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Sep
11
2026

Greg Gorbach — Technology Trends

Industry Has Automated Execution for Decades. Autonomous Execution Agents Automate Decisions

Autonomous Execution Agents extend industrial automation by applying contextual intelligence to decision-making, orchestrating responses across systems, and initiating governed actions.

Sep
11
2026

Jim Frazer — Technology Trends

Requirements Before Technology: Define the Problem Before Buying the Solution

A requirements-first approach helps logistics organizations evaluate technology against real operating problems, constraints, and measurable outcomes.

Sep
11
2026

Colin Masson — Technology Trends

The "AI Native" Mirage—Why Pragmatic Wrapping Beats Marketing Washing

Enterprise software vendors are finding that governed agentic layers wrapped around proven domain IP can deliver more reliable value than rewriting deterministic systems around generic AI models

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
11
2026

Asha Suparna — Technology Trends

How IT/OT Integration Builds the Data Foundation for Industrial AI

Siemens’ Vivek Roy explains how data integration, industrial edge, contextualization, and zero trust can help manufacturers build scalable and secure foundations for industrial AI.

Sep
11
2026

Peter Reynolds — Industry Best Practice

Translating the Open Digital Ecosystem Principles to Business Transformation Strategy

ARC Advisory Group’s Open Digital Ecosystem Working Group outlines how open, governed, interoperable data foundations can support scalable digital twins, industrial AI, and measurable business transformation.

Sep
11
2026

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

Hitachi Launches HMAX Data Center for Integrated Infrastructure Operations

Hitachi launched HMAX Data Center, a portfolio of solutions that combines AI with energy, IT, and cooling infrastructure to support more autonomous, efficient, and resilient data center operations.

Sep
11
2026

Colin Masson — Technology Trends

Has the Frontier Finally Crossed the Factory Wall? What the Latest Leap in Frontier AI Means for Industrial Autonomy

OpenAI’s latest frontier AI milestone highlights major advances in autonomous computer use, but industrial deployment still depends on domain-specific models, deterministic validation, robust governance, and cyber-physical safeguards.

Sep
11
2026

Chantal Polsonetti — Acquisition or Partnership

Open Secure AI Alliance Finds a Neutral Home at the Linux Foundation

The Open Secure AI Alliance has moved to the Linux Foundation, establishing neutral governance for collaborative development of open AI security technologies.

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.

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