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Jack Smith
Jack Smith is senior contributing editor for Automation.com and Automation.com Monthly digital magazine, publications of ISA, the International Society of Automation. Jack is a senior member of ISA, as well as a member of IEEE. He has an AAS in Electrical/Electronic Engineering and experience in instrumentation, closed loop control, PLCs, complex automated test systems and test system design. Jack also has more than 20 years of experience as a journalist covering process, discrete and hybrid technologies.
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Festo Fosters Fieldbus Flexibility
Ethernet flexibility and online configuration tools punctuate Festo’s portfolio.By: Jack Smith07 September, 2023 | 3 minutes -
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Digital Twins Validate Real-World CNC Machines
Digital twins are machine and process simulations that enhance CNC part and tool program management, commissioning capabilities, operator training and more.By: Jack Smith01 September, 2023 | 4 minutes -
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Edge Computing Enables Smart CNC Machine Digitalization
Edge devices enhance smart CNC machines without impacting controller operation, ensuring machine performance and productivity.By: Jack Smith21 August, 2023 | 4 minutes -
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Machine Tool Digitalization Benefits CNC Builders and Users
Smart virtual machines offer lower programming cost, advanced machine engineering, higher finished part quality and higher machine utilization.By: Jack Smith09 August, 2023 | 3 minutes -
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Auvesy-MDT Shares Business, Technology Milestones
The company’s virtual event, Connect 2023, attracted more than 1,700 attendees worldwide, which set an attendance record.By: Jack Smith28 July, 2023 | 4 minutes -
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Understanding Kubernetes Cloud-Native Computing
Kubernetes is maturing into a general-purpose computing platform and basic building block of modern cloud infrastructure and applications.By: Jack Smith21 June, 2023 | 2 minutes -
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Recovery Starts with Better Change Management
Before and after a cyber-attack, robust change management techniques can ensure production uptime and resilience. This feature originally appeared in AUTOMATION 2022 Volume 4: Cybersecurity & Connectivity.By: Jack Smith05 June, 2023 | 7 minutes -
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Ensuring Cybersecurity for the Chevron/REG Acquisition
The Accenture Operation: Next ‘23 OT Cybersecurity Summit discussed M&A, sustainability and risk management.By: Jack Smith31 May, 2023 | 4 minutes -
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Learning from the Bridgestone Ransomware Attack
The Accenture Operation: Next ‘23 OT Cybersecurity Summit discussed protection, defense, resilience and the ransomware attack on Bridgestone Americas.By: Jack Smith23 May, 2023 | 3 minutes -
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Engines of Automation: APIs, the Cloud and Edge Computing
Zededa’s Transform Edge Computing conference highlighted why there's no place better place to compute than the cloud and how OT systems can benefit.By: Jack Smith10 May, 2023 | 7 minutes
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