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OT Data Governance with Wybren van der Meer
A deeper dive into our conversation with Wybren van der Meer on the unglamorous work that makes scaling possible
 • David Ariens and Willem van Lammeren
New video: The Unified Namespace Explained
A quick crash course on UNS — what it is, what it isn’t, and why it’s really about data management (not just technology)
 • David Ariens
Data as the Common Thread: Process Safety, Metrics, and Career Lessons with Kris Doering
Kris shares his journey across refineries, postal services, and gas transportation—revealing how data connects it all and why making metrics visible at…
 • David Ariens and Willem van Lammeren
47:29
Kicking Off 2026: New Videos on Data, UNS and AI, 2000 Subscribers, and What’s Coming Next
We’re starting the year with a milestone celebration, three new Data/UNS/AI videos, and a glimpse at what 2026 has in store for IT/OT cooperation.
 • David Ariens and Willem van Lammeren
When Physics Meets AI: A Conversation with Dan Jeavons
We are talking Data, AI and IT-OT Convergence with Dan Jeavons, president of Applied Computing and formerly the VP of Computational Science and Digital…
 • David Ariens and Willem van Lammeren
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Overcoming the Impossible: DataOps at Poclain Hydraulics with Rija Rakotoarisoa
We are diving into the real-world struggles when integrating IT and OT from the perspective of another super interesting end-user!
 • David Ariens
Mini Insider #5 - The OG Historian, Interview with David, Academy update and more
From time to time we publish a “Mini Insider” with some random updates. Typically that means that we are working on new cool stuff that consumes our…
 • David Ariens and Willem van Lammeren
What I (don’t) like about UNS
Some random thoughts on what I encounter when discussing Unified Namespace things
 • David Ariens
31:20
From 4 to 140: What Building Northvolt’s Digital Core Taught Anton Melander About Scaling and Starting Over
From building Northvolt’s digital backbone from scratch to helping smaller manufacturers unlock the value of their data, Anton Melander’s journey is a…
 • David Ariens and Willem van Lammeren
What we’ve learned from teaching IT/OT (and Why we’re doing it again this January)
We just put chemical engineers, IT architects, and automation vendors in the same virtual room for 12 hours. Turns out, when faced with common problems…
 • David Ariens and Willem van Lammeren
33:27
Industrial Data and AI through the eyes of an End-User – A Conversation with Nathalie Rigouts
From spreadsheets to AI co-workers: Nathalie Rigouts on what it really takes to turn data into value in industry.
 • David Ariens and Willem van Lammeren
The Three Faces of Industrial AI: Numbers, Words and Actions
Numbers (Predictive AI), words (Generative AI) and actions (Prescriptive AI): a simple way to frame Industrial AI so engineers, operators, and managers…
 • David Ariens and Willem van Lammeren
Industrial AI Unpacked: Introducing a new series of Articles and Podcasts on AI
Our no-nonsense look at how AI is reshaping the bridge between digital twins and real-world operations.
 • David Ariens and Willem van Lammeren
Fighting Entropy: How to Scale Without Spaghetti (+ 5 step Playbook)
In this article we talk about consolidation: how to tame the entropy without killing experimentation, and how to scale without building the next…
 • David Ariens and Willem van Lammeren
35:35
MQTT vs OPC UA with Kudzai Manditereza
Let’s go a bit more technical in this one 😁. With our new Capability Map just being published, we wanted to get some more insights in the connectivity…
 • David Ariens
Finally here: Our Second Industrial Data Platform Capability Map
Find our second release of our DataOps Capability Map, explainers, some more insights on where UNS fits in, extra resources and our new vendor list…
 • David Ariens and Willem van Lammeren
34:24
The $50K use case matters – Zev Arnold on Scaling, Context and AI
We talk about Platforms that Empower, About People-AI and AI-AI interaction, Context and much more with Accenture's Zev Arnold.
 • David Ariens
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