Electronic Specifier at embedded world 2026 with Wind River

As manufacturing enters the Industry 4.0 era, IT and OT boundaries are disappearing—unlocking efficiency, innovation, and agility. Yet legacy systems, siloed operations, and growing management complexity continue to challenge transformation. To address these challenges, Edge AI is emerging as a critical enabler—bringing real time intelligence closer to machines and processes where latency, resiliency, and data control matter most. By processing and acting on data at the edge while selectively synchronizing with centralized and sovereign cloud environments, manufacturers can improve decision making, maintain operational autonomy, and unlock new AI driven efficiency gains without compromising security or regulatory requirements. This discussion explores how leading manufacturers achieve true IT/OT convergence with modern, mission-critical infrastructure platforms. Attendees will learn proven strategies and architectures that enable secure, reliable, and scalable operations from the intelligent edge to centralized cloud orchestration—driving measurable business impact through lower TCO, optimized asset utilization, and new data-driven revenue streams.