- July 13, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the July 2018 issue of electroindustry.
Marjorie Romeyn-Sanabria, Communication Specialist, IDEA
Ms. Romeyn-Sanabria is a former journalist, commentator, and editor. This is her first year in the electrical industry.
Propelled by energy efficiency and smart buildings stocked with Internet of Things (IoT) equipment, the new influx of product data is transforming the electrical supply chain. It is shifting from a conventional network of relationships that depend on product knowledge and years of industry experience to a collaborative effort where
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- July 11, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the July 2018 issue of electroindustry.
Herb Villa, Senior Systems Consultant, Data Center Solutions, Rittal North America LLC
Mr. Villa has been involved in all aspects of data center and system design, installation, and operations for more than 20 years.
As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to grow at an exponential rate, there is a greater need to make things easier, safer, closer, and—critically—more secure, especially in the supply chain.
As data centers and IT spaces in general get
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- July 9, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the July 2018 issue of electroindustry.
Clark R. Silcox, General Counsel, NEMA
Although “disruption” has been a buzzword for decades, in economics dates back to Joseph Schumpeter’s 1942 book, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy. In it, he coined the term “creative destruction” to refer to “the incessant product and process innovation mechanism by which new production units replace outdated ones.” He called it an “essential fact about capitalism.”
Applied more broadly, creative destruction arguably has its roots in the works
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- July 6, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the July 2018 issue of electroindustry.
What is the edge and what does it have to do with the Internet of Things (IoT)?
Join us as we learn the benefits of edge computing from:
Lalit Canaran, vice president of emerging technologies and IoT at SAP, and co-chair of the Industrial Internet Consortium Edge Computing Task Group
Saurabh Mishra, who drives product strategy for building the next generation of analytical solutions for the IoT at SAS
Brett Murphy, senior director of market development
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- July 2, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the July 2018 issue of electroindustry.
As business leaders, we all want to own our customers and have the ability to anticipate their needs. Those relationships ensure that we have a loyal group of customers that aren't going to go anywhere.
Owning the customer is becoming more of a challenge though. Customers are more connected. They have more choices. They have high expectations. They want more value than what's described in the features and benefits of
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- July 1, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the July 2018 issue of electroindustry.
William Mao, Global Product Marketing Manager for Power Transformers, ABB
Mr. Mao has held various sales and management positions in the electroindustry.
The United States Congress, the U.S. Department of Energy, and many public utilities have stated in recent years that it is critical for the country to create a national spare transformer program in order to ensure greater grid reliability and resilience in case of superstorms, physical attacks on the
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- June 30, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the July 2018 issue of electroindustry.
Steve Griffith, PMP, Industry Director, NEMA
Mr. Griffith is the NEMA industry director for the Transportation Systems Division and the principal staff liaison for NEMA’s Internet of Things and Cybersecurity activities.
Whether a breach in cybersecurity results in a power outage (and the resulting disruption to homes, businesses, hospitals, etc.), stolen financial information or intellectual property, compromised medical imaging data, or even a hacked vehicle that can be controlled remotely, cyberattacks
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- June 29, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the June 2018 issue of electroindustry.
Bryan P. Holland, South Field Representative, NEMA
Nearly 1,200 code change proposals were submitted to the International Code Council (ICC) for the 2018 Group A code cycle that includes the International Building Code (IBC), International Fire Code (IFC), and several other ICC codes (collectively known as I-Codes) containing requirements related to electric, alarm, and emergency communication products. Proposed changes were discussed and voted on during public hearings held in April.
While nearly every
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