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A different approach to digital evolution

Posted by Janice Colmer on May 11, 2023 11:27:17 AM

New OptoPartner Axiom Manufacturing Systems focuses on helping small and midmarket manufacturers achieve digital transformation.

With proven IoT expertise in the manufacturing sector, Axiom Manufacturing Systems can give you practical help with digital technology. Their Opto 22 IoT Certified partnership comes as a result of several recent applications utilizing both groov EPIC and groov RIO, most notably the Indiana Energy Insights project discussed in one of our previous blog posts. 

See their application experience and the solutions they offer by visiting the Axiom partner page.

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Topics: IIoT, groov EPIC, OptoPartner, groov RIO, digital transformation, manufacturing

Building Operations Simplified

Posted by Janice Colmer on May 4, 2023 1:41:29 PM

Meet new OptoPartner True Data Ops—dedicated to continuous equipment monitoring with the help of groov RIO.

We are pleased to announce another new member joining the OptoPartner program this month: True Data Ops—providing IoT solutions for predictive maintenance, asset management, energy monitoring, and more.

TDO took an immediate interest in the groov RIO product line to help them deliver the data access you need to make important financial and operational decisions.

Read about their application experience and signature projects.

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Topics: IIoT, OptoPartner, groov RIO

Texas Automation Systems becomes IoT Certified OptoPartner

Posted by Janice Colmer on Mar 29, 2023 7:58:33 AM

We welcome TAS to the OptoPartner integrator community as they expand their product solutions to include groov EPIC and RIO.

If you're looking for Ignition® and automation experts in the upstream oil and gas industry, you'll want to know Texas Automation Systems (TAS), the latest member to join the OptoPartner program. Their expertise in edge technology solutions like EPIC and RIO has earned them IoT Certified partner status.

TAS offers an innovative way to streamline processes and increase productivity. With their cutting-edge technology and automated solutions, businesses in Texas and nationwide can save time and money while improving their operations. It's also worth noting TAS is consistently recognized by Inductive Automation as a Top-Selling Ignition Software Integrator.

Arun Sinha, Opto 22's Director of Business Development, added "We look forward to working closely with the TAS team to build a strong, long-lasting partnership that benefits our customers and advances the field of automation and control."

Here's a quick look at their company overview, and how they can help you with your PLC and SCADA development.

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Topics: groov EPIC, Ignition, OptoPartner, groov RIO, oil and gas

How to Enable Operational Resilience: New Webinar

Posted by Janice Colmer on Mar 22, 2023 8:32:49 AM

Can you maintain your business in the face of supply chain challenges and ransomware attacks? Join us for a resilience webinar.

You know it’s critical for manufacturers to be able to maintain business continuity in the face of operational challenges like these. When working with today's cloud and edge computing technologies, operational resilience is vital.

Join us as Opto 22’s Rene Gamero and tech partner 4IR Solutions CTO Joe Dolivo discuss this important topic in a new webinar presentation live streaming on March 30.

In this joint webinar, Joe and Rene will discuss common obstacles to achieving operational resilience and provide a live solution demo featuring FactoryStack and groov EPIC that demonstrates overcoming security, connectivity, and reliability challenges.

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Topics: Webinars, groov EPIC, cybersecurity, OptoPartner, edge computing, cloud computing

JSat Automation joins the OptoPartner program

Posted by Janice Colmer on Feb 22, 2023 3:15:59 PM

IoT Certified system integrator is ready to help with your IA and IIoT projects.

With some impressive groov EPIC projects recently completed in the Life Science field, our newest OptoPartner, JSat Automation Inc., brings a unique set of skills and experience to our growing list of IoT Certified system integrators.

Opto 22's Director of Business Development, Arun Sinha, was instrumental in onboarding JSat as a partner. "We initially came together around a specific solution they developed for the Life Sciences industry. Now with their expertise on the groov hardware platform, CODESYS, and Inductive Automation's Ignition, they can surely help Opto 22 customers across many other verticals they serve, with both traditional automation applications as well as end-to-end IIoT projects."

Learn more about JSat Automation on their OptoPartner page and from their company introduction.

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Topics: IIoT, groov EPIC, system integrator, OptoPartner

Meet Convergence Controls

Posted by Janice Colmer on Jan 17, 2023 10:45:48 AM

This Colorado-based system integrator can help with your automation projects.

If you're looking to get real-time data from production equipment for dashboarding and enterprise-wide reporting, the engineering team at Convergence Controls and Engineering can help. They're the newest member of our OptoPartner system integrator program. 

Based in Littleton, Colorado, but serving all of the United States and Canada, Convergence Controls brings their expertise to major industries including energy, food and beverage, water treatment, manufacturing and more.

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Topics: groov EPIC, system integrator, OptoPartner, groov RIO

Welcome another IoT expert to the OptoPartner network

Posted by Janice Colmer on Nov 30, 2022 7:00:00 AM

Hear from Evo Integration as their success with groov RIO projects has earned them IoT OptoPartner status.

Meet our newest member of the OptoPartner program: Evo Integration, "the evolution of integration today." 

Centrally located in eastern Pennsylvania, Evo Integration is a one-stop shop for all of your automation, communication, and electrical needs.  Their team recently completed a project in the Food & Beverage industry, where they used groov RIO, MQTT, and OPC UA technologies to monitor remote location storage. This impressive application got the attention of the Opto team of engineers, and led to inviting Evo to become an IoT Certified OptoPartner.

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Topics: groov EPIC, system integrator, OptoPartner, groov RIO

The Art of the Possible: An EPIC "Dream Machine" for Ignition Edge

Posted by Janice Colmer on Nov 17, 2022 8:38:40 AM

Hear from OptoPartner 4IR Solutions in this guest blog post as CTO Joe Dolivo describes the ideal device for running Ignition Edge software.

The Ignition platform by Inductive Automation provides a modern, robust, and flexible development environment for building SCADA, IIoT, and Industry 4.0 applications in support of digital transformation initiatives.

Ignition's scalable architecture makes it a perfect solution for building both fully on-premises applications as well as "hybrid cloud" applications that are distributed across both the cloud and the edge. In the industrial automation world, most cloud-enabled solutions still require an on-premises component to allow control of equipment and data buffering in the event of connectivity issues. Ignition provides a purpose-built Ignition Edge product suite for this use case, which must be deployed on a complementary hardware platform that is appropriate for running plant-floor applications.

Let's consider for a moment what an ideal device for running Ignition Edge might look like—our hypothetical Ignition Edge "Dream Machine."

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Topics: Ignition Edge, groov EPIC, OptoPartner, Art of the Possible

Welcome IoT Certified OptoPartner: Blue Ridge Automation

Posted by Janice Colmer on Nov 2, 2022 8:19:14 AM

Indiana-based system integrator brings MES, Ignition, and groov product knowledge to take your manufacturing project to the next level.

Based in Pendleton, Indiana, Blue Ridge Automation serves the midwestern United States and has completed nationwide projects as well.

Like other IoT Certified OptoPartners, Blue Ridge has proved their expertise in edge control and I/O technology using groov EPIC and groov RIO as part of their solutions, most recently in successful large-scale applications.

Get to know Blue Ridge in their own words: "Transforming Manufacturing Beyond Limits"

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Topics: IoT, IIoT, groov EPIC, system integrator, OptoPartner, groov RIO, OptoPartner video

Heads in the Cloud for digital transformation

Posted by Janice Colmer on Sep 13, 2022 2:22:56 PM

Listen in as OptoPartner 4IR Solutions discusses the state of the industrial automation industry with Opto 22's Rene Gamero.

Are you looking for another good listen to add to your podcast library? We suggest the Heads in the Cloud podcast hosted by 4IR Solutions. You might recall we recently welcomed the 4IR team to the OptoPartner program, and we're excited to be a part of their product solutions.

In this episode, 4IR CEO James Burnand and Opto 22's International Technical Sales Executive Rene Gamero have an honest and heartfelt discussion about the transformation we're seeing in the industrial automation industry, and what new tools and technologies can help overcome the current challenges.

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Topics: IIoT, groov EPIC, OptoPartner, podcast, digital transformation

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