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.
4 articles · planning
The 12 readiness questions explained: what evidence to collect
Each question in the IT/OT readiness worksheet explained: why it matters, what “verified” looks like and which evidence to bring to the kickoff meeting.
Sizing an IIoT data budget: sampling, deadband and retention
How tag count, sampling interval, payload size, overhead and retention combine into bandwidth and storage numbers, and how deadband and compression change them.
IPv4 subnet planning for OT networks: CIDR, VLANs and address plans
A practical method for sizing OT subnets: how CIDR maps to host counts, how to leave room to grow, how to align subnets with cells and zones and how to document the plan.
The first 30 days of an IT/OT project
A working plan for manufacturing teams: define one outcome, prove one data path and make the pilot acceptance measurable.
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