The New Rockwell Automation Safety Devices, Allen-Bradley SafeZone 3 laser scanner with CIP Safety over EtherNet/IP and the new Allen-Bradley GuardShield 450L light curtain with CIP Safety over EtherNet/IP plug-in, provide users with greater access to critical data needed to create a more comprehensive picture of machine or production line status.

Siemens Digital Industries Software and MaRS Discovery District have partnered to provide access to Siemens’ Xcelerator portfolio of software and services to support and accelerate the development of autonomous and connected vehicles

Day 2 of our cybersecurity tracks at the ARC Forum features a full-length workshop headed up by industry leaders that explores new technologies to help bridge the divide between IT and OT cybersecurity organizations.  The session takes place on Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 3 PM EDT

The Manufacturing ISM Report On Business reports economic activity in the manufacturing sector grew in January, with the overall economy notching an eighth consecutive month of growth.

The ARC Smart City Forum starts in two weeks on Feb 16. Our program covers everything from smart city platforms to renewable energy, electric vehicles, and cybersecurity, but no other topic has affected cities more in the past year than COVID-19.  Our opening session on Feb. 16 at 10 AM EDT zeroes in on how emerging technologies like digital twins and smart city platform-based workplace resilience solutions can help protect citizens and workers.

Hitachi, Ltd. announced the launch of "Hitachi Industrial Edge Computer CE series Embedded AI model", that was developed in collaboration with Intel Corporation.  

Our ARC Forum begins next Monday, and it’s virtual this year, so you can attend from anywhere.  Cybersecurity for industry and critical infrastructure has been a major track at the ARC Forum for over a decade now, and this year is no exception.  Monday afternoon we will be hosting a workshop on IT-OT cybersecurity convergence that will take place on Monday, Feb. 8 at 3 PM EDT.

The 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (ACIA) has released a white paper that identifies the requirements of these applications and describes the functional capabilities needed to seamlessly integrate 5G with TSN

ZEDEDA announced its cloud-native solution that delivers visibility, control and security for edge computing deployments.  Companies can now have full-stack remote management and observability for any distributed edge computing hardware and edge application

Ericsson has launched a 5G network slicing solution for radio access networks (RAN) that will enable communications service providers to deliver customized 5G services with guaranteed performance.

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced Internet of Things (IoT) Security Controls Framework Version 2 and the accompanying Guide to the Internet of Things (IoT) Security Controls Framework.  

Silicon Labs and Edge Impulse announce a collaboration to Accelerate Machine Learning Applications development and deployment on Silicon Labs EFR32 wireless SoCs and EFM32 microcontrollers (MCUs).

Wind River debuted Wind River Studio, a cloud-native platform for the development, deployment, operations, and servicing of mission-critical intelligent systems where security, safety, and reliability are required.

The ARC Industry Forum is virtual this year, but that doesn’t mean we are holding back on good cybersecurity content.  We have a full track on industrial and IoT cybersecurity this year. The cybersecurity track kicks off on Monday, Feb 8, at 10 AM EDT with a general session that examines the state of cybersecurity for industry and critical infrastructure.

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (MCHC) announced the establishment of the Image Analysis Center of Excellence (CoE) within the Digital Transformation (DX) Group of the Emerging Technology & Business Development Office (ETBDO) to further the use of image analysis.