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Survey: IIoT Systems Implementation up Year over Year, Set to Reach 75% Deployment Rate in 2023

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

BOSTON, Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- HiveMQ, the global leader in enterprise MQTT solutions, today announced the findings of a new report in collaboration with IIoT World, "Building Industrial IoT Systems in 2024". The survey data provides insights into the trends in technology, processes, and politics of IIoT implementation.

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  • 350 professionals were surveyed across Automotive Manufacturing, Power and Utilities, Renewable Energy, Transportation and Logistics, Smart Cities, and more to share feedback on building IIoT systems.
  • The results demonstrate that industries are embracing IIoT technologies and moving towards full implementation and deployment of IIoT solutions, up from 67% in 2022 to 75% in 2023 .
  • Microsoft Azure (18%) is the leading cloud provider for IIoT systems, followed by Amazon Web Services (17%), and multi-cloud (14%).
  • "Adopting MQTT and platforms like ours can help them combat technical challenges to successfully implement enterprise-grade IIoT systems built for flexibility, security, and scale."

The Eclipse Foundation Announces Sparkplug as an International Standard for a “Plug and Play” Industrial IoT

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Eclipse Foundation , one of the world’s largest open source software foundations, in collaboration with the Eclipse Sparkplug Working Group , today announced that the Sparkplug® 3.0 specification has been published as an International Standard.

Key Points: 
  • BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Eclipse Foundation , one of the world’s largest open source software foundations, in collaboration with the Eclipse Sparkplug Working Group , today announced that the Sparkplug® 3.0 specification has been published as an International Standard.
  • The International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) are global organisations that facilitate the development of International Standards that support innovation, sustainability, and global trade.
  • “The publication of Sparkplug® 3.0 as an international standard is significant, not just for the Sparkplug community, but for any organisation that needs to digitally transform their business by leveraging IIoT technologies,” said Mike Milinkovich, executive director for the Eclipse Foundation.
  • The Eclipse Foundation retains stewardship of the specification and intends to submit future revisions through the PAS transposition process.

David Sable Joins Stagwell (STGW) as Vice Chair

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Monday, October 16, 2023

NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), the challenger network built to transform marketing, today announced the appointment of David Sable as Vice Chair, effective immediately. In this role, David will drive new solutions for clients, leverage his diverse network of contacts, and work with existing clients to boost value by expanding the depth and range of services they utilize across Stagwell to help them maximize business outcomes.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), the challenger network built to transform marketing, today announced the appointment of David Sable as Vice Chair, effective immediately.
  • Sable is a recognized global marketing leader with a career spanning four decades at top global agencies.
  • Sable will be based at Stagwell's global headquarters at 1 World Trade Center in New York and report to Chairman and CEO Mark Penn.
  • I've known and worked with David for over 20 years and am excited to add him to our senior leadership team."

HighByte Releases Industrial DataOps Solution with Complete Data Engineering Toolset for Global Manufacturers

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- HighByte®, an industrial software company, today announced the release of HighByte Intelligence Hub version 3.2 that fully supports Unified Namespace (UNS) architectures and expands data pipelines capabilities, providing a complete data engineering platform to the industrial market. Pipelines are further integrated into the core of the Intelligence Hub and enhanced to provide highly configurable, complex, and sequenced data processing.

Key Points: 
  • PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- HighByte ®, an industrial software company, today announced the release of HighByte Intelligence Hub version 3.2 that fully supports Unified Namespace (UNS) architectures and expands data pipelines capabilities, providing a complete data engineering platform to the industrial market.
  • Pipelines are further integrated into the core of the Intelligence Hub and enhanced to provide highly configurable, complex, and sequenced data processing.
  • HighByte Intelligence Hub users can now see the results of their MQTT-based Industrial DataOps workloads in a single, unified engineering environment, negating the need for external testing clients.
  • The Intelligence Hub now provides a complete UNS infrastructure solution with an integrated data engineering platform, embedded MQTT broker, and visual client.

Opto 22's groov RIO firmware version 3.5 adds real-time control to remote I/O

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Thursday, August 24, 2023

TEMECULA, Calif., Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Opto 22 announces the latest firmware version 3.5 for groov RIO edge I/O. This latest release includes the CODESYS runtime engine, allowing the groov RIO to now function as a real-time controller coupled with software-configurable I/O.

Key Points: 
  • TEMECULA, Calif., Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Opto 22 announces the latest firmware version 3.5 for groov RIO edge I/O.
  • The new firmware for groov RIO delivers a compact, configurable, and secure PLC for end-user or OEM engineers, technicians, and developers with smaller industrial control applications.
  • With this new free firmware update, all current groov RIO customers can update their existing RIOs to this latest version and gain these new capabilities.
  • groov RIO 3.5 firmware is available now as a free download from Opto 22.

DENSO Begins Business Transfer Negotiations for Selected Product Operations

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Monday, July 10, 2023

KARIYA, JAPAN, July 10, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - DENSO Corporation today announced that it has concluded a memorandum of understanding ("MOU") on starting negotiations for the transfer of selected internal combustion engine parts operations to Niterra Co., Ltd.

Key Points: 
  • KARIYA, JAPAN, July 10, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - DENSO Corporation today announced that it has concluded a memorandum of understanding ("MOU") on starting negotiations for the transfer of selected internal combustion engine parts operations to Niterra Co., Ltd.
  • The two parties reached a decision to sign the MOU during a board of directors meeting on July 10, 2023.
  • In the process of achieving carbon neutrality, electrification is picking up pace throughout the auto industry.
  • The transfer will take place only after official approval has been obtained from competition law authorities in all countries and regions concerned, and after fulfilling all other requirements.

HighByte Releases New API Gateway to OT Systems, Unlocking Industrial Data for the Enterprise

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Thursday, May 25, 2023

PORTLAND, Maine, May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- HighByte®, an industrial software company, today announced the release of HighByte Intelligence Hub version 3.1 that expands operational technology (OT) data access, governance, and scale capabilities for industrial companies. The release includes a new REST Data Server that acts as an API gateway for industrial data residing in OT systems, so any application or service with an HTTP client can securely request OT data in raw or modeled form directly from the Intelligence Hub—without requiring domain knowledge of the underlying systems.

Key Points: 
  • Industrial software company releases HighByte Intelligence Hub version 3.1 to expand data access, governance, and scale for global manufacturers
    PORTLAND, Maine, May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- HighByte ®, an industrial software company, today announced the release of HighByte Intelligence Hub version 3.1 that expands operational technology (OT) data access, governance, and scale capabilities for industrial companies.
  • "With its initial release in 2020, HighByte Intelligence Hub entered the market as a client-based application capable of publishing data to consuming systems.
  • Earlier this year, we released server-based capabilities with the addition of an embedded MQTT broker, allowing systems to subscribe to industrial data sources.
  • HighByte Intelligence Hub version 3.1 adds additional capabilities to support data governance and scale, including more flexible configuration management.

Leading IT services and cybersecurity firm, Sourcepass, continues to invest in their client's experience through strategic hire of Chief Operating Officer

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023

NEW YORK, March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sourcepass, a leading IT services and cybersecurity firm, has named Daman Wood as its new Chief Operating Officer.

Key Points: 
  • As Sourcepass' Chief Operating Officer, Daman Wood will oversee daily business operations, providing strategic direction to deliver an outstanding client experience.
  • NEW YORK, March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sourcepass , a leading IT services and cybersecurity firm, has named Daman Wood as its new Chief Operating Officer.
  • Daman brings 25 years of leadership experience building disruptive and world class brands in software and technology-based solutions.
  • In his new role, he will oversee daily business operations and lead the service, project, and technical teams, providing strategic direction to deliver an outstanding client experience.

Open Source Software Leader the Eclipse Foundation Previews its Showcase at Embedded World 2023

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

The Eclipse Foundation will also be joined in its booth by member company Zettascale, an innovative firm contributing to open source communication middleware (Eclipse Zenoh & Eclipse Cyclone DDS) that underpin next-generation robotics, transportation, and mission-critical applications.

Key Points: 
  • The Eclipse Foundation will also be joined in its booth by member company Zettascale, an innovative firm contributing to open source communication middleware (Eclipse Zenoh & Eclipse Cyclone DDS) that underpin next-generation robotics, transportation, and mission-critical applications.
  • Security Best Practices for Embedded Systems: The Eclipse Foundation is committed to ensuring the security of its projects' software supply chain.
  • Learn How to Succeed with Open Source: We will present how open source best practices, and how, beyond open source, the Eclipse Foundation enables open collaborations between industry players.
  • This presentation targets more specifically companies that are new to open source and want to understand how to better embrace open source as a strategic advantage.

The Eclipse Foundation Announces The Release of Sparkplug 3.0 and Unveils it is Being Fast Tracked to Become an International Standard

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Thursday, December 8, 2022

The Sparkplug 3.0 specification represents the first version of the specification managed under the Eclipse Foundation specification process.

Key Points: 
  • The Sparkplug 3.0 specification represents the first version of the specification managed under the Eclipse Foundation specification process.
  • In addition, the Sparkplug specification has begun the process of transposition as an international standard at ISO/IEC, an independent, non-governmental international organization with a membership of 167 national standards bodies.
  • Already growing quickly, Sparkplug’s transition to approved industry standard specification should further speed its growth and acceptance throughout multiple industries.
  • “Today’s release of Sparkplug 3.0 represents a major milestone,” said Mike Milinkovich, executive director for the Eclipse Foundation.