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ProjectX eBook: 2026 Edition

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GrayMatter Expands SmartSights Partnership to Deliver Greater Value to Industrial Customers
Strategic collaboration builds on continued trusted relationships, to deliver enhanced industrial data visibility, alerting, and operational insights for shared customer success and time to value April 16, 2026…

Events
emPOWERUP Live Montreal: The Future of Water & Wastewater Operations with Proficy
Join Velotic for an executive-level forum focused on the future of water and wastewater operations. This one-day event will provide municipal leaders with a high-level look at Proficy…

All Industries
What Great System Integrations Have in Common
Manufacturers have no shortage of technology options: PLC connectivity, SCADA modernization, MES, cloud data, digital twins and AI. Each can create value. None, on its own, makes an…

All Industries
Machine Learning in Manufacturing Delivers ROI: 5 Takeaways From Think!AI
For the last couple of years, manufacturing has been flooded with AI promises but not many applications that change how a plant actually runs. What has changed operations — quality, waste and downtime —…

Discrete Manufacturing
Trusted Across Borders: Reprogramming Live Can Lines in Thailand
At GrayMatter, we help manufacturers turn complexity into momentum, and sometimes that momentum crosses oceans. Our newest engagement takes our team from the United States to Thailand, where…
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Events
emPOWERUP Live Montreal: The Future of Water & Wastewater Operations with Proficy
Join Velotic for an executive-level forum focused on the future of water and wastewater operations. This one-day event will provide municipal leaders with a high-level look at Proficy…

Blog Post
Alarm Management Challenges: Why Alarm Overload Happens
Why do alarm systems become noisy, and what can engineering teams do about it? Join GrayMatter and Velotic for the webinar, Alarm Overload: Find the Patterns Behind the…

Events
emPOWERUP Virtual: What’s New in Proficy iFIX 2026
Proficy’s iFIX SCADA automation software is entering a new era of SCADA management. In this webinar, GrayMatter introduces the modernization journey leading to iFIX 2026, highlighting simplification, faster…
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Events
emPOWERUP Virtual: Alarm Overload — Find the Patterns Behind the Noise in HMI/SCADA
Explore how GrayMatter and Velotic are approaching alarm overload and alarm management, and see new Alarm Intelligence capabilities in action in Proficy iFIX 2026 and previous releases. Hear…

Events
emPOWERUP Live Toronto: The Future of Water & Wastewater Operations with Proficy
Join Velotic for an executive-level forum focused on the future of water and wastewater operations. This one-day event will provide municipal leaders with a high-level look at Proficy…

Water
Small Utility, Big Target: Rethinking Cyber Resilience in Water Treatment
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