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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

SCADA Professionals Weigh In

by Bob McIlvride

For the past few weeks members of the SCADA Professionals group of Linkedin have been discussing the question: “When you think of a cloud based SCADA/monitoring system, what issues come to your mind?”

Getting to Ten in Ten

by Bob McIlvride

The other day I saw a video and presentation called Ten in Ten – Ten Technology Trends that Will Change the World in Ten Years by Dave Evans, the Chief Futurist at Cisco…

CEO Perspectives 4: Leading the Transformation

by Bob McIlvride

While the more conservative players are willing to sit back and take a wait-and-see approach to cloud computing, a growing number of companies are diving in, and leading the transformation…

CEO Perspectives 3: Reconsidering Security

by Bob McIlvride

When the subject of cloud computing comes up, one question seems to always be lurking in the backs of our minds: Is it secure? This is particularly true for real-time systems.

CEO Perspectives 2: Changing Misconceptions

by Bob McIlvride

In his article “What Every CEO Needs to Know About the Cloud,” Andrew McAfee suggests that we may be moving into a space where the old rules don’t always apply…

CEO Perspectives 1: Surprise Benefits

by Bob McIlvride

Harvard Business Review contributor Andre McAfee suggests that we don’t really know all the implications of cloud computing, and points out some surprising benefits