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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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Opinion

IIoT Insights: Remote Monitoring Key to Chilean Gold Mine Operation

Salares Norte is a gold and silver mining project owned by Gold Fields, in the Atacama region of Northern Chile. This column originally appeared in the December 2023 issue of InTech digital magazine.

By: Jack Smith

02 January, 2024 | 2 minutes
Opinion

The Last Word: Enabling Kubernetes at the Edge

Kubernetes was a big topic at the recent Ignition Community Conference (ICC) 2023 put on by Inductive Automation in September. This column originally appeared in the December 2023 issue of InTech digital magazine.

By: Jack Smith

02 January, 2024 | 3 minutes