Insights on emerging technologies, practices, and processes for Industry, Infrastructure and Cities.

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
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
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
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.