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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.

Sep
09
2026

Asha Suparna — Technology Trends

Expanding O-PAS with Software-Defined Applications

Nova SMAR’s Octávio Paschoal explores how standardized interfaces, software-defined flow computing, and user-defined function blocks can extend O-PAS beyond traditional process-control applications.

Sep
09
2026

Asha Suparna — Technology Trends

The Next Industrial Frontier: How AI is Enabling Autonomous Operations

ABB’s Rajesh Ramachandran outlines how Industrial AI, combining contextualized data, analytical AI, generative AI, agentic AI, and digital twins is helping industries progress from automation toward increasingly autonomous operations.

Sep
08
2026

Colin Masson — Industry Best Practice

The Causal AI Breakthrough: Beyond Correlation to Deterministic Root Cause & Explainability

Causal AI is giving industrial organizations a more explainable and deterministic way to distinguish root causes from symptoms and improve operational decision-making.

Sep
08
2026

Colin Masson — Industry Best Practice

Beyond the Single "North Star": Are Native Apps or Enterprise Alliances the True Core of the Industrial Data Fabric?

Industrial Data Fabrics are becoming hybrid architectures that combine enterprise platforms, edge DataOps, and lakehouse-native applications rather than relying on a single technology “North Star.”

Sep
08
2026

Colin Masson — Industry Best Practice

Beyond "Making Stuff": How Servitization, Product-in-Use Telemetry, and Industrial Data Fabrics are Turning Manufacturers into Custom AI Builders

Servitization is turning product-in-use telemetry and Industrial Data Fabrics into strategic foundations for proprietary AI, predictive service models, and closed-loop industrial operation.

Sep
07
2026

Colin Masson — Industry Trends

The Demographic Cliff & Generative UI: Retooling the Connected Frontline Worker

Generative UI and validated industrial knowledge pipelines can help manufacturers preserve frontline expertise without perpetuating unsafe legacy practices.

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