Software-defined networking (SDN) has been around long enough that it faces a paradox: Everyone thinks they know what SDN is, but many don’t actually realize how far SDN has evolved from its origins and how varied SDN solutions have become.
As organizations in all sectors have rapidly emptied their offices and sent their employees home to comply with ever more expansive shelter-in-place and quarantine mandates, replicating the full breadth of services remotely has been IT’s singular priority.
This paper provides a high-level overview of software trustworthiness for developers, owner-operators and decision makers in industrial internet of things (IIoT) systems. We address various aspects of creating, acquiring and protecting software. We provide practical and actionable best practices for recognizing, addressing managing and mitigating risks and their sources, whether
developed in-house or acquired.
The ultimate challenge working in a live facility is not just replacing the existing control system, but thoroughly testing the new system without exposing the critical load to unplanned outages.
April 15, 2020
This article is presented in two parts and its purpose is twofold. In Part 1 we propose a simplified plan that breaks down the controls upgrade process into manageable parts, and positions facility owners to minimize risk by effectively planning and executing the equipment installation, including thorough commissioning, without jeopardizing ongoing data center operations.