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.
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2 articles · ethernet
Managed vs Unmanaged Industrial Ethernet Switches: Choose by Risk, Not Price
Unmanaged switches are cheaper; managed switches are controllable. When the difference matters - and when it doesn't.
Ethernet vs Fieldbus: When Industrial Ethernet Wins and When It Doesn't
Fieldbus is not obsolete, and Ethernet is not automatically better. The engineering criteria that settle the debate.
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