This ARC Webinar explores how industrial automation is evolving toward software-defined architectures and what that means for bringing continuous deployment concepts to the factory floor. The discussion examines why faster, more flexible software updates are becoming necessary in control systems, the limitations of traditional fieldbus-based architectures, and the role of Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) in enabling converged, deterministic communication. It also looks at virtualization, including virtual PLCs, containers, and virtual machines, as the compute foundation for more adaptable control environments. Finally, the webinar considers how these networking and compute advances come together in a converged infrastructure and what is still needed to orchestrate software updates safely and efficiently in production environments.
Featuring insights from Moritz Walker, Researcher, University of Stuttgart
If you cannot attend, the recorded webinar will be available as on-demand session on ARC’s YouTube channel shortly after the live webinar.