Cloud & Edge Computing: News, technologies and applications

View as Webpage | View Archives | Email a Friend

▶ Brought to you by Phoenix Contact Canada

With Seamless IT/OT integration the new edge device, VL3 UPC 2440 EDGE, offers unparalleled simplicity and openness for PLC controllers. Based on the VL3 box PC, it enables data to be processed and stored directly in the machine.

Learn More

News

Canada facing “emergency level” productivity problem, ICTC reports

Canada is facing an “emergency level” productivity problem characterized by only a 0.9 per cent increase in labour productivity over the last decade.

Infosys releases inaugural Manufacturing Tech Index: AI Pulse

Infosys has released its inaugural Manufacturing Tech Index: AI Pulse, a research report that examines how manufacturers across the globe adopt, invest in and scale AI across their enterprise.

Dematic launches intelligence platform for warehouse operations

The solution aims to unify real-time monitoring, AI-enhanced decision support and operational analytics into a single interface to help distribution centres better understand and manage operations.

Agentic AI global race being led by U.S. and China

The surge is driven by enterprise demand for autonomous decision-making, multi-agent orchestration and scalable cloud-native AI infrastructure as organizations accelerate deployment from pilots to production-grade systems.

Features

Control goes to code

Adoption of vPLC technology promises to make control technology less costly and more accessible. The new paradigm, however, requires a major cultural shift.

Computing on the edge: Leveraging unlimited computing resources

Cloud computing provides companies access to unlimited computing resources, while operational technology (OT) edge computing helps them leverage that power on the shop floor.

Events

Date: April 20 - 24, 2026
Location: Hannover, Germany

Hannover Messe 2026

Date: May 6, 2026
Location: Toronto Ont.

Advance: Women in Manufacturing Breakfast

Date: May 11-12, 2026
Location: Montreal, Que.

Montreal Manufacturing Technology Show (MMTS)

Date: June 2, 2026
Location: Toronto, Ont.

Canadian Automation Leadership Summit 2026

Date: June 22 - 26, 2026
Location: Chicago, Ill.

Automate 2026

CASL | Privacy | Accessibility | Unsubscribe

If you click any ad links, we may provide your contact information (not your email) to that advertiser or sponsor.

Annex Business Media

P.O. Box 530, 105 Donly Drive S,
Simcoe, ON, Canada N3Y 4N5

Customer Service: Tel 1-800-668-2374