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Key takeaways What to expect from this article This article examines why Europe’s competitiveness in dual-use technologies will increasingly depend on connected engineering knowledge rather than production capacity alone. It explains how the Digital Thread functions as an operating model that links requirements, design decisions, manufacturing records, software baselines, certification evidence and operational feedback across […]

A pilot that works with 50 tags stalls at 50,000. What industrial connectivity actually is, why digital programmes fail at the data layer, and how to deploy it right.

AI-driven legacy service migration: a pragmatic, spec-driven approach to modernizing Ruby on Rails monoliths into Java with Spring Boot using LLMs to accelerate analysis, design, testing, and deployment while keeping humans in control of architecture and business logic.

When manufacturers talk about AI, the conversation usually starts with use cases and ends with integration complexity.When manufacturers talk about AI, the conversation usually starts with use cases and ends with integration complexity. In this interview, Adam Gąsiorek, CTO of TT PSC, and Ayush Tiwari from Velotic cut through the noise, sharing how a semiconductor manufacturer turned ignored process signals into a quality breakthrough, and why a manufacturing co-pilot can be built faster than most teams expect.

The automotive industry produces a very broad portfolio of products, ranging from simple machined parts to complex assemblies whose final properties depend as much on materials engineering and manufacturing process control as on geometry design.  Introduction  Manufacturing is commonly divided into two paradigms: discrete and process manufacturing. In discrete manufacturing, products are built as countable units that can […]

Industrial organizations are no longer asking whether AI belongs in asset-intensive operations; they are asking how to execute. How do we move from fragmented asset data and isolated pilots to repeatable enterprise-wide value? How do we ensure AI is trusted, adopted, and embedded into day-to-day decision-making?  PTCs Orbit was built to answer those questions. As PTC’s latest […]

In September 2025, Jaguar Land Rover shut down production across the UK, Slovakia, and Brazil for five weeks after a ransomware attack. Reuters reported losses of around £50 million a week, with 33,000 staff sent home and hundreds of suppliers unable to operate. The intrusion started in IT, but what stopped production was how deeply […]

How AWS’s AI-Driven Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC) defines an AI-Native methodology for fully integrated AI capabilities 

Industrial AI is moving beyond chatbots and dashboards toward systems that understand the physical world of factories. From spatial computing and reality capture to cloud HPC and wearable devices, Physical AI is redefining how industrial environments are designed, operated and optimized. This article explores why the next generation of industrial competitiveness will depend on combining AI with spatial and operational intelligence.

A typical plant runs controllers, SCADA, a historian and an MES from different vendors, and every connection is a custom integration. OPC UA replaces that patchwork with one secure, self-describing interface between OT and IT. This guide explains what OPC UA is, how it works, how its security model holds up to audit, and how Kepware implements it in production.

A 5-year TCO between Kepware perpetual and subscription is a reasonable starting point. It is not a verdict. The output shifts by 20 to 50 percent on three variables no online calculator asks, and the answer depends on the environment around the licence, not on the spreadsheet alone.

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, legacy software modernization services have become essential for businesses aiming to maintain a competitive edge. As technology advances, many organizations find themselves tied to outdated systems that no longer meet modern expectations. The question is no longer whether companies should modernize, but what exactly modernization is, why it matters, and how to approach it […]