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The OT Crowd
by Jarie Bolander, David DeBari, & Andrew Vanderpool
Break room talk, not a briefing. Proprietary automation economics are hitting a wall. Closed control systems lock plants into one vendor's roadmap, pricing, and upgrade cycle, and every modernization turns into a rip-and-replace bet. Open Process Automation (OPA) changes the math. It decouples hardware, software, and lifecycles so plants can upgrade piece by piece, mix vendors, and own their architecture. The OT Crowd digs into what that means for the plant floor, the budget, and everyone who builds, sells, and runs these systems. Jarie asks the questions you're thinking. David and Andrew tell you what's really going on. David is the OT veteran who has seen the field cycles, the vendor lock-in, and the migration that almost went sideways. Andrew co-chaired the Open Process Automation Forum's Technical Working Group and came up on the I/O vendor side, so he knows how O-PAS gets written (and argued over) and what it takes to ship into an open stack. Each episode brin
Episodes
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E06: What is OPA? Part 5
Open architecture process automation is no longer a theory - it's already running in real plants, real projects, and real product ecosystems. If you're wondering whether OPA is vaporware or a practical path forward for automation, cybersecurity, and future-ready control systems, this episode…
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EP05: What is OPA? Part 4
Most people think standards slow innovation down. Open Process Automation proves the opposite - if you get the architecture, cybersecurity, manageability, and conformance model right, interoperability gets easier and proprietary lock-in starts to disappear. Jarie Bolander and David DeBari break...
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EP04: What is OPA? Part 3
OPA is not a unicorn, it's a computer - and that changes everything. If you work in industrial automation and you're tired of ripping and replacing entire systems every time technology changes, this episode shows why Open Process Automation is built for continuous evolution, not reinvention.Jarie...
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EP03: What is OPA? Part 2
Open process automation is more than an acronym - it's a blueprint for breaking vendor lock-in, improving cybersecurity, and making industrial systems easier to change, scale, and trust. In this second part of the OPA mini-series, Jarie and David unpack why a "standard of standards" could reshape...
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EP02: What is OPA? Part 1
EPISODE DESCRIPTION - Ready to publish USB-C changed the consumer world by making one standard actually work. What if OT could do the same? In this kickoff to a multi-part OPA series, Jarie, Andrew, and David break down why open process automation could be the long-overdue “USB for OT” - and why...
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E01: Introducing The OT Crowd
Meet the crowd. Jarie asks the questions you're thinking (and learns out loud). David is the OT veteran who has seen the alarm floods, the vendor lock-in, and the migration that almost went sideways (and knows a thing or two about O-PAS). Andrew co-chaired OPAF's Technical Working Group and came…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Break room talk, not a briefing.
Proprietary automation economics are hitting a wall. Closed control systems lock plants into one vendor's roadmap, pricing, and upgrade cycle, and every modernization turns into a rip-and-replace bet. Open Process Automation (OPA) changes the math. It decouples hardware, software, and lifecycles so plants can upgrade piece by piece, mix vendors, and own their architecture. The OT Crowd digs into what that means for the plant floor, the budget, and everyone who builds, sells, and runs these systems.
Jarie asks the questions you're thinking. David and Andrew tell you what's really going on. David is the OT veteran who has seen the field cycles, the vendor lock-in, and the migration that almost went sideways. Andrew co-chaired the Open Process Automation Forum's Technical Working Group and came up on the I/O vendor side, so he knows how O-PAS gets written (and argued over) and what it takes to ship into an open stack.
Each episode brin
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Jarie Bolander, David DeBari, & Andrew Vanderpool
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Break room talk, not a briefing. Proprietary automation economics are hitting a wall. Closed control systems lock plants into one vendor's roadmap, pricing, and upgrade cycle, and every modernization turns into a rip-and-replace bet. Open Process Automation (OPA) changes the math. It decouples...
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The OT Crowd is created and hosted by Jarie Bolander, David DeBari, & Andrew Vanderpool.
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