Reducing Factory Downtime - Edge Technology in Manufacturing

Learn how to minimize factory downtime through edge computing solutions in this technical presentation from Red Hat and IBM experts. Explore a practical approach to rapidly replace factory floor equipment without requiring on-site IT personnel, allowing local staff to handle hardware swaps while remote administrators configure new systems simultaneously. Discover how off-the-shelf solutions and enterprise-grade edge technologies based on hardened open-source projects enable automatic configuration, software downloads, and rapid deployment. Through demonstrations and detailed explanations, examine the implementation of Fido and Open Horizon frameworks, understand the device connection and deployment processes, and gain insights into streamlining industrial operations for significant time and cost savings in manufacturing environments.