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    The PI System Empowers Academic Futures on Campus

    by Lev Feigin|January 21, 2019

     Last month, a team of Virginia Tech students won the prestigious 2018 Solar Decathlon Middle East in Dubai for designing and building a modular, energy-positive smart home they call FutureHAUS. The OSIsoft’s Academic Program helped the students design a state-of-the-art home through real-time data.

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    Treat the Whole Machine

    by Heath Howland|January 18, 2019
    In heavy industry, it can be a struggle to create a complete picture of a machine’s health. Mostly, we take action based on “snapshot information” and wind up treating symptoms after they have already affected machine and system performance. This machinery snapshot data is analogous to the vital signs that a nurse takes when a patient is admitted to her ER. It’s important information, but it is not enough context to make decisions about care.
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    Why do I need a PI System if I have a data lake?

    by Das Rush|January 16, 2019
    Imagine for a moment that you are going to the hospital for surgery. You check in and as they prepare to administer general anesthesia, they tell you that they no longer monitor vital signs during surgery.The surgeon calmly explains that they received your most recent medical data from your general practitioner, and they have that on file and can pull it and look at it if they need to. No need to worry - they have all your data on file and will pull it if anything goes wrong.

    Now, what does this scenario have to do with the PI System and data lakes? A lot. The PI System is the EKG machine for operations, while a data lake is more like a set of patient charts.
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    IDC Perspective on OSIsoft: Data is the Lifeblood for Decision-centric Computing

    by Das Rush|January 11, 2019
    The three central considerations to turn raw sensor data into more effective decision-making? Access, context, and data integrity.
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    Is the PI System an Appication Development Platform?

    by MIchael Kanellos|December 19, 2018
    Building an app? Let the PI System be your data engine.
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    America’s Water Infrastructure Act

    by David Cox|November 19, 2018

    America’s Water Infrastructure Act is a sweeping bipartisan budget package passed by Congress. David Cox of FirmoGraphs examines what its provisions mean for the industrial world.  

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    Industry 4.0: Approaching IIoT in process-centric industries

    by Yong Thé|October 30, 2018
    A 3-part introduction to Industrial IoT by Yong Thé, OSIsoft's Regional Account Manager. The articles cover everything from edge devices and fog computing to IT/OT convergence and other key topics.
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    Is Vibration Data the Gateway Drug for Predictive Maintenance?

    by Lev Feigin|October 25, 2018
    An OSIsoft expert shares best practices and technical know-how to help you get started with vibration monitoring of rotating equipment.
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    Will the Oil Industry Revolutionize Grid Storage? Maybe Says MIT Prof

    by Michael Kanellos|October 19, 2018
    Lithium may get stuck at $80 a kilowatt/hour. That gives an opening for sodium, sulfur and the rest of the Periodic Table.
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    PI World Barcelona: By the Numbers

    by Michael Kanellos|September 27, 2018