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Why hasn’t the practice of using a Digital Twin been more widely adopted? Simple; because it can be complicated to implement and costly to maintain. But, just because it’s hard doesn’t mean it isn’t worth doing. Guest blog written by Jeff Gowan.

From oil and gas to heavy equipment and manufacturing, industrial systems rely on embedded devices that run on Windows 7. However, on January 14, 2020, Windows 7 will reach end-of-life and thus will no longer be supported by Microsoft. Running unsupported versions of Windows is incredibly risky because vulnerability to the latest security threats grows exponentially when the operating system is no longer receiving regular patches. Guest blog written by Ricky Watts, Wind River. 

One of the greatest challenges of a machine learning (ML) solution, is being able to explain why a trained model gave the output it did for a given input. One could track down the network of neurons that activated or the value of the discriminant function, but it would still be difficult to explain the decision to a human.  Guest blog written by Mihai Dragusu, Wind River.

Within the adoption of Industry 4.0, the acceleration of the industry which enables technologies to advance is evident as the mid-point of the 2018 convention season approaches. Independent collaborative efforts, as well as open consortiums focused on addressing industrial performance demands around security, reliability, and open standards interoperability are the chief drivers responsible for increasing the speed to market. Guest piece written by Neil McLellan.

Digital Transformation. The Fourth Industrial Revolution. Next Generation Industrial Control. Industry 4.0. Enough buzzwords for you? If you are modernising your industrial control system, here are six critical requirement you need to address. Guest blog written by Jeff Gowan.

The current ‘digital transformation’, happening in the industrial world right now, is largely driven by moving industrial control to ‘software defined’ functions, and there are many benefits to making this move. Guest blog by Jeff Gowan.

The leading manufacturer of water pumps for fire trucks, Waterous, has recruited Wind River and Intel to help develop Tellurus, the first digital touch-screen control panel for its advanced water and foam pumps. Guest blog by Keith Shea.