Operational Technology Viewpoints

The lockdowns around the world helped slow the spread of COVID-19, but the reduction in personal transportation and the industrial shutdowns resulted in a temporary reduction of fossil energy with corresponding reductions in air pollution and carbon emissions. Will this change the future of the electric grid?

COVID-19 is testing the integrity of business continuity plans. How quickly an enterprise recovers from the pandemic will reveal the competitive advantage achieved through the digitalization of operations management.

It will be important for businesses to ensure the safety and health of their employees post COVID-19 while continuing to maintain business continuity as people transition back to work Post COVID 19

“Driving Digital Transformation in Industry“: The ARC Industry Forum Europe is being reinvented as a virtual event, May 18th – 20th, with sessions on Industrial Communications, among others.

“Driving Digital Transformation in Industry“: The ARC Industry Forum Europe is being reinvented as a virtual event, May 18th – 20th, with sessions on “Open and Modular Architectures”, among others.

PAS has carved a unique niche for itself among industrial software suppliers.  Today, the company’s primary focus is on OT integrity, including OT and ICS cybersecurity, automation asset management, and process safety.  At the 2020 ARC Industry Forum in Orlando, I once again had the opportunity to interview PAS founder and CEO Eddie Habibi.  We spoke about how customers can realize business value from the business value of digital transformation, the importance of providing information in context (to the right people at the right time), and the increasing importance of cybersecurity and building a good OT level asset inventory.  

IT/OT/ET Convergence facilitates digital transformation in manufacturing companies.

Turbine Monitoring & Controls Empower Operational Value from the “Lowest Hanging Fruit”

At the recent ARC Industry Forum in Orlando, Chris Williams, AspenTech, spoke about the realities of implementations of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, predictive analytics, and predictive maintenance technologies from the field.

In my recent podcast with Ron Beck, Director of Industry Marketing with AspenTech, I shared ARC Advisory Group’s asset performance management research conducted research back in 2019. The research involved a survey of 365 industry practitioners and interviews with several asset owners.