The Manufacturing ISM Report On Business reports economic activity in the manufacturing sector grew in January, with the overall economy notching an eighth consecutive month of growth.

The ARC Smart City Forum starts in two weeks on Feb 16. Our program covers everything from smart city platforms to renewable energy, electric vehicles, and cybersecurity, but no other topic has affected cities more in the past year than COVID-19.  Our opening session on Feb. 16 at 10 AM EDT zeroes in on how emerging technologies like digital twins and smart city platform-based workplace resilience solutions can help protect citizens and workers.

Hitachi, Ltd. announced the launch of "Hitachi Industrial Edge Computer CE series Embedded AI model", that was developed in collaboration with Intel Corporation.  

Ericsson has launched a 5G network slicing solution for radio access networks (RAN) that will enable communications service providers to deliver customized 5G services with guaranteed performance.

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced Internet of Things (IoT) Security Controls Framework Version 2 and the accompanying Guide to the Internet of Things (IoT) Security Controls Framework.  

Silicon Labs and Edge Impulse announce a collaboration to Accelerate Machine Learning Applications development and deployment on Silicon Labs EFR32 wireless SoCs and EFM32 microcontrollers (MCUs).

ZEDEDA announced its cloud-native solution that delivers visibility, control and security for edge computing deployments.  Companies can now have full-stack remote management and observability for any distributed edge computing hardware and edge application

The ARC Industry Forum is virtual this year, but that doesn’t mean we are holding back on good cybersecurity content.  We have a full track on industrial and IoT cybersecurity this year. The cybersecurity track kicks off on Monday, Feb 8, at 10 AM EDT with a general session that examines the state of cybersecurity for industry and critical infrastructure.

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (MCHC) announced the establishment of the Image Analysis Center of Excellence (CoE) within the Digital Transformation (DX) Group of the Emerging Technology & Business Development Office (ETBDO) to further the use of image analysis.

Cisco’s new Industrial Wireless Selection Tool uses eight simple questions to identify your options and then develop a connectivity access strategy that meets your technical requirements without undue cost, complexity, or security risk.

Wind River debuted Wind River Studio, a cloud-native platform for the development, deployment, operations, and servicing of mission-critical intelligent systems where security, safety, and reliability are required.

SAP SE and Microsoft Corp. announced plans to integrate Microsoft Teams with SAP’s intelligent suite of solutions.  The companies also formalized an extensive expansion of an existing strategic partnership to accelerate the adoption of SAP S/4HANA on Microsoft Azure.

Hitachi ABB Power Grids and Hitachi Vantara announced the integration of Hitachi ABB Power Grids’ Digital Enterprise (DE) flagship solutions within the Lumada portfolio of advanced digital solutions and services for turning data into insights.

ABB’s new Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) service enables robot users to create a preventive maintenance schedule for individual or robot fleets based on real-time operational data, to optimize productivity and minimize downtime.

Siemens Digital Industries Software announces Teamcenter Quality software, a new suite of Enterprise-Wide Quality Management solutions that provide a closed-loop approach for quality management, from design to manufacturing on the shop floor and back again.