Modern supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems help to optimize the management of ‘big data’. This blog post explains that there are two main types of SCADA system – on-premises and cloud-based – and describes the differences between them and the benefits they can achieve.
Edge computing enables of all of your devices in remotely located sites to process data at the edge of the network – meaning it can collect and process at those remotely located places you have operational assets so it will be the main ‘hub’ for all of your sensor and other device data to go into; once it’s there it stands as your central data center – but the great part is that only the most critical data is then transmitted.
Digital transformation means different things to different businesses, but there are some common guidelines to help ensure each company achieves successful implementations. My article in the August 2023 issue of InTech, titled Implementing Digital Transformation,...
In the fourth Design World article in a series on Big Data, Edge controllers bridge OT and IT systems, Emerson’s Derek Thomas explores “how results produced by edge controllers can be securely transmitted to a variety of other systems using built-in secure communication capabilities.”
I had the opportunity to be interviewed by the SyncSort team. Their enterprise software helps organizations collect, integrate, sort, and distribute these companies' most important data. The interview, Expert Interview: Jim Cahill of Emerson Automation Solutions on...
The hype-scale for the phrase "Big Data" has been with us and pegged for many years. A quick Google search yields 264 million search results. Wikipedia defines this concept as: …a term for data sets that are so large or complex that traditional data processing...
Austin, Texas, already a hotbed for technology as recently recognized by Forbes magazine, will host a gathering of chemical engineering professionals later this month. The AIChE is hosting the 2015 Spring Meeting and 11th Global Congress on Process Safety here on...
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