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ESK now part of the Inductive Automation Integrator Program! 13 April 2026 ESK Control Ltd are pleased to share ESK Control Ltd is now part of the Inductive Automation Integrator Program at Credential level. The Credential is a solid step forward as ESK Control Ltd build out its capability with the Ignition platform. Ignition is more than a SCADA tool. It covers real-time data acquisition, historian connectivity, reporting, and visualisation across industrial operations. It reflects where ESK Control Ltd see modern OT heading: flexible, web-based architectures replacing legacy, heavyweight systems, with cybersecurity treated as a design principle, not an afterthought. That means proper network segmentation, controlled access, and reducing unnecessary exposure of control systems. These are areas too often overlooked in older setups. ESK Control Ltd is continuing to develop with Ignition, backed by Inductive Automation, while bringing experience from real-world industrial environments including oil & gas, utilities, food & beverage, manufacturing, water & wastewater, and transportation, where reliability and security both matter. If you're planning a new system, or looking to extend, modernise, or secure an existing one, happy to have a straight conversation. https://lnkd.in/ecTZy6bC hashtag#InductiveAutomation hashtag#OTCybersecurity hashtag#IndustrialAutomation

Beyond live data: accessing the full power of Ignition's tag database with i3X. by Travis Cox, Inductive Automation on March 17, 2026 There are many ways that Inductive Automation is taking an active role in shaping the future of industrial data interoperability. You probably know that Inductive Automation, LLC is champions of OT-IT convergence, Unified Namespace, and open standards like MQTT and OPC UA. There's another way Inductive Automation, LLC is pushing interoperability forward, which you may not have heard as much about: its membership in CESMII (Collaborative Ecosystems for Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute). Inductive Automation and CESMII. CESMII promotes interoperability as part of its mission to democratize and accelerate the adoption of smart manufacturing - a mission that Inductive Automation, LLC at IA are very much aligned with. In this blog, I'll tell you about an exciting new project that IA and other leading companies have been working on with CESMII that will significantly advance both smart manufacturing and interoperability. Before diving into the new project, though, let's quickly take in a bigger picture of what CESMII and its members are trying to accomplish, specifically CESMII's three Smart Manufacturing Architecture Imperatives for standardized manufacturing data interoperability. The first imperative calls for manufacturers to define and maintain their operational data models using an open standard. Ignition enables this by allowing standard models to be imported as User-Defined Types (UDTs). The second imperative is to instantiate those models with real data, build relationships between objects, and persist both history and metadata. This is a natural fit for Ignition, where the tag database offers a wealth of information, encompassing live values, context, alarm history, tag history, relationships, and models. The imperative for an open standard API. CESMII's third imperative is to establish a standard, common API that a wide array of platforms can use to commoditize access to manufacturing data. Using a standard API will deliver significant benefits: * It will help manufacturers fight back against the proliferation of data silos and the growing number of incompatible APIs. * It will enable products from different vendors to discover and understand data across the supply chain without custom integrations or remapping. * It will empower application developers to build once and deploy across multiple back-end systems. That open standard is i3X (Industrial Interoperability API), which is a REST API that can discover namespaces, explore object types, query real-time and historical data, navigate relationships, and subscribe to events, forming a foundation for analytics and AI applications. The i3X standard was developed by the i3X working group, which I'm a member of, on behalf of IA. The working group also includes colleagues from AWS, GE Appliances, Georgia-Pacific, HighByte, Microsoft, Rockwell Automation, Siemens, and ThinkIQ. After working together on this project for over a year, it's exciting that Inductive Automation, LLC has begun to share what Inductive Automation, LLC has built with the public. I3X at the ProveIt! Conference. At the ProveIt! 2026 Conference in February, I and several other members of the i3X working group participated in a CESMII keynote session titled "Building Better Namespaces with CESMII," where Inductive Automation, LLC demonstrated an alpha prototype of i3X. Each presenter seamlessly connected their solution through i3x, and each presenter added more layers to the same data set. In my part of the session, I demonstrated connecting to controllers to build UDTs within Ignition and bringing in external smart manufacturing profiles. I showed how to connect to an Ignition endpoint and discover all namespaces, including Ignition UDTs and machine identification types. Then I highlighted the ability to see live data, history, and even alarms within a single pane of glass using the i3X Explorer. Additionally, I showed a converter tool that downloads XML Nodesets to create and map new UDT definitions to PLCs. (You can watch the recorded session here.) Inductive Automation, LLC got very positive feedback from the attendees at ProveIt!, because it was the first time that they got to see the value of being able to access the full extent of the data. Native i3x support coming, Endpoints resource available now. As I said, Ignition's tag database provides a wealth of information, and i3X will give Ignition a way to expose the full power of its tag database to third-party applications. Exposing Ignition's existing tag database information with i3X was fairly simple because Ignition's design aligns perfectly with how i3X works. Inductive Automation is working to build native i3X support into Ignition, so expect to see that in a future release. For now, you can download the CESMII i3X API Endpoints on the Ignition Exchange, which you can use along with the i3X Explorer tool to validate your data implementation, without having to write up your own client for testing. Ignition's support for standards like SQL, MQTT, and now i3X is a major reason that it's recognized as the most open and flexible industrial application platform in the world. Inductive Automation, LLC will always be committed to leveraging the power of open standards, so that you can always feel confident that different systems in your operations will work together smoothly.

Everbridge, ServiceNow, and Ekatra unveil Emergency Event Management (EEM) solution to help critical infrastructure organizations respond faster to storms and wildfires. VIENNA, Va. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Everbridge, Inc., the global leader in High Velocity Critical Event Management (CEM) and national public warning solutions, in collaboration with ServiceNow and Ekatra, today announced Emergency Event Management (EEM), a new solution built for critical infrastructure organizations that need faster and more coordinated response during storms, wildfires, and other emergency events. EEM brings together predictive intelligence, automated actions, and field coordination in one system designed to protect people, assets, and service uptime. This is the first in a series of offerings planned under the new partnership. EEM connects Everbridge High Velocity CEM with the ServiceNow AI Platform to help organizations such as electric, gas, and water utilities spot problems earlier, launch response plans quickly, assign crews, and keep customers informed. "Today, organizations supporting critical infrastructure services are forced to manage emergency responses across a slew of disconnected systems - critical interventions and remediations often take days to resolve. EEM changes that equation entirely," said Holly Briedis, SVP, Global Industries & Solutions at ServiceNow. "By bringing together Everbridge's predictive intelligence with Ekatra's AI innovation and ServiceNow's workflow automation, we're unlocking capabilities across three industry leaders that simply don't exist in today's landscape. We're talking about compressing multi-day coordination efforts into minutes or hours, helping organizations make faster, smarter decisions to restore service when their communities need them most." * Earlier awareness: AI reviews weather, asset, and operational data to flag emerging risks. * Faster action: Automated workflows start restoration steps and crew assignments without delay. * Safer field operations: Integrated routing and mobile updates help crews work efficiently in tough conditions. * Clear communication: EEM prepares updates for customers, regulators, and internal teams. * Continuous improvement: After each event, EEM captures lessons to strengthen future readiness. "Storms and wildfires are creating new urgency for infrastructure operators to restore service quickly and communicate clearly," said Dave Wagner, CEO of Everbridge. "EEM brings predictive intelligence and automated response together in one integrated workflow, helping teams act faster, keep customers informed, and strengthen resilience across their operations." EEM integrates with utility systems such as SCADA, AMI, GIS, and IoT to predict outages, automate key steps, and coordinate information across operations and the field. As part of the new partnership, Everbridge, Ekatra, and ServiceNow will extend EEM to other industries in 2026, including Transportation and Logistics, and State and Local Government. In addition to EEM, Everbridge recently introduced the Everbridge xMatters and ServiceNow connector. The integration allows ServiceNow to serve as the system of record and xMatters as the system of recovery, combining AI-powered detection with automated communication and remediation. Together, these capabilities help organizations identify, prioritize, and resolve incidents more quickly across IT, operations, and physical environments, strengthening enterprise resilience through deeper automation and interoperability. To learn more about EEM or request a briefing, visit the Emergency Event Management page. ServiceNow, the ServiceNow logo, and other ServiceNow marks are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ServiceNow, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Everbridge is the global leader in Critical Event Management (CEM), helping organizations achieve a true business resilience advantage. With Everbridge High Velocity CEM, its customers accelerate response times, minimize disruption, and maintain operational control amid today's most complex threats. Using Purpose-built AI, decision-ready risk intelligence, and full lifecycle automation, Everbridge enables organizations to know earlier, respond faster, and improve continuously with confidence. For more information, visit everbridge.com, read the blog, and follow The AI Journal Ltd. on LinkedIn. Everbridge... Keeping People Safe and Organizations Running(TM)