So, I got an interesting text today from a fellow by the name of Chad Robertson. Again this week, something caused me to reflect on some...

So, I saw this tweet below recently and read the article. I got pretty fired up over this article too, not because of what Michael...

I am featured as the "Monthly PI Geek" on OSIsoft's user forum called "PI Square." For some reason, this strikes me as comical, as there...

I recently saw a former colleague of mine, Tjeerd Zwijnenberg of OSIsoft post this Forbes article "Why Data Lakes are Evil" and there are...

My apologies, as it has been MONTHS since I have written a blog. I appreciate all of you who read them and give me feedback, it is much...

On April 25th, 2018, I had the pleasure of co-presenting with Rick Smith of International Paper. It was a great experience and an honor...

I have been thinking a lot about this topic and have even written about it before, but I am not sure I have stressed what I believe...

It has been a while since I have sat down to write. Honestly, it is a combination of things: busyness, writer's block to a certain...

I have taken a little break from blogging with the holidays happening. I knew many of you were on vacation and trying to wrap up your...

So, you are looking to add time-series data from one of your facilities to your data lake to start doing "Big Data Analytics" on the...

I have written extensively on what it takes to be successful in the digital transformation/IIoT space, but one topic that I really...

I am sorry I am a week late in writing this, but I had a little distraction in a wind and rain storm called Irma. She decided to knock...

A recent conversation with John Murphy, the former chief mechanical officer at CSX Railroad has actually made me significantly re-think...

I have read a few articles or blogs in the last year or so that would lead you to believe that to "do IIoT," it will be out with the old...

I saw a statistic the other day that blew my mind, It came from a study on IIoT use cases (well worth the read) put on by LNS Research...

I recently read an LNS research article entitled "Why OEE and Plant Visualization Projects Keep Failing" and it made me to think about...

Last week, my wife Kristina and I visited the Saint Augustine lighthouse and it was an enjoyable visit to a landmark we have taken 3...

I just read an article from Craig Resnick from ARC Advisory group titled "Add IIoT to Legacy Automation Assets to Reduce Unscheduled...

A few things I have read or watched recently have made me think about what this company, Industrial Insight, is doing. What is it I am...

The IIoT architecture of the future will stratify. It won't just be cloud or on-prem.