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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 Joins Canadian Business Mission to Japan

by Bob McIlvride

In a two-week business mission, Skkynet meets with companies like NTT-Data, Rakuten, and Softbank, and signs an MOU with partner BellChild.

Making OPC UA Secure for the Industrial IoT

by Bob McIlvride

OPC UA is secure inside the plant. The challenge of making OPC UA secure for the IIoT is to give secure access to OPC UA data through a closed perimeter.

Industrial Analytics: Extracting Value from IoT Data

by Bob McIlvride

Industrial Analytics will turn IIoT data into increased revenue, according to executives at leading industrial companies in Europe and worldwide.

Cogent and BellChild to Launch Next Generation iBRESS Service

by Bob McIlvride

Skkynet subsidiary Cogent Real-Time Systems signs MOU with BellChild to offer next-generation iBRESS cloud service for Industrie 4.0 and Industrial IoT.

The View from SPS IPC Drives 2016

by Bob McIlvride

At SPS IPC Drives, the leading industrial automation show in Europe, the common wisdom is that VPN is “good enough” for IoT security. But is it?

Cogent Introduces OPC UA-Enabled DataHub at SPS IPC Drives

by Bob McIlvride

At SPS IPC Drives 2016 Skkynet subsidiary Cogent Real-Time Systems will demo a release candidate of Cogent DataHub with OPC UA support.