IBM announced:
- New cognitive APIs in the Watson Developer Cloud broaden Watson's language, speech, vision and data insights capabilities
- A new milestone as more than 100 Watson Ecosystem partners have now introduced cognitive enabled apps and products into the market
- New Watson West Facility delivers a new cognitive computing hub in San Francisco
Schneider Electric Software, a global provider of industry software and part of Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management and automation, used the Wonderware User Conference to announce the release of a number of enhancements to its software solutions portfolio.
Tata Consultancy Services, a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, announced its Digital Software & Solutions (DS&S) group has released 'Intelligent Urban Exchange (IUX),' a powerful analytics-based software solution for intelligent city operations to help address growing expectations of digitally connected, urban citizens.
ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, is launching an advanced control solution embedded within a variable-speed drive. Called SmartMill, it utilizes real-time data for continuous control of individual grinding mills.
Siemens has expanded the functional scope of its Sinumerik 828 family of controllers with new hardware and software. The compact CNC controllers are now equipped with the new software version 4.7 and the powerful PPU 2xx.3. One of the benefits of the new Sinumerik 828D Advanced is the ability to control up to ten axes/spindles as well as two auxiliary axes. In addition, the most powerful Sinumerik 828 offers a second machining channel for simultaneous machining with two tools.
Siemens has expanded the functional scope of its Sinumerik 828 family of controllers with new hardware and software. The compact CNC controllers are now equipped with the new software version 4.7 and the powerful PPU 2xx.3. One of the benefits of the new Sinumerik 828D Advanced is the ability to control up to ten axes/spindles as well as two auxiliary axes.
Bedrock Automation introduced its 10-channel Secure Universal I/O Module, SIOU.10, for its Bedrock control system. Every cyber secure channel of the Bedrock SIOU.10 is software programmable to receive field input or output signals for analog, discrete or pulse sensors, and field actuators.
The Bedrock SIOU.10 combines the equivalent functionality of multiple I/O module types into a single, software programmable module; all while providing embedded digital and physical cyber security.
IBM announced the latest in its Internet of Things (IoT) industry-specific solutions: IBM IoT for Automotive, an industry solution built on the recently announced IBM IoT Foundation that utilizes a cloud-based open design to help automotive manufacturers realize the potential of connected cars.
Rockwell Automation released its new Allen-Bradley Kinetix 5700 servo drives, designed to enable machine builders to consolidate onto a single servo drives platform versus having to use separate servo drives to meet high axis-counts and power requirements for large custom machines.
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) announced the latest PlantCruise by Experion, a compact, easy-to-use distributed control system (DCS) to address specific requirements for small- and mid-sized operations in emerging regions. Based on Honeywell's Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS), PlantCruise is available in India, China, Russia and Brazil.