Industrial Automation: A Safer Software Foundation

Modern Industrial Automation Needs a Safer Software Foundation
Oct. 2, 2026

Discover how a safer software foundation can help industrial organizations modernize PLC-centric systems for a more connected, intelligent and software-defined future.

  • Learn why deterministic performance, functional safety and cybersecurity increasingly need to be addressed at the platform level.
  • Explore how microkernel isolation and virtualization help consolidate real-time control, AI, analytics, connectivity and HMI workloads while maintaining workload separation and fault containment.
  • Understand how safety-certified software and security-by-design can reduce certification scope, risk, development time and cost.
  • See how QNX helps engineering teams reduce latency and jitter, integrate legacy systems and accelerate development without compromising predictable execution.
  • Learn how these capabilities support resilient, scalable industrial systems built for the next generation of automation.