Megatrends: The Cloud, Big Data, Mobility: Why Should You Care?

I've written a lot over the past year on the 2013 Megatrends that we see for industrial automation: The Cloud, Big Data, and Mobility.  When we first started talking about the cloud more than a year ago, the overall response we got from our customer base was "please no." There was no interest in the cloud--it was seen as disruptive technology that had no relevance to an industrial environment.

REPOST: Virtualization on the plant floor

http://www.controleng.com/home/single-article/virtualization-on-the-plant-floor/869fef6c277e028f6a94f3169e7a9766.html?tx_ttnews[sViewPointer]=3

by Joel Conover, Paul Hodge, Grant Le Sueur, Anthony Baker, Jim Tessler

Good read by Invensys' Grant Le Sueur and others on the proliferance of using virtualization technologies for project management, delivery, as well as high availability operations.

ARC World Forum: A Great Time for Industry

Invensys was proud to participate in the 17th Annual ARC Advisory Group World Industry Forum, February 11-14 in Orlando, FL.  I personally was involved in three sessions: a cloud in manufacturing session (along with our customer from General Mills, who spoke on their use of SmartGlance mobile reporting); a session on operator training simulation, with our customer from the Salt River Project, and a session on social media.