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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

Business Wakes Up to the IoT

November 22, 2013/by Bob McIlvride

The main finding from an Economist Intelligence Unit report is that there is a quiet but significant interest among companies of all sizes in the Internet of Things.

Is Convergence the Future for Industrial Automation?

October 1, 2013/by Bob McIlvride

As we move towards a single social village, the powerful force of convergence is being felt in business and industry. Are process control and automation next?

Get Ready for the Industrial Internet

July 30, 2013/by Bob McIlvride

What happens when you add 200 years of the industrial revolution to 20 years of the Internet revolution? The “Industrial Internet,” will boost the world’s economy significantly, says GE.

Cisco Values the Internet of Everything (IoE) in Trillions

July 11, 2013/by Bob McIlvride

In a recent white paper, Cisco visionaries say that the Internet of Things (IoT) will evolve into the Internet of Everything (IoE), and the value at stake is estimated at $14.4 trillion.

The Magnitude of the Internet of Things

May 23, 2013/by Bob McIlvride

For the past few years leaders of thought in major companies and research firms have been creating a number of market forecasts for the Internet of Things…

Investing in the Internet of Things

May 9, 2013/by Bob McIlvride

As the Internet of Things becomes more and more a reality, we can expect an increasing amount of capital to flow towards the underlying technologies…