Bob McIlvride, Director of Communications

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 at SCF 2015 in Tokyo

by Bob McIlvride

System Control Fair (SCF) exhibits by members of the ThunderCloud Alliance will use Skkynet’s DataHub® and WebView™ technologies for data connectivity and display.

Nine Pillars of Technology Called Industry 4.0

by Bob McIlvride

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) identifies nine pillars of Industry 4.0, four of which Skkynet is involved in, while the other five are closely related.

Is the IoT Old Hat for Industry?

by Bob McIlvride

A commentary at Forbes says the IoT has been around for years in industry–at least connectivity to data sources has. The Internet is something else again.

Skkynet Top10 Winner at Nokia Open Innovation Challenge 2015

by Bob McIlvride

Demos using Skkynet’s SkkyHub™ and DataHub® featured at the Nokia pavilion in the Slush high-tech entrepreneur/investor gathering in Helsinki. Mississauga, Ontario, November 11, 2015 – Skkynet Cloud Systems, Inc. (“Skkynet” or “the Company”) (OTCQB:SKKY), a global leader in real-time cloud information systems, has been selected by Nokia as a Top10 winner in the Nokia Open […]

Industrial IoT Myths – Busted!

by Bob McIlvride

The Industrial IoT is starting to accumulate a mythology, according to one observer, where IoT myths may arise from real concerns among industrial users.

Security for Industrial IoT

by Bob McIlvride

Remote data access is not new. However, several fundamental problems have arisen from a need to provide secure remote access to real-time systems on the Industrial IoT. Find out how Skkynet’s secure-by-design approach closes all firewalls and eliminates exposure to the Internet, IT networks, and plant networks–all with no VPN or additional hardware or software.