Cloud Computing

The launch of the OPC UA Driver for the MSA FieldServer™ Gateway provides engineers who are responsible for OEM equipment design, industrial processes, manufacturing lines, and building management a new…

The second part of our conversation with Sierra Monitor Product Manager, Richard Theron, we discuss how the interconnection of commercial and industrial devices bring with it some very real cybersecurity risks. Read our conversation to learn more about the threats and the solutions for OEMs and customers.

Having a solid understanding of an organization’s operations is essential for making impactful change. For example, you can’t figure out how to improve margins if you don’t know the cost of every material, part, and process that goes into making your product. You can’t improve the productivity of your employees if you don’t understand the processes and tasks that they spend their day working on. You can’t increase your energy efficiency and implement green initiatives if you don’t have an understanding of how much energy is used by the different devices utilized or operations performed within your organization.

Sierra Monitor and Synapse Wireless® have partnered to add a BMS to Synapse’s IoT Solution Suite. Synapse’s SimplySNAP, is a robust and reliable platform designed to enable a limitless number of IoT applications, including connected lighting IoT capabilities. Synapse’s intelligent lighting solution provides the infrastructure to control lights, save energy, and enable additional IoT applications for industrial settings.

Whether you’re washing the dirt off your car, or your dishes or your teenager, wastewater treatment underpins modern society. Check out this blog to see how cloud enabled equipment allows communities to monitor important aspects of wastewater treatment.

We all wish we knew what was going to go wrong before it happens. While we can’t predict the weather, we can look to the cloud to foresee issues with industrial equipment. This blog will outline the opportunities to avoid failures and problems by utilizing our FieldServer cloud connectivity devices. This suite of device management functions will give you a better understanding of your equipment so you can avoid the worst.

In a highly competitive market, shifting your business model from providing equipment to providing service and maintenance is a strong way to set yourself apart. This will also allow you to diversify and grow your revenue streams. While this is a change to your current business model, the growing pains don’t need to be painful. Read our blog post to learn how to implement this change.

In late March, it was announced that MSA, the world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of safety products, equipment and infrastructure, would be acquiring Sierra Monitor, a leading IIoT and cloud gateway provider. Read our interview with Gustavo Lopez, General Manager of Software as a Service and Portable Gas Detection at MSA Safety Incorporated, to learn the logic behind this seemingly unlikely pairing.