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SCADA technology helps utility stay on top of these advancements, allowing better planning and budgeting for required updates as the system ages. Like any modern technology, SCADA software and hardware standards are rapidly changing. To assist your utility in staying on top of these developments, allowing you to better plan and budget for necessary updates as your system ages and your utility's needs expand. The application of SCADA technology helps in simplified data center management. SCADA systems efficiently preserve data, making it more accessible (retrieving data from an old system can be time-consuming) and providing a wide range of data collecting methods, allowing users to quickly and efficiently access and purpose any data. Flex licensing/ Subscription Historically, municipal water/wastewater systems had to buy their (expensive) SCADA software, and constrained budgets made covering critical updates extremely difficult. Many SCADA companies now provide subscription and flex licensing alternatives. Subscription licensing enables your utility to lease its SCADA software license for a fraction of the cost of purchasing it outright (like renting a car). Flex licensing is a mix-and-match purchasing mechanism that allows utilities business to altering software licenses without incurring penalties. High-performance human-machine interface (HMI) The architecture of your system's HMI (particularly the panels and graphic displays) can significantly impact your ability to manage operations successfully, especially under stressful situations. With full displays, traditional SCADA systems attempted to present too much information. It hampered the operator's ability to promptly assess the system's performance, resulting in inadequate problem prevention and resolution. Unsafe software For emergency notifications, SCADA system alarming software has replaced chiefly traditional telephone dialers. These applications enable the operator to maintain constant communication with the system by providing alert notifications by voice/analog/VoIP, email, text, and mobile apps. 5G and cellular Cellular data subscriptions are becoming increasingly affordable, making them a viable alternative to traditional radio communications. Cellular can significantly expand your coverage area, particularly for facilities with limited radio availability in low elevations. It can also be utilized as a supplement to radio site-by-site. Virtualization Virtualization servers enable many operating systems to operate on a single computer simultaneously. It lowers capital and operating expenses while creating more simplified processes that ensure system redundancy. It reduces or eliminates downtime while increasing IT productivity, efficiency, agility, and responsiveness. Virtualization also allows for faster application and resource provisioning and improved business continuity and disaster recovery. Historian of high-performance processes The process historian captures all of your system's data. The utility of this detailed data extends far beyond essential system trend monitoring. A process historian is included in every SCADA system. It enables your utility to monitor data in real-time and delivers predictive analytics and regression analysis to inform your operator days or weeks before a system failure. It allows operators to study and interpret data without the assistance of a coder. ...Read more

A new wave of climate technology has emerged from the ashes of Cleantech 1.0. It is more broadly focused and rises quickly as climate technology approaches a unique tipping point. The climate tech ecosystem is currently inflecting, with increased interest, capital, and talent. However, this resurgence is in the shadow of the previous wave of "Cleantech 1.0" companies, which conspicuously failed to meet their mandate. Candice claims that the current landscape differs in at least five major ways. 1. It is now a Scaling and Societal Change Issue as it is a Technical One. While there are still significant barriers to the scale-up of clean technologies, these barriers are caused by market dynamics rather than the inherent technical challenges of innovation. 2. The Ecosystem is Attracting New Types of Talent. As climate technology enters the scaling stage, more business talent enters the ecosystem. There is also a large group of company-builders from the tech world entering climate tech, bringing a talent level that hasn't previously existed in the climate sector. People who were founders of the first 50 employees of successful tech companies are now becoming Founders in the climate tech space. 3. General Vibe of Rising Energy People are so eager to get involved that they are leaving high-paying jobs in tech and other industries to pursue their dreams. This level of influx from company builders from highly skilled industries can be viewed as a positive sign. But it's important not to get caught up in the enthusiasm — thorough research into companies and market viability is still necessary and healthy before starting or investing in something in the space. 4. Constant Technological Advancements Since Cleantech 1.0, the space has seen incredible technological advances and an influx of younger academics explicitly interested in breaking down technical barriers to help our world emit fewer greenhouse gases and capture and store already emitted greenhouse gases more permanently than previously possible. 5. The Meteoric Rise of Climate-Tech Investment The difficulty with climate tech investing is that it necessitates patience. Venture capitalists must broaden their investment horizons in climate technology for those investments to pay off. Climate-tech firms such as Breakthrough Energy Ventures, G2VP, Powerhouse, Greentown Labs, Lower carbon Capital, and Congruent Ventures, and If their investments pay off, the rewards for such investors could be enormous. Check Out This:  All Packaging Company ...Read more

Researchers use digital twins to test scenarios safely and cost-effectively before attempting them in real-life situations or environments. It would be prohibitively expensive to assemble cohorts of comparable patients in real life. The technology also avoids using real-life subjects, which come with their own set of risks and consent issues. When used correctly, digital twin technology in the healthcare sector allows clinicians to determine optimal therapies, improve patient outcomes, and maximize efficiency, resulting in hospital cost savings. Simply put, digital twins provide a safe and secure environment for testing the impact of change and will be critical to many sectors as one works to recover from the pandemic's effects. Digital-twin technology allows for "patient like me" comparisons across large cohorts of medical twins. This can aid in identifying biological markers for diseases and compare and test treatment options for patients who share similar characteristics such as age, gender, ethnicity, and even underlying conditions. However, such an analysis would be impossible for medical professionals to perform on a large scale with real-world patients. Digital-twin technology has the potential to transform clinical research methodology. Users can use the technology to ask better questions, get better answers, and derive actionable insights without endangering the health of real-life subjects. Using digital twins, of course, necessitates a data-first mindset. More data means more digital twins, more discoveries, and better treatment. Research collaborations have begun using digital twins to assist the millions of people affected by the pandemic. According to estimates, one in every twenty people infected with the virus will experience Covid-19 symptoms lasting more than eight weeks. In addition, some people are still suffering from debilitating symptoms months later. Many people are too sick to tolerate experimental treatment regimens, and it remains unclear why some people recover quickly while others suffer long-term consequences. Digital twins have the potential to solve the mysteries of this previously unknown condition, providing answers to key questions such as: who is most at risk and why, what are the most common symptoms, and what treatments are most effective? The key to unlocking the potential of medicine is data. And, with the introduction of "big" health data – electronic health records, digitized medical images, genome sequencing – we are all candidates for digital twinning. ...Read more