Sep
30
2026
30
2026
Craig Resnick — Industry Trends
ICC 2026 Shows Ignition’s Evolution into an Industrial Application Platform
ICC 2026 showed how Inductive Automation is expanding Ignition from HMI/SCADA into a broader industrial application, data, historian, and AI-enabled automation platform.
Sep
29
2026
29
2026
Craig Resnick — Company and Product News
Schneider Electric Introduces Software-Defined Medium Voltage Switchgear
Schneider Electric introduced software-defined medium voltage switchgear that separates system intelligence from hardware to support over-the-air updates, standardized deployment, and zero-downtime upgrades.
Sep
27
2026
27
2026
Craig Resnick — Company and Product News
Velotic Advances ThingWorx with New Agentic AI Capabilities
Velotic has added AI Assistant, MCP Server, and AI & Agent Services capabilities to ThingWorx 10.2 to connect industrial data, operational context, applications, and enterprise AI.
Sep
27
2026
27
2026
Craig Resnick — Company and Product News
Inductive Automation: Ignition 2027 Adds AI, Historian, and Connectivity Capabilities
Ignition 2027 is expected to add an AI framework, new operational historian options based on TimescaleDB, and direct connectivity to Beckhoff TwinCAT controllers.
Sep
27
2026
27
2026
Craig Resnick — Company and Product News
Weidmuller USA Brings CUBESERIES Relay Kitting to Richmond
Weidmuller USA has begun assembling CUBESERIES relay kits in Richmond to support local availability for control panel, machinery, and automation applications.
Sep
27
2026
27
2026
Craig Resnick — Company and Product News
Schneider Electric Launches WCDU for Hybrid Liquid and Air Cooling
Schneider Electric has introduced prefabricated power modules and skids with up to 2.5 MW of capacity for AI, high-performance computing, and GPU-intensive data center deployments.
Sep
27
2026
27
2026
Craig Resnick — Company and Product News
Schneider Electric Expands AI-Ready Infrastructure Portfolio with Prefabricated Power Modules
Schneider Electric introduced standardized Prefabricated Power Modules and Power Skids designed to support high-density AI, HPC, hyperscale, neocloud, and colocation data center environments.
Sep
11
2026
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
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
02
2026
02
2026
Craig Resnick — Company and Product News
Weidmuller Introduces DURAmax DC UPS for Industrial Automation Applications
Weidmuller has introduced the DURAmax DC UPS, a compact 24 VDC backup power solution designed to maintain power to industrial automation devices during mains power interruptions.