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Proper Balancing of Edge and Cloud Applications for Increasing Productivity

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According to a recent ARC survey , 93% of industrial stakeholders agree that both edge and cloud processing will form the basis of their industrial automation infrastructure. Market observers and analyst firms are projecting that the cloud computing market will reach $411 billion by 2020 and are forecasting that 50% of data will be processed at “the edge” by 2022. These major trends will require industrial stakeholders to revisit how they are modernizing their operations in order to drive the new IT-influenced productivity benefits. A first step in achieving these greater productivity gains is to understand how concepts such as “cloud” and “edge” work within an industrial context. In the IT view, “edge computing” implies data processing that occurs on-premise (i.e., processing not occurring in the cloud, typically occurring in local data centers). Another popular term, “industrial edge,” implies computing that is close to sensors and actuators in the manufacturing area, as close as ...

EFF: Brazil in 2019: Free Speech and Privacy in the Crosshairs. What Are the Threats?

Brazil in 2019: Free Speech and Privacy in the Crosshairs. What Are the Threats? Last year’s Brazilian elections were a victory for Jair Bolsonaro—a politician with highly controversial positions on the country’s past military dictatorship and civil rights.  Bolsonaro’s ascent to power and the beginning of his administration in January has attracted international attention for their potential impact on human rights. His election reflects greater support for a conservative agenda likely to jeopardize free expression and privacy safeguards. Executive branch decisions, bills in Congress, and cases up for trial in the Supreme Court, may all deserve careful attention because of their potential to undermine civil liberties.  One key example is the set of anti-terrorism bills pending in Congress that may gain greater support. Most of roughly ten proposals so far build on an existing 2016 law passed mainly due to international pressure before the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. T...

Why Assuring Machine Safety Has Suddenly Gotten Easier for Machine Builders

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Machine safety is one of the core responsibilities of a machine builder. In fact, across most geographies, it is the machine builder who is held liable when machine safety systems fail. Machine safety is critical in the eyes of industrial end users, government regulators and the machine builders themselves, who depend on a solid safety reputation in order to compete successfully in the marketplace. Vigilance and attention to detail in the area of machine safety represents a critical success factor for OEMs who wish to preserve and grow their business. Although safety is critical, for many OEMs, the process of building safety functions into machines can be complex, expensive and tedious. Therefore, manufacturers of machine safety devices and modules, like Schneider Electric, must design solutions that simplify OEM tasks related to building safety functions into machines. End-to-end safety solutions provide machine builders with coordinated input devices (such as e-stops or light curt...