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  • January 2023

    "Industrial networking" is a term most people didn't even recognize 10 years ago. Fast forward to the Industrial Internet of Things and the value companies clearly see in production and machine-health data. As network hardware and software advance, how much longer will manufacturers need to delegate employees whose job it is to design, implement and maintain industrial communications? Are the days of the network engineer numbered?
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