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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Signup to Generate a PitchBreak 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.
Recent episodes include "E07: High Availability Demo on an OPA System" (26 October 2026, 22 minutes), "E06: What is OPA? Part 5" (16 October 2026, 16 minutes), and "EP05: What is OPA? Part 4" (16 October 2026, 23 minutes).
The OT Crowd publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 21 minutes across 6 episodes.
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The strongest fits for The OT Crowd are IT Services & Software Development and Industrial Machinery. The OT Crowd has a technology audience.
The OT Crowd is a technology podcast with 6 episodes published.
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Episode #7
High availability is not just redundancy with a new label. It is the difference between a system that survives failure and a system that keeps the plant running through patching, device swaps, and real-world downtime...
Episode #6
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...
Episode #5
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...
Episode #4
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...
Episode #3
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...
Episode #2
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...
Episode #1
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...
Episode #1
<p>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...
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