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About Bob McIlvride

Bob McIlvride is the Director of Communications at Skkynet, as well as Communications Manager at Cogent Real-Time Systems, and is responsible for writing and editing technical documentation and marketing communications, as well as keeping in touch with sales partners and customers. He has a Master’s degree in Professional Writing, and 25 years experience writing and publishing in the natural gas and process control industries. He has lived on three continents, speaks three languages, and considers the whole world as his home.

Entries by Bob McIlvride

Skkynet Technology Featured in IEEE Paper and Presentation

July 19, 2016/by Bob McIlvride

Paper and presentation at IEEE demonstrate the feasibility and value of cloud-based data communications for smart grid testbeds.

Will Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) Improve the IIoT?

July 12, 2016/by Bob McIlvride

Is current Internet technology sufficient for the needs of Industry 4.0 or the IIoT? Or could it be better with Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN)?

Industrial IoT, Big Data & M2M Summit―Takeaways

June 28, 2016/by Bob McIlvride

A common theme throughout the summit was that the IoT casts such a wide net that nobody can do all of it well. We need to work together.

Will IT and OT Converge?

June 14, 2016/by Bob McIlvride

IT and OT, Information and Operational Technology, have grown up separately. Yet now they may be learning to live under one roof.

New Whitepaper: Will IT and OT Converge?

June 14, 2016/by Bob McIlvride

For a long time, IT and OT have functioned separately from each other. Now these two worlds are beginning to make contact.

Skkynet and Partners to Host Seminar: “Technology and Business for the IoT Era”

June 7, 2016/by Bob McIlvride

Industry leaders hold seminar to share best practices for translating the vision of Industrial IoT and Industry 4.0 into practical reality.