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Interoperable smart grid systems: Bridging legacy and future systems

Alexander Punzenberger explores practical approaches to improve interoperability in smart grids and connect legacy energy infrastructure with modern digital systems.

Understanding the water-energy nexus: A digital future for desalination networks

By Khalid Qarooni

Khalid Qarooni explores how digital automation platforms help utilities optimize desalination and water infrastructure while improving energy efficiency.

From control to coordination: can zenon become the central hypervisor for OT systems?

By Jean-Baptiste Quiqueran-Beaujeu

Jean-Baptiste Quiqueran-Beaujeu explores how OT hypervisors coordinate complex systems, and how zenon software enables unified orchestration.

Modular production in practice: Memo3’s vision for the future

By Giuseppe Menin

Memo3 founder Josef Trapl shares how modular design and software-defined automation are reshaping process industries.

Unlocking hidden value: Why industrial data is a CFO’s best friend

By Johannes Wolf

Johannes Wolf explains how industrial dataflows support CFOs to reduce costs, improve investment decisions and mitigate business risk.

Substation virtualization: Preparing automation for future grids

By Stefan Hufnagl

Stefan Hufnagl explores how substation virtualization is helping grid operators integrate renewables and prepare automation systems for the future.

Driving efficiency and flexibility through IT/OT convergence

By Stephan Nobis

Stephan Nobis explores how IT/OT convergence supports real-time insights, operational efficiency and agility across modern industrial environments.

How NIS2 is redefining cybersecurity for industrial and energy systems

By Stephan Nobis

NIS2 is here. Stephan Nobis discusses why Europe’s critical infrastructure must move from compliance to continuous cybersecurity – or face severe risks.

How the Middle East’s modern power systems are harnessing AI for advanced energy management

By Khalid Qarooni

Khalid Qarooni explores how AI is powering the Middle East’s shift toward smarter grids, cleaner energy and data-driven trading.

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Digitalization, automation and more: our industry experts on the fusion of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT).