EnergyTech Podcast
EnergyTech Podcast
Podcast Description
Energy Innovation meets Industrial Technology: There is finally a podcast that balances technical depth with real-world applicability for field teams, operations groups, and senior leaders who want to see a real return on technology , IiOT, and AI Investments
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The podcast covers a range of topics including IIoT strategies, AI implementation challenges, cybersecurity in critical infrastructure, and operational efficiencies in control room environments, with episodes discussing specific issues like the rethinking of control rooms by small midstream companies and leadership insights from industry experts.
Energy Innovation meets Industrial Technology: There is finally a podcast that balances technical depth with real-world applicability for field teams, operations groups, and senior leaders who want to see a real return on technology , IiOT, and AI Investments
Recorded live at Inductive Automation’s ICC 2025 in Sacramento, we sit down with Magnus McHune (HiveMQ) to unpack what it really takes to scale MQTT, build a unified namespace (UNS) that sticks, and bridge the OT/IT divide without blowing up cost or complexity. We dig into HiveMQ’s roots in connected vehicles, why manufacturers are standardizing on MQTT + UNS, what “leveling up” looks like with Ignition 8.3 and new Ignition module work, and how to think about cost, complexity, and cybersecurity as your data volume 10× or 100×. We also touch on HiveMQ Pulse (context + ontology for industrial data) and practical start-up patterns (K8s/VMs, clustering, QoS, topic design).
You’ll learn:
• How to design MQTT topics/payloads that scale
• When open source hits limits—and where enterprise support fits
• Architectures for edge ↔ site ↔ central clusters
• Why outbound-only MQTT + TLS simplifies security models
• How context/semantics (Pulse) unlock AI/ML value
Presented by OpSite Energy — Insight-Driven Remote Optimization.
Links & resources
– OpSite Energy: https://www.opsiteenergy.com
– Energy Tech Podcast: https://www.opsiteenergy.com/all_podcast
– HiveMQ (MQTT platform): https://www.hivemq.com
– Ignition by Inductive Automation: https://inductiveautomation.com
– Learn about HiveMQ Pulse: https://www.hivemq.com/solutions/
00:00 Intro (Energy Tech Podcast @ ICC 2025)
00:35 Guest intro — Magnus McHune, HiveMQ
01:55 What a Principal Architect actually does (customer-driven R&D)
02:40 Origins & verticals: automotive → manufacturing, data centers
03:55 MQTT + Unified Namespace as the backbone
04:50 “Level up” at ICC: Ignition 8.3, venue, Prove-It flavor
05:35 HiveMQ x Ignition: modules in development & why
06:20 Moving up-stack: data context, semantics, and insights
07:20 Building for scale: edge, site, central; reliable data movement
08:25 Common scaling pitfalls (topic design, payloads, QoS, support)
10:05 From OSS POCs to supported platforms (avoiding tech debt)
12:00 The flywheel: once UNS is live, use cases multiply
13:10 Getting started fast: containers, K8s operator, clustering
15:00 Bridging OT/IT & business needs with MQTT + extensions
16:40 Services & support: solutions, professional services, 24/7
18:05 The big three: cost, complexity, cybersecurity
19:30 Data-center patterns & data federation
21:05 Security story: TLS, auth, one-way outbound connections
23:10 Where AI/ML fits: pipelines today, context with HiveMQ Pulse
24:45 MCP & tool-calling—what to watch next
26:30 Wrap-up & where to learn more
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