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2 weeks agoConfiguration as a Control Plane: Designing for Safety and Reliability at Scale
Configuration in cloud-native systems is a dynamic control plane that directly influences system behavior and reliability at runtime.
We are now in a time of manufacturing where precision is more than a technical necessity; it's a business requirement. The more complex, globally dispersed and demanding things get, the less slack remains in the system. Under these circumstances tolerance management has become a decisive competence and affects competitiveness not only in terms of controlling costs, ensuring quality and improving production efficiency but also for long term market success.
the automation of heavy machinery enabled plants to operate continuously, increasing productivity and revenue. The downside was that any small hiccup was acutely felt, cascading through the production line. At first, it was assumed that inadequate lubrication of factory equipment was causing parts to seize up or break apart. And so, the Lubrication and Wear Group of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, along with the Iron
The weekly two-hour alignment meeting becomes a five-minute async review. My main concern is that as soon as people are out of the trenches of their work, that their motivation for the quality of said work deteriorates. This means we will have to invent better motivations for people to work at all. I can't see this kind of work-people as operators-excites anyone. Why would they work at all, then?
Siemens has published eight new advisories. The company has released patches and mitigations for high-severity issues in Desigo CC, Sentron Powermanager, Simcenter Femap and Nastran, NX, Sinec NMS, Solid Edge, and Polarion products. A medium-severity flaw has been found in Siveillance Video Management Servers. Exploitation of the vulnerabilities can lead to unauthorized access, XSS, DoS, code execution, and privilege escalation.