Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The benefits of IT/OT (operational technology) convergence are overwhelming, but businesses ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Bendor-Samuel is founder & executive chairman of Everest Group. As companies invest more and more in automation and data, ...

Smart technologies have the potential to make cities more sustainable, efficient and secure, but maximizing their potential requires an IT and operational technology convergence that has historically ...

When OT systems are brought into the IT security realm, there are more devices that need network connectivity and greater segmentation is required to isolate those devices. Zero-trust architectures ...

Bridging data silos, utilizing advanced automation, and partnering with solution providers enable industrial entities to achieve IT/OT convergence SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Industrial ...

One team quotes Shakespeare. The other speaks in Morse Code. Now, imagine forcing them to write a play together. Yet IT and OT organizations are being asked to work as one. Is full integration really ...

“We are fully converged” is a statement that security industry veteran Jeff Slotnick has famously said regarding the analog-to-IP conversion. Although a few security industry stragglers admittedly ...

In 2016, when I wrote about IT/OT convergence as one of the key mantras in Smart Manufacturing, my opinion was that IT/OT convergence was not only a technical issue, but an organizational one. In ...

For decades, manufacturing and supply chain-based businesses have operated with two types of technology, each operating in its separate lane. Operational technology (OT) ran the plant or warehouse, ...

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It was the night before end-of-quarter, and all through the plant, factory floor systems were breaking down because IT flagged a security violation on a safe but rarely used industrial process, and ...

It’s an imperative for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. RAILWAY AGE, FEBRUARY 2021 ISSUE: Industry 4.0 (also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution) was formalized by the World Economic Forum in ...