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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

Connecting the Worlds of IT and OT

by Bob McIlvride

The worlds of IT and OT have grown up separately, creating a huge opportunity loss. The Industrial IoT has the potential to bring them together, to power real-time analytics and predictive technologies.

Case Study: BP Pipelines, USA

by Bob McIlvride

BP Pipelines uses the Cogent DataHub to integrate legacy and new systems, connecting Sybase, Oracle, and leak detection tools.

Case Study: Siemens, Denmark

by Bob McIlvride

Siemens engineers in Copenhagen connect equipment and instrumentation in a high-security facility to a remote monitoring location, using Cogent DataHub

Case Study: Schneider Electric FZE, Dubai

by Bob McIlvride

Schneider Electric FZE integrates building security with energy management for state-of-the-art energy efficiency at significant cost savings.

Case Study: Coca-Cola Bottler, Ireland

by Bob McIlvride

State-of-the-art Coca-Cola plant uses DataHub scripts to integrate alarm data and reports.

Case Study: Kimberly-Clark, Switzerland

by Bob McIlvride

Kimberly-Clark production facility in Niederbipp, Switzerland, uses Cogent DataHub to network video systems for quality control.