Articles Tagged with ''cloud''

Making Cloud-Based Maintenance & EAM More Resilient

Recent outages among internet cloud providers have shown that maintenance and enterprise asset management (EAM) systems need to have a fallback — and fortunately most automation suppliers are ready.

Wayne Labs

January 13, 2026

There was a time most maintenance and EAM software operated strictly within a facility or enterprise, but the development of AI and off-premises, cloud-based computing has made it possible to do heavy computing and trending in the cloud. But what happens when the “cloud” goes down?

Get the “Edge” on Maintenance with the Right Equipment, Sensors and Software

Use an industrial network, sensors and IIoT to handle maintenance within the plant or from the enterprise with cloud connections

Wayne Labs

July 14, 2025

It wasn’t that long ago that maintenance systems were an afterthought to control systems. Today, sensors and software focused on maintenance run on edge-based equipment in parallel with control systems, letting manufacturers plan for processing and maintenance in an orderly and sensible way.

Mergers & Acquisitions

ECI Software Solutions Acquires ProfitKey International

August 9, 2024

ProfitKey's team will join ECI’s manufacturing division, the company’s largest business unit.

The Digital Path to a More Efficient and Sustainable Food and Beverage Industry

Digital transformation is critical to the food and beverage sector's efficiency and sustainability.

Miguel Angel Najera

April 10, 2024

To unlock the next level of process improvements, food producers need to leverage the technology revolution to simplify their operations, deploy smarter machinery, attain connectivity on the production line and integrate the entire production process.

Costs, Knowledge Gaps and Skill Deficiencies Hinder Digital Transformation

Most food processors know the advantages of digital technologies, but implementation remains a challenge.

Wayne Labs

April 8, 2024

Adopting automation on a modular basis may be a way to implement technology incrementally, making it more affordable and easier to learn and deploy.

Emerson's software architecture ven-diagram

Software/Devices

Emerson Introduces New Software

July 3, 2023

The company’s automation architecture manages, connects and delivers operational technology and information technology data.

Cybersecurity

Getting Rid of Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities

Kristen Kazarian

September 7, 2022

Having a plan for IT and OT system security and a response to any intrusion will help thwart cyberattacks.

IT systems and COVID-19

Quality management software supplier updates IT system just in time for COVID-19

When a series of power outages caused systemic IT failure, moving to the cloud provided a solution and let the staff work from home or anywhere

Wayne Labs

June 23, 2020

While it’s often been said that the shoemaker has no shoes for his own children, sometimes a similar thing can happen with a software company. Only in this case, InfinityQS, a supplier of data-driven enterprise quality management software, had an aging on-premises IT system, all crammed in together in the traditional “server room.”

Schneider hosts user forums

August 30, 2016

The events will be hosted by Schneider’s industrial software, manufacturing and process automation division.

TECH FLASH

Major manufacturers’ ICSs remain vulnerable

The majority of ICS components connected to the internet are located in the United States and Europe

Jeremy Gerrard

July 13, 2016

According to a new investigation by Kaspersky Lab, 17,042 ICS components on 13,698 different hosts exposed to the internet, likely belong to large organizations.

On Demand Kelley Rodriguez, Editor in Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, will be joined in this 60-minute webinar by industry experts to help unpack the latest research.

On Demand Driven by climate goals, business risk, client interest, and resilience considerations, food and beverage companies are increasingly turning their attention to decarbonizing their production processes.