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Schneider Electric Canada’s Agentic AI Ecosystem to Redefine Sustainability and Energy Management

August 8, 2025 By Krystie Johnston As pressure mounts on companies to meet net-zero targets and provide transparent sustainability reporting, the need for intelligent, adaptive solutions has never been greater. In response, Schneider Electric Canada is introducing their agentic AI ecosystem – a transformative approach to driving sustainability and operational efficiency through autonomous, context-aware technology….

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ABB Launches Next-Gen Machinery Drive Built for Performance, Connectivity, and Cybersecurity

July 22, 2025 The latest addition to ABB’s all-compatible drive portfolio simplifies machine integration and is future-proofed for industrial automation. The new ACS380-E machinery drive is engineered specifically for industrial machinery applications, speeding commissioning, installation, wiring and assembly while supporting future compliance with stringent cybersecurity requirements. Its embedded dual Ethernet ports and selectable protocols –…

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Celebrating the Opening of Halifax’s New Marine Container Examination Facility

July 21, 2025 Recently, the Honourable Darren Fisher, Member of Parliament for Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety, along with senior officials from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the Halifax Port Authority and the Africville community, celebrated the opening of the new Marine Container Examination Facility (MCEF) in…

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Ontario Investing $7.5 Million to Help Businesses Go Digital

July 21, 2025 New funding will also help retailers access the tools and technologies needed to boost productivity and sales The Ontario government is investing $7.5 million to protect small and medium-sized businesses across the province, helping them modernize and grow by adopting digital technologies. The Digitalization Competence Centre (DCC) helps companies to transition and find made-in-Ontario digital…

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Rigorous Multi-Vendor Ethernet-APL Testing Confirms Readiness for Broad Adoption

July 15, 2025 A new round of testing by Endress+Hauser of a multi-vendor Ethernet-APL setup has wrapped up successfully, further validating the technology’s readiness for widespread deployment. Ethernet-APL is becoming a must-have tool for advancing the digitalization of process plant operations for optimized performance and other major benefits. The recent load tests were tailored to…

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MOXA Next-Generation LAN Firewalls: Enhancing Industrial Security and Reliability

July 7, 2025 Cyberattacks on critical infrastructure have become an all-too-familiar reality. While no longer shocking headline news, their effects are far-reaching, disrupting essential services that people and organizations rely on daily. From power grids to transportation systems and water treatment facilities, these infrastructures are at the heart of modern life and are highly vulnerable…

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Schneider Electric Launches New Data Centre Solutions to Meet Challenges of High-Density AI and Accelerated Compute Applications

June 19, 2025 Schneider Electric, a leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has announced new data centre solutions specifically engineered to meet the intensive demands of next-generation AI cluster architectures. Evolving its EcoStruxure™ Data Centre Solutions portfolio, Schneider Electric introduced a Prefabricated Modular EcoStruxure Pod Data Centre solution that consolidates infrastructure for liquid…

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Single Pair Ethernet: The Hardware for the Industrial Ethernet of the Future

June 19, 2025 The increasing level of digitalisation of industrial plants calls for the further development of existing Ethernet cabling. For sensors and local, modular control units in particular, conventional cabling concepts are no longer able to meet the new demands with regard to space requirements and installation effort. One solution is Single Pair Ethernet…

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MOXA: Future-Ready Industrial Wi-Fi

June 19, 2025 Advancing Industrial Applications with Industrial Wi-Fi Wireless Connectivity As the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) expands, the need for robust wireless connectivity in industrial environments has skyrocketed. Industries such as factory automation, medical care, and mining increasingly rely on wireless networks to enhance operational efficiency. Moxa offers a comprehensive range of industrial wireless LAN…

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Reinventing the Edge: Siemens, Cadolto and Legrand Introduce New Modular Data Centre

June 10, 2025 Reinventing the Edge Siemens Smart Infrastructure, Cadolto Datacenter GmbH (Munich, Germany), and Legrand Data Center Solutions (Baiersdorf, Germany) are jointly unveiling a next-generation modular edge data centre – a turnkey solution engineered for speed, scalability, and sustainability. The innovative system debuted at Data Center World Frankfurt, taking place on June 4–5, 2025….

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How Automation Saved Meadowbrook Restaurant Co. Unnecessary Repair Costs: A Step-by-Step Guide to Smarter Restaurant Management

June 6, 2025 Introduction In the high-pressure world of restaurant management, margins are slim, risks are high, and even minor oversights can lead to catastrophic losses. For Meadowbrook Restaurant Co., a multi-location restaurant group, that reality hit hard when a single night of equipment failures and human error cost them $10,000 in spoiled inventory and near-disasters. But…

Can Robots Save (What Is the Role of Technology in) Canadian Manufacturing? A Reality Check with Schneider Electric 
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What Is the Role of Technology in Canadian Manufacturing? A Reality Check with Schneider Electric 

May 28, 2025 By Krystie Johnston Canadian manufacturing is in a tricky situation: it faces a labour and skills shortage that threatens its competitiveness and profitability. These shortages mean Canada missed out on almost $13 billion last year, according to a recent survey. An economic loss that by any means should not be discounted, especially…

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Aetina, Qualcomm, and Data Systems Team Up at COMPUTEX 2025 to Showcase AI Agent Integration Capabilities

May 23, 2025 Aetina, Qualcomm, and Data Systems Team Up Aetina, a subsidiary of the Innodisk Group and a leading provider of edge AI solutions, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a technology leader enabling connected intelligent computing, and Data Systems Co., Ltd.,a leader in enterprise digital transformation, today announced a collaboration to unveil the “Enterprise AI Assistant”…

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MOXA ioLogik R1214 Ethernet Remote I/O

May 13, 2025 MOXA ioLogik R1214 Features: MOXA ioLogik R1214 Introduction Process control I/O system. Remote serial I/O products offer process engineers the benefit of simple wiring, as they only require two wires to communicate with the controller and other RS-485 devices while adopting the EIA/TIA RS-485 communication protocol to transmit and receive data at high speed…