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Jun
12
2026

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

PTC Orbit Connects Product and Asset Data for Lifecycle Intelligence

PTC announced PTC Orbit, a cloud-native asset intelligence solution that uses AI to help unify asset data from PLM, ERP, CRM, IoT, EAM, and FSM systems into a single as-maintained asset view.

Jun
12
2026

Colin Masson — Technology Trends

Geopolitics of the Autonomous Factory: The Hyperscaler Divide, Sovereign Networks, and the Synapse Workforce Shift

The final blog in the series examines how hyperscaler competition, sovereign data spaces, and workforce transformation are reshaping industrial AI strategy.

Jun
11
2026

Bob Gill — Industry Trends

Shaping the Future of Data Centers in Southeast Asia

The Siemens Data Center Industry Leaders Meet 2026 highlighted how AI workloads, sustainability pressures, policy support, and power infrastructure challenges are reshaping data center development across Southeast Asia.

Jun
11
2026

Nobuaki Konishi — Company and Product News

Yokogawa Enhances OpreX Collaborative Information Server

Yokogawa has enhanced OpreX Collaborative Information Server with improved CENTUM VP HIS compatibility, expanded OPC UA information model support, and IT security tool integration to support advanced plant monitoring and control.

Jun
11
2026

Colin Masson — Technology Trends

Bits, Atoms, and Autonomy: Unpacking the 2026 Industrial AI Realignment

Recent announcements from NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Siemens point to an industrial AI realignment in which hardware, enterprise software, and engineering context are converging to separate pacesetters from laggards.

Jun
11
2026

Larry O'Brien — Technology Trends

Attend ARC's Open Digital Ecosystem Webinar on AI-Augmented HAZOP Analysis on June 25

ARC’s Open Digital Ecosystem webinar on June 25 will bring together ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, and ARC experts to discuss how AI-augmented HAZOP can reduce manual effort, improve hazard detection, and support open, interoperable safety workflows.

Jun
11
2026

Colin Masson — Technology Trends

The Industrial Token Economy: Balancing OpEx Traps, Value-Based Software Tokens, and Edge CapEx Escapes

Industrial AI cost concerns are less a “token apocalypse” than a procurement and architecture challenge that can be managed through local edge compute, secure runtimes, and value-based software licensing.

Jun
10
2026

Colin Masson — Technology Trends

The Context Layer and the Agentic Foundry: Siemens Operationalizes the Industrial Digital Twin (Realize LIVE Americas 2026)

Siemens Realize LIVE Americas 2026 highlighted how Siemens is positioning its Xcelerator portfolio, Intelligence Center X, Mendix, and industrial ontologies as the contextual execution layer for governed industrial AI.

Jun
10
2026

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

Rockwell Automation Adds Managed Cybersecurity Capabilities to SecureOT Suite

Rockwell Automation introduced three SecureOT offerings focused on OT cybersecurity assessment, managed risk prioritization, and secure remote access for industrial environments.

Jun
10
2026

Colin Masson — Technology Trends

The Silicon and Runtime Foundation: NVIDIA’s Bid for the Sovereign Industrial Brain (COMPUTEX 2026)

NVIDIA’s COMPUTEX 2026 announcements point to a broader strategy for localized industrial AI, combining edge compute, physical AI models, secure runtimes, and AI factory infrastructure.

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