Michael Bowne

Director of Technology Marketing, PI North America

Michael Bowne, Executive Director, PI North America

Ethernet at the Sensor Level

It’s an exciting time for the factory automation sensor and process control instrumentation markets as Ethernet evolves for wider use in manufacturing. With 2-wire industrial Ethernet products becoming available, Ethernet communication becomes viable even

Michael Bowne, executive director, PI North America

The Big Picture Network

What does digital transformation mean for industrial networks? How can a future-proof networking strategy help companies go digital? What are the trends in automation networks that are shaping digitalization?

Michael Bowne, PI North America

Trends to Watch in 2020 and Beyond

Understanding how the ‘black channel principle’ ensures safety-related messages get from their source to their destination and IO-Link’s role in simplifying the sensor-to-cloud connection.

Michael Bowne, PI North America

Understanding Network Protocols in an IIoT Context

With a better understanding of how protocols function, better decisions can be made about how to handle the data generated in smart factories.

More from Michael Bowne

Michael Bowne, PI North America

A Preview of What’s to Come in 2019 and Beyond

2019 is shaping up to be a very big year—at least it is for Profibus & Profinet International. With a number of major releases planned, now is the time to familiarize yourself with three major technological advancements coming your way.

Michael Bowne, PI North America

Not Your Father’s Fieldbus

As big as the move from fieldbuses to Ethernet-based networks was, the move toward Time-Sensitive Networking will be equally significant because it places all protocols on the same footing. This change puts the focus on protocol capabilities and ease of use.

Michael Bowne, PI North America

Network Performance in the Converged Future

How industrial Ethernet developments are fostering an expanded relationship between the field level and the MES level.

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Future-Proofing Your Industrial Network

Concepts like the Industrial Internet of Things, Big Data and IT/OT convergence are making headlines and the race is on for companies to leverage each to gain a sustainable competitive advantage. It's important to understand how industrial networks play a key role in turning these concepts into reality.

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Understanding the IIoT Hype Cycle

Focus on actual use cases to avoid all the hype, and implement solutions that solve real-world problems.

Michael Bowne, Executive director, PI North America

Edge Computing: A Competing View

There still remains a lot of discussion about what ‘edge computing’ really means. At its core, it’s more about how control technologies are used than what they do.

Michael Bowne, Executive director, PI North America

The Importance of Open Standards

As the data from factories scales exponentially, the ability to access that data transparently becomes critical. If we want the Industrial Internet of Things to truly be a game changer for the manufacturing industry, open standards will be a major enabler of that transformation.

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Ethernet and Industrial Communications: What’s Going On?

It’s been hard to miss all the activity going on recently around Time-Sensitive Networking and OPC UA. Here’s what it means for the near-term future of industrial networking.

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How the Convergence of IT and OT Impacts Engineers

From the domain expertise required to filter the required data in the correct way to expanding automation and IT networking knowledge requirements, the Internet of Things is dramatically altering the duties and expectations for control engineers.