Industrial IoT (IIoT) posts

How to build a working industrial agentic AI pilot in an afternoon: industrial connectivity, an MCP server, a small local model, orchestration and a chat interface.

Industrial digitalization has become unnecessarily complex, with many organizations overwhelmed by oversized architectures and AI-first strategies before they even get started. In this article, we explore a simpler approach: start by connecting one machine, collecting one stream of data, building one dashboard, or automating one workflow. Because in industrial transformation, starting small is often the smartest way.

The partnership combines Barbara's industrial Edge AI platform with AG Solution's advisory and implementation expertise to turn one-plant successes into organization-wide capabilities.

Every industrial company today is looking for the same profile: someone who understands machines, networks, data, cloud, and AI. Someone who can connect a PLC, deploy a container, troubleshoot a VPN, and explain why the data pipeline is broken. And... surprise, surprise... they can't find it. In this article we explain why.