Ctrl + Alt + Transform: How IT Pros Power the Modern World

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Happy National IT Professionals Day! Information technology experts have always been the quiet geniuses behind the curtain, adapting faster than the tech itself, solving problems before most of us know they exist, and keeping the digital world running without fanfare (or enough coffee). From the days of backup tapes and blinking mainframes to today’s AI-enabled,

Securing the Smart Factory: The Challenges of Protecting IT/OT Convergence

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As the IT and OT systems used by manufacturers and industrial organizations converge into a unified architecture, new threats arise. The connection of IT infrastructure to industrial control systems (ICS)—part of the broader trend of the Internet of Things (IoT)—provides attackers with an entry point to critical plant systems. By exploiting vulnerabilities, they can hinder

Set the Stage for Industrial Innovation with IT/OT Convergence

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Digital transformation in the industrial sector requires organizations to bring together two unique and long-siloed technology stacks: information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) systems. Traditionally, industrial organizations have used IT systems to power use cases such as data analytics, customer relationship management platforms, inventory systems, and other business-critical tools. OT, on the other hand,