End User / Operator Blog

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Before You Restart, Capture the Evidence

Zachary Christensen

Oct 15, 2026

A short evidence gathering checklist for when data flow stops and production is waiting. When data stops moving, restarting your industrial connectivity software may be the fastest path back to ...

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Technical Support Connectivity OPC Server TOP Server OPC Router End User & Operator

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OPC Router 5.7: Conditions, Functions, and Smarter Flows

Kyle Persyn

Sep 15, 2026

OPC Router 5.7 Release OPC Router connects the factory floor to the systems that run the business. Version 5.7 gives engineers even more ways to build the logic behind those integrations visually, ...

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OPC UA OPC Router OPC Router Basic Training End User & Operator

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Software Toolbox Named an Innovator in the 2026 Frost Radar™ for Industrial Connectivity

Andres Naranjo

Sep 15, 2026

Frost & Sullivan qualified 65 industrial connectivity vendors and benchmarked 10. Here is what the recognition means for the engineers, integrators, and end users we serve every day.

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Connectivity TOP Server Industrial AI End User & Operator jonjon.ai

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Industrial AI Starts with Secure Industrial Connectivity: Lessons from the Recent Water Utility Cyberattacks

Zachary Christensen

Sep 04, 2026

A shared responsibility Water is fundamental to our communities, industries, and daily lives. The systems that treat, move, monitor, and protect it deserve an architecture designed with the same ...

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Security Water & Wastewater Industrial AI End User & Operator

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The Technical Glossary Every IT/OT Engineer Should Bookmark

John Weber

Aug 31, 2026

Clear explanations of OPC, industrial data architecture, device protocols, OT security, and Industrial AI, all in one practical resource. You already know how to run a plant. You should not have to ...

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Device Connectivity OPC IT/OT Modbus End User & Operator

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The Interoperable Industrial Technology Stack

Andres Naranjo

Aug 19, 2026

A Market-Back Analysis: What Just Changed in Industrial Software, and What It Means for Manufacturers The CESMII Interoperability Forum was held on August 11, 2026. We did a vendor-agnostic analysis ...

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IT/OT Database & Historian Connectivity Industrial AI End User & Operator SCADA

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ChatUNS.ai - from Copilot to Autopilot, from Prompting to Agent manager

Andres Naranjo

Aug 04, 2026

Software Toolbox Launched chatUNS.ai v3, Bringing Agentic AI and i3X Interoperability to the Plant Floor at the CESMII Interoperability forum. New release adds autopilot enterprise scanning, 24/7 ...

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Industrial AI End User & Operator chatUNS.ai

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The State of AI in Manufacturing Q1-Q2 2026

Andres Naranjo

Jun 24, 2026

On June 2nd I addressed an audience of manufacturing leaders at the "AI and Data Transformation in manufacturing forum, organized by AMG World.

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Industrial AI End User & Operator jonjon.ai chatUNS.ai

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N3uron and Software Toolbox Join Forces to Accelerate Industrial DataOps Adoption Across the United States

John Gonzalez

Apr 23, 2026

N3uron Connectivity Systems, developer of the leading Industrial Edge Platform for DataOps, N3uron, announced that Software Toolbox has become an Authorized Distributor of the N3uron platform for the ...

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N3uron End User & Operator Unified Namespace jonjon.ai chatUNS.ai Data Platform

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Cogent DataHub V11 Feature Enhancements: User Experience

Blake Giler

Aug 01, 2024

As part of our ongoing Summer of IoT Blog Series, this week we will continue to review the exciting new release of Cogent DataHub Version 11. In a previous post, Cogent DataHub V11 Features to Be ...

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Cogent DataHub Summer of IoT End User & Operator Product Updates

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