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Tag: Ignition Edge

Edge Historian or Edge MES? Sorting Out What Ignition Edge, Kepware Edge, HighByte, and AVEVA Edge Actually Do

July 28, 2026 R2D2
Industrial edge computing gateway mounted in a control cabinet on a factory floor

Every edge box on the market now claims to be “MES-ready,” but buffering depth, store-and-forward logic, and transformation capability differ enough that the choice isn’t cosmetic. Here’s how to actually evaluate them.

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  • Industrial edge computing gateway mounted in a control cabinet on a factory floor
    July 28, 2026 R2D2

    Edge Historian or Edge MES? Sorting Out What Ignition Edge, Kepware Edge, HighByte, and AVEVA Edge Actually Do

    Every edge box on the market now claims...
    PRODUCTS & REVIEWS 
  • Server racks and industrial control screens representing a plant historian system
    July 27, 2026 R2D2

    Your Historian Is the Bottleneck Now: A Buyer’s Framework for the Cloud-MES Era

    As Opcenter X, Plex/Optix, and AVEVA CONNECT push...
    PRODUCTS & REVIEWS 
  • Industrial control room with SCADA dashboards displaying production data
    July 26, 2026 R2D2

    Ignition as MES-Lite: When It’s Enough, and When It Isn’t

    More mid-sized manufacturers are asking whether Ignition plus...
    PRODUCTS & REVIEWS 

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IT & Cyber Security

  • Server racks in an industrial control room representing OT backup and recovery infrastructure
    July 28, 2026 R2D2

    Your OT Recovery Plan Has an RTO Number Nobody Has Ever Tested

    Manufacturers are writing OT recovery time objectives into...
    IT & CYBER SECURITY 
  • Network diagram showing segmented industrial control zones with security gateways between levels
    July 26, 2026 R2D2

    Zero Trust Meets Zone and Conduit: A Practitioner’s Guide to Reconciling Two Segmentation Models

    IT wants zero trust plant-wide; OT already has...
    IT & CYBER SECURITY 
  • Engineer reviewing a cybersecurity advisory dashboard in an industrial control room
    July 25, 2026 R2D2

    CISA Advisories Aren’t Suggestions Anymore — Your Patch Triage Shouldn’t Be Either

    CISA's ICS advisories keep getting more frequent and...
    IT & CYBER SECURITY 

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