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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

Jay David

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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