All Black lock Dominic Bird
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Former-All Black lock Dominic Bird is returning to New Zealand rugby to join the Hurricanes for next year s Super Rugby competition.
The 30-year-old former Crusaders and Chiefs representative will lineup for the Wellington Lions for this year s Bunnings Warehouse NPC before joining the Hurricanes set-up next year. I m excited to be getting back into Super Rugby next year and returning to NZ with my family to live, the two-test All Black said. We ve enjoyed our time with Racing Metro in France, and I feel like I ve been playing some of my best rugby up there, but now is the right time to return home. I m looking forward to testing myself again in Super Rugby and adding huge value to the Hurricanes in 2022.
HiOS adds open communications server for Industry 4.0 March 03, 2021 // By Nick Flaherty
The latest version of the HiOS operating system includes an embedded Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture (OPC UA) server for Industry 4.0 applications
Belden has launched a new version of its Hirschmann Operating System (HiOS) for Industry 4.0 applications.
The HiOS adds an embedded Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture (OPC UA) server for seamless, brand-agnostic industrial automation. Belden is the only manufacturer to offer switches that can natively run this communication protocol.
The universal communication capability provides tighter network integration within the factory automation system, including openness, interoperability and scalability. As the de-facto communications standard for Industry 4.0, OPC provides a communication bridge between all levels of the automation architecture, from embedded components on the factory flo