EnergyTech Podcast
EnergyTech Podcast
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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
How do you scale an industrial MQTT architecture without sacrificing performance, reliability or trust in the data?
Recorded at Inductive Automation’s Solar & Battery Discovery Day in San Diego, Mike Flores sits down with Nathan Davenport, Vice President of Sales Engineering at Cirrus Link Solutions, to discuss the technical and strategic challenges behind large-scale industrial data systems.
Nathan explains why successful digital transformation begins with a clearly defined “North Star”—and how cost, complexity and cybersecurity shape nearly every industrial data architecture.
The conversation also explores:
Scaling MQTT Engine for millions of industrial tags
Improving queue handling and gateway performance
Propagating alarm events through Sparkplug MQTT
Two-way alarm acknowledgment between edge and central gateways
Performance improvements for Ignition 8.3
Containerizing the Chariot MQTT Server
Deploying industrial data infrastructure at the edge
Reducing cloud traffic and infrastructure costs
Maintaining control of critical operational data
Whether you work in manufacturing, renewable energy, oil and gas, utilities, automation or industrial IT/OT, this episode offers a practical look at building scalable and resilient industrial data pipelines.
Guest: Nathan Davenport, VP of Sales Engineering, Cirrus Link Solutions
Host: Mike Flores, Energy Tech Podcast
Location: Solar & Battery Discovery Day — San Diego, California
Learn more:
Cirrus Link Solutions: https://cirrus-link.com/
Inductive Automation: https://inductiveautomation.com/
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00:00 Introduction from San Diego
00:49 Meet Nathan Davenport of Cirrus Link
02:00 Cost, complexity and cybersecurity
03:25 Diagnosing industrial data and network problems
04:22 Why every project needs a North Star
05:16 Digital transformation without a strategy
06:45 Scaling the industrial data pipeline
07:33 MQTT Engine queue and performance improvements
10:53 Sending alarm events over Sparkplug MQTT
12:33 Moving alarms between edge and central gateways
14:13 Two-way alarm acknowledgment and clearing
14:34 Improving Ignition 8.3 performance at scale
16:25 Chariot MQTT Server containerization
18:05 Edge computing and reducing cloud costs
18:49 Closing thoughts
Music: “Fast Life” by Uygar Duzgun, courtesy of Epidemic Sound.
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