Technical articles for industrial IT and OT teams
74 articles on OEE, Modbus, OPC UA and MQTT, OT security, industrial data, edge computing and IT/OT project planning.
74 articles
Beyond Firewalls: Building Cyber Resilience in Industrial Control Systems
Zero Trust is a starting point, not an end state. Real resilience in ICS environments requires detection, recovery, and graceful degradation — not just prevention.
Time-Series Data at the Industrial Edge: MQTT, InfluxDB, and the Architecture Behind It
Storing and querying industrial time-series data at the edge requires a different mindset than cloud-native architectures. Here is what works in practice.
The Six Hidden Losses That Kill OEE (And How to Fight Back)
Measuring OEE is only the start. A structured breakdown of the six losses behind the number and how to diagnose which one is holding your line back.
AI-Assisted Root Cause Analysis in Manufacturing Operations
How retrieval-augmented generation can help engineers search process data, alarms, work orders and operator notes during root cause analysis, and the guardrails that keep it trustworthy.
CI/CD for Industrial Edge Devices and Gateway Firmware
How to apply continuous delivery practices to industrial PCs and edge gateways without risking production stability: versioned configuration, staged rollout, rollback and shared approvals.
Industrial Data Modeling Principles with HighByte Intelligence Hub
Principles for modeling industrial data in an Industrial DataOps platform such as HighByte Intelligence Hub: model the plant first, condition data near the source, name consistently and version your models.
Practical Digital Twin Implementation for Mid-Sized Manufacturers
A realistic way to start a digital twin: begin with one question about one asset, connect live data, validate the model against reality and assign an owner who keeps it current.
Secure Remote Access for Legacy Industrial Equipment
Patterns for giving vendors, integrators and remote engineers controlled access to PLCs and HMIs without exposing them to the internet: brokered sessions, multifactor authentication, time limits and recording.
Building Production-Grade MQTT Infrastructure for Industrial IoT
Design notes for reliable, secure and observable MQTT infrastructure in industrial settings: broker clustering and persistence, mutual TLS, edge brokers for buffering, session settings and monitoring.
Implementing Zero Trust Networking for OT and Industrial Control Systems
How to apply zero trust principles to OT networks without breaking production: start with visibility, segment by zone, broker remote access and verify continuously, within the limits of legacy devices.
Observability That Actually Works in Hybrid IT/OT Environments
How to build monitoring and alerting that spans IT systems and industrial control networks without drowning operators in noise: the three questions to answer, what to measure and how to design alerts.
Protocol Gateways: The Right Way to Bridge Legacy Modbus and Modern Systems
Design patterns for protocol gateways that translate between Modbus, OPC UA, MQTT and REST and stay maintainable: model first, map second, and treat the gateway as a product with owners and versions.
Running Lightweight ML Models at the Industrial Edge with ONNX
Why and how to run compact machine learning models on edge devices with ONNX Runtime: model export, quantization trade-offs, input validation, local buffering and safe model updates.
Edge Computing for Industrial IT Teams: A Practical Starting Point
What belongs at the edge, how to choose hardware, how to run and update it, and when not to use it: a practical guide for IT teams moving compute closer to the production line.
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