Choosing the correct system for an application can help optimise safety, enhance productivity and reduce costs.

Software Defined Networking (SDN) has proven to be a very attractive technology among service providers and data centre operators, however enterprises are taking longer to be convinced of its benefits.

Twenty fifteen was UNESCO’s International Year of Light and Light based Technologies. It was a celebration of past milestones in optics and photonics and a look forward into it’s future. We celebrated 1,000 years of Arabic optics, 150 years since James Maxwell’s electrodynamics, 100 years since Albert Einstein’s general relativity and 50 years since the … Continue reading Small and bright: what nanophotonics means for you →

Customers have become accustomed to the all too familiar process of buying a product and being stuck with it until the time comes to upgrade or replace it. Although the object – whether it is a light bulb or copier, an MRI machine or piece of telecommunications equipment – seems to fit your needs at … Continue reading Everything as a Service – how IoT Is Transforming Objects into Services →

PACE managing editor Branko Miletic spoke to Hitachi’s CTO/Vice President & Chief Engineer Global Solutions, Strategy & Development IT Platform Division Michael Hay about how the company’s ideas on repurposing IP is leading the way to a better understanding of how innovation can be managed more usefully.

Companies tend to replace their Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems for one of two reasons. Either an existing system has reached the end of its operational life, or it is no longer providing the level of support required writes Robert Frandsen, Managing Director of InfoMotion.

Companies urged to protect their mobile devices with the same robust security as traditional PCs and networks. Research by Check Point Software Technologies, the largest pure-play security vendor globally, has identified more than 1,400 different malware families globally during February this year. For the second month running, the Conficker, Sality, and Dorkbot families were the … Continue reading The threat of mobile malware is rising →

Data has completely revolutionised how we live from the way we utilise technology and interact with our loved ones to how we go about our work. In fact, almost 90 per cent of all the data in the world today has been generated over the past two years alone. People and machines are gaining easier … Continue reading Leveraging data for smarter energy management →

It was Groucho Marx who said, “While money can’t buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.” Quite true, but what if there’s no money coming in from work because your job’s been taken over by a machine? Low wage earners appear to be most at risk from automation. In February … Continue reading What to do when machines take our jobs? Give everyone free money for doing nothing →

The decision to replace Australia’s submarines has been stalled for too long by politicians afraid of the bad media about “dud subs” the Collins class got last century. Collins class subs deserved criticism in the 1990s. They did not meet Royal Australian Navy (RAN) specifications. But in this century, after much effort, they came good. Though they are expensive, Collins class boats have “sunk” … Continue reading Could robot submarines replace the ageing Collins class? →

To say that the global manufacturing industry has undergone an era of profound upheaval (or disruption) would be an understatement. Today, there is another, more far-reaching form of disruption in the manufacturing sector, also known as the Internet of Things or IoT. The IoT is fast becoming one of most disruptive forces that Australia’s and … Continue reading Disruption in the form of the IoT →

Cyber security is about more than just protecting computer systems. In 2014, hackers caused massive damage to a German steel mill, after a cyber attack disrupted its control system, preventing a blast furnace from shutting down. More recently, hackers hijacked the systems of two power distribution companies in Ukraine and cut power to more than … Continue reading 5 ways to protect industrial networks from cyber attack →

Just like cables, switches and routers, the Domain Name System (DNS) is a critical component in business data networks. Every organisation needs a functioning DNS to allow proper routing of traffic and to maintain everything from email systems to public-facing websites.

Boutique manufacturers Astir Frames, Bouwmeester Composites and Finch Composites are taking advantage of South Australia’s strong manufacturing history and access to university testing facilities to gain a foothold in the potentially lucrative cycling market.

More and more manufacturers are taking advantage of mobile computing devices in the workplace, but many remain unaware of the problems they can generate.

The right compressed air improves performance while efficient air preparation improves machine productivity.

Steel plants achieve efficient and fault-free production processes with effective logistics concepts. Every steel plant has its own production cycle.

Australia boasts world-class capabilities to manufacture propellants and high explosives. To retain these capabilities and ensure ongoing domestic access to munitions and explosives, aging manufacturing plants can benefit from investing in new technologies.

It’s very hard to overstate how important the power grid is to any society and its economy. Every critical infrastructure, from communications to water, is built on it and every important business function from banking to milking cows is completely dependent on it.

Performance and reliability have been the cornerstones of every successful car brand since the birth of the automotive industry.