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🚀 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎+ 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬! 🎉 We are thrilled to announce that the 𝐈𝐈𝐨𝐓 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢-𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, developed by 4.0 Solutions with Instructor Walker Reynolds and produced by Zack Scriven, has surpassed 𝟏𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 since its launch just 4 years ago! 🌟 🎓 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐈𝐨𝐓 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢-𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞? 🔹 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬: Yes, our comprehensive IIoT Mini-Course is completely FREE! 🔹 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐞: Over 3,000 participants have completed the course, achieving a 30% completion rate and earning their IIoT Credential. 🔹 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: Whether you're aiming for a promotion, launching a new project, or accelerating your MES journey from 2 years to just 2 months, our 8-week program is designed to help you crush your goals. 🔹 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: Learn from industry leaders like Walker Reynolds and benefit from the exceptional support of our Education & Community Outreach Specialist, Vaughn Turner. 🔹 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲: Connect with over 10,000+ professionals dedicated to mastering the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). 🌟 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬! Whether you're a manufacturer, an end-user, or a customer, our mini-course equips you with the skills and knowledge to excel in the rapidly evolving IIoT landscape. 👉 𝐄𝐧𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐍𝐨𝐰 https://lnkd.in/gnsFDqz4 📞 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? If you have any questions or need assistance with enrollment, feel free to reach out to Vaughn Turner or contact us at contact@40solutions.com. Best regards, The 4.0 Solutions Team Digital Transformation Experts IIoT University

Inspired by Jeff Winter’s 4 Pillars for Industry 4.0, we know that focusing on tech often attracts criticism from the outside. Some have even said we’re too obsessed with technology, but what they don’t see is that, on the inside, we deeply leverage the 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 (𝐔𝐍𝐒) to drive real business model transformations. At 4.0 Solutions, it’s not just about integrating systems; it’s about empowering our team and clients to overcome political challenges, identify internal champions, and lead change. Our content, conferences, and training programs emphasize leadership and effective communication essentials. For example, experts like Ema Roloff at the ProveIt! Conference emphasized that 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 isn’t merely announced... it must be truly embraced. If you think digital transformation is just a buzzword, or you're still skeptical about how the Unified Namespace can truly drive change, then I invite you to watch the full breakdown on YouTube. Watch it here 👉 https://lnkd.in/e8p299YM #DigitalTransformation #Industry40 #UnifiedNamespace #UNS #Leadership #ChangeManagement #40solutions Walker Reynolds #IIOT #BusinessTransformation Zack Scriven

NEW VIDEO: Inductive Automation & Cirrus Link Solutions at ProveIt! 2025 What happens when the co-creator of MQTT teams up with the innovators behind Ignition? You get a masterclass in unlocking industrial data from edge to cloud — and that’s exactly what Travis Cox and Arlen Nipper delivered.  Key Highlights: A full edge-to-cloud journey built on Ignition + MQTT + Sparkplug Unified Namespace implementation across a virtual factory Dynamic press modeling with reusable UDTs and automated deployment Real-time data ingestion into Snowflake — no code required Seamless alarm control, historization, and cloud integration Transparent licensing and rapid deployment — weeks, not months Most jaw-dropping moment: Travis defined, deployed, historized, and visualized a new press — live — in under 2 minutes. Why does it matter? Because this is how modern infrastructure gets built. Open standards, rapid iteration, and single sources of truth. This session is a blueprint for what’s possible in your digital factory.  Engineers, architects, and digital leaders — this one’s for you. Watch Now: https://lnkd.in/ebVZwXff #ProveIt2025 #Industry40 #MQTT #Sparkplug #UnifiedNamespace #DigitalTransformation #Ignition #CirrusLink #SCADA #IIoT #40Solutions

Nailed it, Rick. Now is the time… all the stakeholders are primed, digital fluency in U.S. Manufacturing continues to rise; colleges and universities led by Penn Tech, UTD and others are teaching digital transformation in an application centric mode with actual IIoT Platforms; executives are beginning to understand the important of IT as a service org first (before security and compliance); investors understand the importance of sound architecture as a pre-requisite for successful digital transformation. The last piece of the puzzle? Political incentives for on-shoring. 100% now is the time. 💪 #digitaltransformation #unifiednamespace #iiot #industry4

This week's OptoBlog news features content from this year's ProveIt! Conference. Watch the live demo to see how brownfield and greenfield assets integrate into a Unified Namespace #UNS for a competitive edge: https://op22.co/4iYH9BK

Noise… it’s the biggest problem manufacturers face today. I recently asked Walker Reynolds and the team internally at 4.0 Solutions this question: “What’s the biggest problem manufacturers face today?” In 2018, everyone was asking “Why do we need digital transformation?” Today, we know the why. The real struggle is “What tools should we choose, and HOW do we deploy them?” Walker’s advice: 🔹 Pick a “Swiss Army knife” platform that can connect, collect, store, analyze, and visualize data quickly. 🔹 Land and expand. Start small, prove ROI fast, then build out capabilities. 🔹 Tie everything to real business problems… Your why shapes what to implement. Cut through the vendor noise by staying laser-focused on your specific use case. That’s how you avoid shiny-object syndrome and deliver real, measurable value in manufacturing. 🚀 What

HighByte Proves Why Industrial DataOps Is the Future | ProveIt! 2025   What happens when the leader in industrial data engineering shows what’s possible with Intelligence Hub?   You get a jaw-dropping session that walks through exactly how to build a Unified Namespace (UNS) that scales—backed by real-world lessons from over 80 customers across 400+ sites.   At ProveIt! 2025, HighByte showed why the Intelligence Hub isn’t just middleware—it’s a powerful data modeling engine that empowers you to integrate, contextualize, and deliver industrial data across your enterprise with no-code precision.   Highlights from the session include: ✅ A step-by-step breakdown of UNS architecture   ✅ Live demonstrations of HighByte Intelligence Hub   ✅ Real-world use cases for quality, MES integration, traceability & more   ✅ How to scale interoperability across Snowflake, Ignition, PI, and more   ✅ AI-driven contextualization for rapid scaling   ✅ Why solving for payload > solving for protocol   John Harrington, Aron Semle, Jeffrey Schroeder and the HighByte team didn’t just tell us what their platform can do—they proved it.   Watch the full session now and see why HighByte is the go-to for scalable, flexible, and future-ready industrial data infrastructure.   👉 https://lnkd.in/e4sufcKi  

📺 Now Available: Siemens’ ProveIt! 2025 Session! We’re proud to release the official recording of Siemens’ ProveIt! 2025 session—a standout moment from the conference that proves Siemens is not just talking about digital transformation—they’re engineering it. Led by Caleb Eastman and sofiane boukhezzar, this session showcased the real-world power of WinCC OA—not just as a SCADA platform, but as an advanced engineering IIoT platform purpose-built for solving complex control and integration challenges. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 🔸 How Siemens extended the Unified Namespace (UNS) at both the edge and orchestration layers 🔸 Real-time discovery, replication, and interaction with UNS data structures using WinCC OA 🔸 Runtime engineering: no shutdowns, no reboots—dashboards and logic built on the fly 🔸 A scalable and safe interface between AI models and control systems—enforcing control integrity 🔸 Why AI models should never write directly to the PLC—and how Siemens solved it with structure and safety 🔸 Live demo of how WinCC OA enables safe bidirectional communication between the AI layer and the control stream 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧? 🔹 It demonstrates what it truly means to go beyond the dashboard—turning data into safe, actionable intelligence 🔹 It proves WinCC OA isn’t just SCADA—it’s a full IIoT platform, built by and for engineers 🔹 It shows how Siemens enables autonomous operations without losing control of the control layer This session is the heart of what ProveIt! is all about—real innovation, no sales pitch. 🎥 Watch now and see how Siemens is redefining the control layer for Industry 4.0: https://lnkd.in/gq98kxa7 #ProveIt2025 #Siemens #WinCCOA #SmartManufacturing #DigitalTransformation #EdgeComputing #IIoT #UNS #WalkerReynolds #40Solutions

🎥 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞: 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐗’𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐈𝐭! 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧! We’re excited to release the official recording of MaintainX’s ProveIt! 2025 session—one of the most talked-about presentations of the conference, and the only CMMS demo to meet our full technical bar for UNS integration. 🙌 Led by Nick Haase, Alex Marotta, and Mathieu Bélanger, the MaintainX team delivered a powerful session focused on bridging the gap between data and action—showing how work execution is the missing link in most digital transformation strategies. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞: 🔸 Why a dashboard alone isn’t enough—and how to turn insights into action 🔸 How MaintainX enriches the Unified Namespace by consuming and producing MQTT data natively 🔸 The 𝟗 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 every CMMS must track to reduce MTTR and predict failures (hint: most only track 3) 🔸 How MaintainX empowers frontline technicians through real-time asset updates, co-pilot instructions, and native mobile execution 🔸 A live demo of how fast you can deploy and scale CMMS connected to the UNS—no custom dev work required 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧? 🔹 It shows how true work execution transforms your digital strategy 🔹 It proves why MaintainX was the only CMMS at the conference 🔹 It highlights the real-world value of merging maintenance intelligence with UNS architecture No fluff. No sales pitch. Just a live walkthrough of what connected maintenance looks like in a UNS-driven architecture. 📺 Watch now and see why MaintainX is setting the standard for work execution in smart manufacturing: 👉 https://lnkd.in/gGAszx7s #ProveIt2025 #MaintainX #UNS #SmartMaintenance #CMMS #DigitalTransformation #IIoT #WorkExecution #MQTT #WalkerReynolds #40Solutions

“At the end of the day, the needs for data will keep changing. And your factory does change too.” - John Harrington Watch the full HighByte ProveIt! session on their YouTube channel! 👇 https://lnkd.in/g7VNhkdi