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Technology Selection Highlights

August 6, 2026 BY Inderpreet Shoker

Digital Worker Technologies

ARC’s MarketMap for Digital Worker Technologies for Manufacturing helps decision makers assess suppliers, understand market structure, and reduce risk when selecting solutions for industrial and infrastructure environments.

Autonomous Exception Management in Logistics Execution

Enterprise Asset Management

Formulation Technologies

Market Intelligence Highlights

August 21, 2026 BY Jim Frazer

Engineering Design Tools for Plants, Infrastructure, and Building Information Modeling

The Engineering Design Tools (EDT) and BIM market continues to evolve as organizations accelerate digital transformation across the architecture, engineering, and infrastructure sectors.

I/O Modules for Discrete Automation

Pressure Relief Valves and Devices

General Motion Control

Sep
22
2026

Jim Frazer — Technology Trends

The Warehouse Is Becoming an Orchestrated, Cyber-Physical System

Modern warehouse operations require system-level orchestration across equipment, software, people, and logistics-network signals.

Sep
22
2026

Larry O'Brien — Technology Trends

Palo Alto Networks’ Growth Highlights the Shift Toward Unified Industrial Cybersecurity

Palo Alto Networks’ growth reflects rising demand for unified IT-OT cybersecurity platforms that support industrial resilience.

Sep
22
2026

Colin Masson — Industry Best Practice

When Agents Collide: How to Stop Autonomous AI from Fighting Over Your Factory Floor

Industrial organizations need deterministic multi-agent orchestration to prevent conflicting AI agents from creating operational, safety, and financial risks.

Sep
22
2026

Chantal Polsonetti — Acquisition or Partnership

Space Cargo Unlimited and SpaceX Advance Commercial In-Space Manufacturing

Space Cargo Unlimited’s Starfall mission with SpaceX supports the scale-up of commercial manufacturing in microgravity.

Sep
22
2026

Jim Frazer — Industry Trends

Trump-Xi in Washington: The Supply Chain Stakes Behind the Summit

Global supply chains increasingly require optionality to operate through changing trade, technology, material, and energy constraints.

Sep
22
2026

Larry O'Brien — Technology Trends

Palo Alto Networks’ Growth Highlights the Shift Toward Unified Industrial Cybersecurity

Palo Alto Networks’ growth reflects rising demand for unified IT-OT cybersecurity platforms that support industrial resilience.

Sep
22
2026

Jim Frazer — Technology Trends

The Warehouse Is Becoming an Orchestrated, Cyber-Physical System

Modern warehouse operations require system-level orchestration across equipment, software, people, and logistics-network signals.

Sep
22
2026

Chantal Polsonetti — Acquisition or Partnership

Space Cargo Unlimited and SpaceX Advance Commercial In-Space Manufacturing

Space Cargo Unlimited’s Starfall mission with SpaceX supports the scale-up of commercial manufacturing in microgravity.

Sep
22
2026

Colin Masson — Industry Best Practice

When Agents Collide: How to Stop Autonomous AI from Fighting Over Your Factory Floor

Industrial organizations need deterministic multi-agent orchestration to prevent conflicting AI agents from creating operational, safety, and financial risks.

Sep
22
2026

Jim Frazer — Industry Trends

Trump-Xi in Washington: The Supply Chain Stakes Behind the Summit

Global supply chains increasingly require optionality to operate through changing trade, technology, material, and energy constraints.

Sep
22
2026

Colin Masson — Industry Best Practice

When Agents Collide: How to Stop Autonomous AI from Fighting Over Your Factory Floor

Industrial organizations need deterministic multi-agent orchestration to prevent conflicting AI agents from creating operational, safety, and financial risks.

Sep
21
2026

Jim Frazer — Acquisition or Partnership

IFS Softeon Brings Industrial AI Deeper Into Warehouse Execution

The IFS-Softeon combination illustrates how Industrial AI could move from supply chain analytics into warehouse execution.

Sep
18
2026

Jim Frazer — Technology Trends

OpenAI’s Misalignment Reports Point to the Next Enterprise AI Problem

OpenAI’s misalignment reports show why controlled autonomy and execution governance are becoming core requirements for enterprise AI.

Sep
18
2026

Colin Masson — Technology Trends

The Buyer's Tri-Domain Dilemma—Supply Chain vs. Factory Floor (OT/MES) vs. Enterprise Core (ERP/CRM)

Industrial AI architecture must be evaluated differently across supply chain, factory operations, and enterprise systems because each domain has distinct latency, governance, data, and execution requirements.

Sep
17
2026

Patrick Arnold — Company and Product News

Flexxbotics Advances Autonomy with Latest Software-Defined Factory Platform

Flexxbotics is advancing manufacturing autonomy by connecting contextualized production data with governed, authorized operational actions.

Sep
22
2026

Larry O'Brien — Technology Trends

Palo Alto Networks’ Growth Highlights the Shift Toward Unified Industrial Cybersecurity

Palo Alto Networks’ growth reflects rising demand for unified IT-OT cybersecurity platforms that support industrial resilience.

Sep
21
2026

Larry O'Brien — Technology Trends

Fortinet OT Cybersecurity Report Highlights the Growing Value of Maturity and Resilience

Fortinet’s report shows why OT cybersecurity maturity is increasingly essential to resilient, connected manufacturing operations.

Sep
18
2026

Jim Frazer — Technology Trends

OpenAI’s Misalignment Reports Point to the Next Enterprise AI Problem

OpenAI’s misalignment reports show why controlled autonomy and execution governance are becoming core requirements for enterprise AI.

Sep
16
2026

Chantal Polsonetti — Technology Trends

FDI and Ethernet-APL: A Practical Path Toward Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) Compliance

FDI and Ethernet-APL can support Cyber Resilience Act compliance by enabling standardized device integration, secure communications, improved lifecycle management, and greater visibility into connected field devices.

Sep
15
2026

Chantal Polsonetti — Technology Trends

Wireless Broadband Alliance Issues Technical Blueprint Focused on Enterprise Security for Converged Private 5G and Wi-Fi Networks

The Wireless Broadband Alliance’s new technical blueprint outlines security practices for converged Private 5G and Wi-Fi networks, including Zero Trust, unified policy management, segmentation, and AI/ML-driven analytics.

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Technology Selection Highlights

Digital Worker Technologies

Market Intelligence Highlights

Engineering Design Tools for Plants, Infrastructure, and Building Information Modeling

Viewpoints

The Warehouse Is Becoming an Orchestrated, Cyber-Physical System

Palo Alto Networks’ Growth Highlights the Shift Toward Unified Industrial Cybersecurity

When Agents Collide: How to Stop Autonomous AI from Fighting Over Your Factory Floor

Space Cargo Unlimited and SpaceX Advance Commercial In-Space Manufacturing

Trump-Xi in Washington: The Supply Chain Stakes Behind the Summit

Palo Alto Networks’ Growth Highlights the Shift Toward Unified Industrial Cybersecurity

The Warehouse Is Becoming an Orchestrated, Cyber-Physical System

Space Cargo Unlimited and SpaceX Advance Commercial In-Space Manufacturing

When Agents Collide: How to Stop Autonomous AI from Fighting Over Your Factory Floor

Trump-Xi in Washington: The Supply Chain Stakes Behind the Summit

When Agents Collide: How to Stop Autonomous AI from Fighting Over Your Factory Floor

IFS Softeon Brings Industrial AI Deeper Into Warehouse Execution

OpenAI’s Misalignment Reports Point to the Next Enterprise AI Problem

The Buyer's Tri-Domain Dilemma—Supply Chain vs. Factory Floor (OT/MES) vs. Enterprise Core (ERP/CRM)

Flexxbotics Advances Autonomy with Latest Software-Defined Factory Platform

Palo Alto Networks’ Growth Highlights the Shift Toward Unified Industrial Cybersecurity

Fortinet OT Cybersecurity Report Highlights the Growing Value of Maturity and Resilience

OpenAI’s Misalignment Reports Point to the Next Enterprise AI Problem

FDI and Ethernet-APL: A Practical Path Toward Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) Compliance

Wireless Broadband Alliance Issues Technical Blueprint Focused on Enterprise Security for Converged Private 5G and Wi-Fi Networks

Logistics Viewpoints

The Boundary Between Software and the Physical Supply Chain Is Disappearing

Blue Yonder Shows the Value of Connecting Planning and Execution

Germany’s Machinery Slump Is a Warning for Industrial Supply Chains

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