K-Electric faces business challenges around lack of real-time decision-grade data and plant monitoring across its power generation facilities. This document proposes implementing a virtualized plant data historian system using PI Server to integrate operational data from K-Electric's different power plants in real time. This centralized system would provide real-time performance monitoring, optimization, and reporting capabilities to help K-Electric address issues like fuel optimization, emissions monitoring, and economic dispatch. The proposed solution involves installing virtualized servers and OPC interfaces at each plant to historian plant data in the cloud and make it accessible through a centralized portal.
Overview of the Precision Ag platform that I used while at Carolina Eastern-Vail. Used all parts of the platform from field and asset managment to prescription generation and work order tracking. Greatly assisted in dispatch and accurate delivery services to customers.
Overview of the Precision Ag platform that I used while at Carolina Eastern-Vail. Used all parts of the platform from field and asset managment to prescription generation and work order tracking. Greatly assisted in dispatch and accurate delivery services to customers.
State Zero: Middle Tennessee Electric Membership CorporationSSP Innovations
MTEMC recently completed a major project to merge multiple geodatabases into a single new GDB, apply data model changes along with corresponding data migration, and to implement voltage levels with feeder manager 2.0 to provide connectivity upstream of a circuit breaker. Several of these changes required the geodatabase to be at state 0 (no versions). MTEMC utilized SSP Innovations’ All Edits State 0 technology to successfully complete this project while maintaining their 1700+ design versions.
The future involves refining industry is becoming more efficient regardless of technology choice. Reduce cost, improve value chain and be responsive with a digital twin
Virtual Commissioning and Real-Time Training for Increasing PerformanceGSE Systems, Inc.
This presentation discusses the gas conversion of an existing coal power plant and how using a high-fidelity simulator for virtual commissioning can increase plant performance and profits.
Axpo Power Discuss how Operators can Optimise their O&M Strategy Using Indepe...Wind Energy Update
European operators of wind farms (on/offshore) have highlighted the need for a strong data analysis strategy. Considering your interest in renewable energy I thought you’d like to know how operators like Axpo Power use asset management techniques to achieve MW growth?
Listen to this presentation from Axpo Power’s Head of Asset Management & Optimisation, bringing to life the following:
• Position yourself for increased power output: Optimise management strategies, delivering better power curve results on current assets whilst positioning yourself to increase your installed capacity
• Out-sourcing vs. In-sourcing: Understand what the right strategy, according to your portfolio size is and how to reflect that in contracting decisions for an approach that delivers big results
• Optimising your O&M using coded data: Hear what Axpo Power have done to translate their data into a digestible format that’s accessible 24/7 and optimises their O&M team’s time
The predictive maintenance system is designed to determinate
the condition of in-service equipment in order to estimate when
maintenance should be performed.
TechEd 2011 | Microsoft SQL Server Private Cloudsqlserver1
Extend SQL Server infrastructure with Microsoft SQL Azure, which offers a flexible, cloud-based database solution that uses a familiar data model and tools. SQL Azure delivers cost-effective scalability and reliability.
Three Steps for Reducing Total Cost of Ownership in Pumping SystemsSchneider Electric
Electricity usage costs have become an increasing fraction of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for industrial pumping systems. In fact, energy cost represents 40% of the TCO of a typical pump. It is possible to reduce the electrical consumption by at least 30% through appropriate energy management practices while reducing the maintenance cost. This paper explains how to reduce TCO with a limited investment.
Learn more about SCADA expert ClearSCADA:
- Simplicity & Enhanced User Experience for faster deployment and improved time-to-market
- Reduced Maintenance Efforts for protection of investment
- Enhanced Security capability for better protection of the system
- Enhanced Operational Intelligence to help optimize operations and maintenance activities
- Integrated with the complete Schneider Electric Telemetry portfolio
Data Center Optimization with Avocent MergePoint Infrastructure Explorer (AMIE)42U Data Center Solutions
In this presentation 42U and Avocent show how the Avocent AMIE infrastructure software solution can help you optimize your data center.
To view the recorded webinar, which includes a live demo of the software, visit http://www.42u.com/webinars/Avocent-AMIE-Webinar/playback.htm
Summary: Avocent MergePoint Infrastructure Explorer (AMIE) software presents a fresh alternative to familiar tools such as spreadsheets and VISIO diagrams. With real-time visibility, users can model, plan for, and schedule changes to their data center. Coupled with asset management and capacity planning, AMIE takes the guesswork out of data center projects.
State Zero: Middle Tennessee Electric Membership CorporationSSP Innovations
MTEMC recently completed a major project to merge multiple geodatabases into a single new GDB, apply data model changes along with corresponding data migration, and to implement voltage levels with feeder manager 2.0 to provide connectivity upstream of a circuit breaker. Several of these changes required the geodatabase to be at state 0 (no versions). MTEMC utilized SSP Innovations’ All Edits State 0 technology to successfully complete this project while maintaining their 1700+ design versions.
The future involves refining industry is becoming more efficient regardless of technology choice. Reduce cost, improve value chain and be responsive with a digital twin
Virtual Commissioning and Real-Time Training for Increasing PerformanceGSE Systems, Inc.
This presentation discusses the gas conversion of an existing coal power plant and how using a high-fidelity simulator for virtual commissioning can increase plant performance and profits.
Axpo Power Discuss how Operators can Optimise their O&M Strategy Using Indepe...Wind Energy Update
European operators of wind farms (on/offshore) have highlighted the need for a strong data analysis strategy. Considering your interest in renewable energy I thought you’d like to know how operators like Axpo Power use asset management techniques to achieve MW growth?
Listen to this presentation from Axpo Power’s Head of Asset Management & Optimisation, bringing to life the following:
• Position yourself for increased power output: Optimise management strategies, delivering better power curve results on current assets whilst positioning yourself to increase your installed capacity
• Out-sourcing vs. In-sourcing: Understand what the right strategy, according to your portfolio size is and how to reflect that in contracting decisions for an approach that delivers big results
• Optimising your O&M using coded data: Hear what Axpo Power have done to translate their data into a digestible format that’s accessible 24/7 and optimises their O&M team’s time
The predictive maintenance system is designed to determinate
the condition of in-service equipment in order to estimate when
maintenance should be performed.
TechEd 2011 | Microsoft SQL Server Private Cloudsqlserver1
Extend SQL Server infrastructure with Microsoft SQL Azure, which offers a flexible, cloud-based database solution that uses a familiar data model and tools. SQL Azure delivers cost-effective scalability and reliability.
Three Steps for Reducing Total Cost of Ownership in Pumping SystemsSchneider Electric
Electricity usage costs have become an increasing fraction of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for industrial pumping systems. In fact, energy cost represents 40% of the TCO of a typical pump. It is possible to reduce the electrical consumption by at least 30% through appropriate energy management practices while reducing the maintenance cost. This paper explains how to reduce TCO with a limited investment.
Learn more about SCADA expert ClearSCADA:
- Simplicity & Enhanced User Experience for faster deployment and improved time-to-market
- Reduced Maintenance Efforts for protection of investment
- Enhanced Security capability for better protection of the system
- Enhanced Operational Intelligence to help optimize operations and maintenance activities
- Integrated with the complete Schneider Electric Telemetry portfolio
Data Center Optimization with Avocent MergePoint Infrastructure Explorer (AMIE)42U Data Center Solutions
In this presentation 42U and Avocent show how the Avocent AMIE infrastructure software solution can help you optimize your data center.
To view the recorded webinar, which includes a live demo of the software, visit http://www.42u.com/webinars/Avocent-AMIE-Webinar/playback.htm
Summary: Avocent MergePoint Infrastructure Explorer (AMIE) software presents a fresh alternative to familiar tools such as spreadsheets and VISIO diagrams. With real-time visibility, users can model, plan for, and schedule changes to their data center. Coupled with asset management and capacity planning, AMIE takes the guesswork out of data center projects.
CALIENT’s LightConnect™ Fabric is a new approach to improving server and storage utilization rates in data centers. It achieves this by allowing Pod resources to be flexibly shared and reassigned at the optical layer in response to the needs of workloads.
This is achieved through a new virtual Pod or V-Pod architecture. In a typical V-Pod, some resources are static while others are dynamic – connected through OCS-enabled LightConnect™ Fabric paths to the spine switches rather than directly or through manual patch panels.
The VPOD: Breakthrough Operational Efficiency Improvement For Data CentersCALIENT Technologies
CALIENT’s LightConnect™ Fabric is a new approach to improving server and storage utilization rates in data centers which represent 85% of the electronics cost and 70% of the energy consumption. It achieves this by allowing Pod resources to be flexibly shared and reassigned at the optical layer in response to the needs of workloads.
EatonVirtualization, Connectivity and the Cloud — Trends Driving the Future o...Spiceworks
Power infrastructure is no longer a standalone item in your IT toolkit. Virtualization, connectivity and the cloud are having a profound impact on how power management is being integrated into the IT environment. Join Eaton to learn more about how these trends are shaping the future of power protection.
Storage Resource Optimization Delivers “Best Fit” Resources for Your Applicat...Capgemini
As excessive capacity sits underutilized on high-end storage, and as consumption moves toward expense-based operations, organizations continually seek cost-optimized resource-as-a-service offerings.
Discover how new Capgemini and EMC Storage Resource Management Services best match storage and networking resources to specific business and technical requirements.
Storage Resource Optimization ascends to the next level in determining application best-fit solutions at the best price.
First presented at EMC World 2015.
ScottMadden has developed an approach for analyzing data center requirements and driving improvements in existing data center retrofits. Our approach takes into account the technological requirements, the physical attributes of a data center, and the requirements for a rigorous measurement and verification program needed to ensure improvements actually capture the energy efficiently gains and the resultant greenhouse gas reductions.
Our approach addresses the latest trends in data center management such as virtualization and cloud computing and provide a framework for developing metrics needed to drive changes in data center performance.
Next-Generation Kubernetes Optimization: Optimize Live 2.0StormForge .io
As the pressure ramps up for organizations to reduce cloud costs and do more with less, Kubernetes efficiency is becoming an urgent priority. However, complexity and scale have made Kubernetes optimization an extremely difficult and time-consuming challenge to solve.
We built v2 of StormForge Optimize Live to solve this exact challenge. With fast and easy deployment, the ability to see the business impact of optimizations, and automation to optimize your applications continuously, you can get started in no time at all.
Join us for a demo of StormForge Optimize Live v2, and see how it helped Acquia to significantly reduce cloud costs while still ensuring performance and reliability.
By attending this webinar, you’ll learn how to:
- How you can get started right-sizing your Kubernetes applications and improve efficiency quickly and with minimal effort.
- How StormForge automation can help you build Kubernetes resources into your workflows at scale and make optimization autonomous.
- How to understand the business impact of optimization and demonstrate value to leadership.
Watch the webinar:
https://tinyurl.com/2p88ukjd
Tech Talk: Five Simple Steps to a More Powerful Database ExperienceCA Technologies
This interactive discussion is for customers who have recently upgraded, are currently upgrading or considering upgrading to the most current production release. As technology evolves, the way people work continues to change. To make an impact, you need to think creatively and innovate boldly. Join us to hear about five simple steps towards a more powerful CA IDMS™ and CA Datacom® mainframe database experience—that help to improve performance, scalability, platform support, standards compliance and usability.
For more information, please visit http://cainc.to/Nv2VOe
Industry 4.0: Merging Internet and FactoriesFabernovel
Industrial IoT and connected objects for factories are part of our research at FABERNOVEL OBJET, our activity dedicated to IoT.
The future of industry is at the crossroads of internet and factories. Some call it INDUSTRY 4.0 or FACTORY 4.0 in reference to the upcoming fourth industrial revolution. Governments and private companies in Germany, UK and the USA have acknowledged the importance of industrial IoT and its central role in future industrial transformation.
The adoption of Industrial Internet has both near-term and long-term impacts and will be characterized by the emergence of new models such as the “Outcome Economy” and the “Autonomous, Pull Economy”.
We believe that INDUSTRY 4.0 is a growth opportunity for industrial companies, and have decrypted this very phenomenon in the following presentation.
How HPC Transforms the Corporate Information Technology Ecosysteminside-BigData.com
In this deck from the 2015 PBS Works User Group, Thomas Leung from the GE Global Research Center presents: HPC Across the Enterprise: How HPC Transforms the Corporate Information Technology Ecosystem.
"The commercial world uses significant HPC resources for simulation and product design. An increasing number of HPC systems are deployed in the commercial space and their scale is getting larger and larger. These advanced systems push limits in every aspect of Enterprise IT. Accommodating such systems within the enterprise is a challenge, and there have been many recent changes to enterprise IT infrastructures and architectures resulting from the need to support HPC. Although Commercial HPC is part of the Supercomputing family, Commercial HPC has unique focus areas and challenges. Cloud, Data Lake, Industrial Internet, Internet of Things and Big Data have created a huge impact on HPC systems. Each of these initiatives offers new opportunities to both HPC itself and to the enterprise. HPC systems must change themselves to accept and accommodate these changes. This presentation covers how HPC transforms science in a corporate information technology ecosystem. It also explains the differences between Research HPC and Commercial HPC in terms of architecture, usage, resource planning and challenges."
Learn more: http://www.pbsworks.com/pbsug/2015/agenda.aspx
Watch the video presentation: https://youtu.be/bpP-HSLvzPg
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The power of the industrial internet has trasformed the use of equipment and given a boost to technology. In the case of paralell flow regenerative technolgy used in lime production, it has enabled lime producers to improve efficiency, reduce power demand and yeld significant cost benefits.
The power of the industrial internet has trasformed the use of equipment and given a boost to technology. In the case of paralell flow regenerative technolgy used in lime production, it has enabled lime producers to improve efficiency, reduce power demand and yeld significant cost benefits.
Adaptive Computing Using PlateSpin OrchestrateNovell
Adaptive computing goes beyond just intelligently utilizing available resources; it encompasses quality of service (QoS) targets, fault tolerance (high availability), monitoring, and iterative analysis of the resulting dataset to determine what corrective measures (adaptations) should occur at any given moment. As virtualization becomes widespread in the data center, the need for automating the placement and configuration of workloads (virtual machines) using an adaptive computing model becomes vitally important. This session demonstrates how to use events, introduced in PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0.2, to create rules that trigger workload provisioning, migration, and other virtual machine lifecycle operations. It will also offer a preview of new functionality included in the upcoming 2.1 release of the product.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
4. Business Challenges for KE:
Decision-grade data not available when needed
Plant monitoring is decentralized--- individually at different locations within the plant
No Standardized Performance Calculation tool for determining heat rate, material balance
and KPIs in real-time
No integration of plants operational data with KPI calculation & reporting
Costly and scarce fuel availability raises serious optimization challenges
Combined economic impact of different power plants not available in real time.
Data acquisition processing and calculations are man hour intensive
5. Advantages of Real Time Fleet Performance
Optimization
Enables real-time integrated data reporting and visualization tools to identify new optimization opportunities i.e
instead of isolated monitoring of individual plants; Collective /Fleet performance can be monitored
Enables real time remote monitoring and archiving of deviations in operation parameters and plant
performance
Maintenance planning and availability improvement. Potential identification of faults before they
occur
Identification of generating units where fuel consumption is higher; focus on causes resulting in fuel
wastages
Real Time Environmental Monitoring; Leads to reduction in Green House Gases
Essential for Economic Dispatch. Provides data on Loading Optimization of the Stations .
Analysis of Steam. Feed-water, condensate, air-fuel parameters would assist in efficiency improvement and Aux
Power reduction measures in real time
6. Measure to Manage Approach
“You cannot Manage (effectively)
what you cannot Measure
(Accurately) ”
- Jack Welch
9. Utilize an IT approach to Implementation a redundant system and
Systems Management
05 Distant Plant Locations
05 FT PI Historian Servers (Virtualized High Availability)
01 Central FT PI Server & Portal Server HO
05 Interface/Buffer Nodes
09 OPC Servers for DCS’s/PLC’s
(Honeywell, Rockwell, ABB, Emerson, GE, Siemens)
05 Individual NAS
05 3G/4G Modems as backup communication with HO
Users for Excel, Process Display and Web Portal
Cyber security and Network security via firewalls
12. Cabinet Details
• Essentials
– 02 Dell Rack Mounted Servers
– High Speed Switch
– X TB Storage Attached
– VMware, vSphere , vCenter
– OPC Buffer VM’s
– Historian VM’s in High Availability
– 24U Server Cabinet
– Cisco Firewalls
13. Why KE chose Virtualization
• Extended lifespan & easy replacement
• System should be able to run for
years
• Increased reliability
• High Availability of the system
• Virtual Redundant Systems
• Competitive Software Licensing
• KE IT already managing Virtual
Infrastructure
• Reduced operational and lifecycle cost
• Simplified administrative procedures
• Standardized SOPs for Disaster
Recovery Procedures.
• Avanceon – Solutions Expert in the
market
