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The IT/OT Insider Podcast with David and Willem

By David Ariens and Willem van Lammeren
Manufacturing
Data Management
IT/OT Convergence
Industry 4.0
Artificial Intelligence
Digital Transformation
Open Source
Operational Technology
MQTT
Iot
Cloud Computing
IT and OT
Data Governance
Digitalization
Data Analytics
Cybersecurity
Industrial Data
Manufacturing Execution Systems
Dataops
Data As a Service

How can we really digitalize our Industry? Join us as we navigate through the innovations and challenges shaping the future of manufacturing and critical infrastructure. From insightful interviews with industry leaders to deep dives into transformative technologies, this podcast is your guide to understanding the digital revolution at the heart of the physical world. We talk about IT/OT Convergenc... more

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It’s episode 50 (🎉) of the podcast, and we’re only now getting to IIoT platforms. We sat down with Jürgen Krämer, Chief Product Officer and Managing Director at Cumulocity. Cumulocity is an IIoT plat... more

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Back to our regular schedule, finally. Hannover Messe is in the rear-view mirror, the noise is fading, and we’re easing into one podcast a week again. To get us going, we sat down with Kevin Jones, Dire... more

In this episode of our podcast, David sits down (again 😀) with Aron Semle, CTO at HighByte, for a follow-up conversation roughly a year after our first podcast together.

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Vatsal Shah
CEO and co-founder of Litmus
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Episode: From Platforms to Outcomes: Vatsal Shah on What Industrial AI Actually Needs
Jßrgen Krämer
Chief Product Officer and Managing Director at Cumulocity
Cumulocity
Episode: From Telemetry to Intelligence: What Cumulocity’s IIoT Platform Actually Does
Andreas Vogler
CEO of ETM, Chief Innovation Officer, maker of MonsterMQ
ETM/ Siemens
Episode: Building a Broker to Learn a Protocol: Andreas Vogler and the Story Behind MonsterMQ
John Dyck
CEO of Cesmii
Cesmii
Episode: i3X Explained with John Dyck and Jonathan Wise: One API to Connect Them All?
Jonathan Wise
Chief Technology Architect at Cesmii
Cesmii
Episode: i3X Explained with John Dyck and Jonathan Wise: One API to Connect Them All?
Kevin Jones
Executive/Lead at DataParc focused on industrial data and historian products
DataParc
Episode: Kevin Jones from dataPARC on Historians, Industrial Data, Context and a Piece of Black Paper
Aron Semle
CTO at HighByte
HighByte
Episode: Aron Semle on MCP, Agents and the Data Foundation You Can’t Skip
Margret Bauer
Professor in Process Automation
University (Hamburg area, University of Applied Sciences Hamburg)
Episode: The Forgotten Foundation: PID control and Process Automation with Prof. Margret Bauer
Wybren van der Meer
Strategic data consultant
AG Solutions
Episode: OT Data Governance with Wybren van der Meer

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Host of The IT/OT Insider Podcast with David and Willem
Willem
Co-host of The IT/OT Insider Podcast

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From Platforms to Outcomes: Vatsal Shah on What Industrial AI Actually Needs
Q: Walk me through that.
The host asks for a practical explanation of the data catalog's impact; the guest describes how Litmus' catalog provides a unified view of every plant-floor data asset, enabling AI agents to reference accurate context and improving compliance, governance, and analytics across sites.
When Physics Meets AI: A Conversation with Dan Jeavons
Q: Why isn't everybody doing this if it's so wonderful?
Facilities are extremely risky, and there's a tendency to maintain the status quo to avoid risk, even when existing systems are not optimal.
When Physics Meets AI: A Conversation with Dan Jeavons
Q: What is ITOT convergence?
It's a process of integrating information technology (IT) with operational technology (OT) to improve operations and efficiency.
Overcoming the Impossible: DataOps at Poclain Hydraulics with Rija Rakotoarisoa
Q: What are some good and bad practices you witnessed in ITOT transformations?
Bad practices include implementing strategies without considering plant-level issues, while good practices involve addressing actual pain points of operational teams.
Overcoming the Impossible: DataOps at Poclain Hydraulics with Rija Rakotoarisoa
Q: What motivated your transition from IT to the ITOT space?
I wanted to have a greater impact on the business by providing more value and addressing real operational challenges.

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The show concentrates on IT/OT convergence, industrial data, and the practical realities of digitalizing manufacturing and critical infrastructure. Episodes span IIoT platform architectures, data governance, interoperability standards, and the role of AI, with deep dives into open-source tooling, messaging protocols, and industry-specific data models. Guests range from platform chiefs and CTOs to data practitioners, engineers, and academics, all sharing actionable insights, real-world implementation challenges, and strategies for driving cross-functional collaboration. A notable strength is the blend of technical depth with business context, including go-to-market considerations, procurement realities, and hands-on experiences from greenfie... more

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