masson — Technology Trends

Deconstructing the Stack—What "Cloud Native" and "AI Native" Really Mean (And What They Don't)

Industrial AI architectures increasingly combine cloud native services, AI native components, semantic data layers, and deterministic execution systems in a hybrid enterprise stack.

Sep
15
2026

Mark Sen Gupta — Industry Trends

Why the Human Side of Automation Matters

The path to autonomous operations depends not only on technical capability, but also on operator trust, human judgment, competency, governance, and clear decision authority.

Sep
14
2026

Colin Masson — Industry Trends

Governing the Silent Hand: Why Desktop AI Agents Need an Industrial Runtime Containment Plane

Desktop AI agents operating in industrial environments require runtime containment, granular permissions, human authorization, and kill switches to reduce operational risk.

Sep
11
2026

Greg Gorbach — Technology Trends

Industry Has Automated Execution for Decades. Autonomous Execution Agents Automate Decisions

Autonomous Execution Agents extend industrial automation by applying contextual intelligence to decision-making, orchestrating responses across systems, and initiating governed actions.

Sep
11
2026

Jim Frazer — Technology Trends

Requirements Before Technology: Define the Problem Before Buying the Solution

A requirements-first approach helps logistics organizations evaluate technology against real operating problems, constraints, and measurable outcomes.

Sep
11
2026

Colin Masson — Technology Trends

The "AI Native" Mirage—Why Pragmatic Wrapping Beats Marketing Washing

Enterprise software vendors are finding that governed agentic layers wrapped around proven domain IP can deliver more reliable value than rewriting deterministic systems around generic AI models

Sep
11
2026

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

Hitachi Launches HMAX Cyber for Operational Resilience

Hitachi launched HMAX Cyber, an operational resilience service that combines AI with IT and OT cybersecurity expertise to help enterprises identify risks, monitor threats, maintain business continuity, and recover from cyber incidents.

Sep
11
2026

Asha Suparna — Technology Trends

How IT/OT Integration Builds the Data Foundation for Industrial AI

Siemens’ Vivek Roy explains how data integration, industrial edge, contextualization, and zero trust can help manufacturers build scalable and secure foundations for industrial AI.

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