RTI Announces The Connext Podcast

SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 7, 2017) - Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity company, today introduced "The Connext Podcast," a bi-weekly podcast created specifically for engineers, architects and leaders in the IIoT space.

The Connext Podcast will cover a wide range of topics, including autonomous cars and vehicle-to-vehicle communications, ad-hoc peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, fog computing, IoT security and company culture. The podcast will feature product and technical overviews with RTI's lead engineers as well as interviews with RTI customers and industry experts on their experiences building next-generation IIoT systems. In addition to the interview episodes, RTI will release audio versions of popular whitepapers, ebooks and other technical content covering the latest IIoT trends.

The first four episodes aired today with the first two discussing the Robot Operating System (ROS) and securing robotic systems. Vince DiLuoffo, a RTI Connext DDS™ user working on his PhD thesis, shared insights on challenges he has faced in securing these systems and the transition from ROS 1 to ROS 2. Vince also discusses security as an all or nothing approach, specifically when using the Data Distribution Service™ (DDS) standard.

Listeners can tune in every other Wednesday to hear the latest in IIoT development. The currently available episodes include:

• Episode 1: ROS & Securing Robotic Systems, Pt. 1
• Episode 2: ROS & Securing Robotic Systems, Pt. 2
• Episode 3: Requirements, Communications Protocols & the IIoT
• Episode 4: Company Culture & Leading Distributed Teams

For additional information, show notes and related content, please visit: www.rti.com/podcast.

To subscribe and listen to the podcast on SoundCloud, please visit: https://soundcloud.com/connextpodcast

For any additional questions or topic requests, please email: podcast@rti.com

About RTI
Real-Time Innovations (RTI) is the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) connectivity company. The RTI Connext® databus is a software framework that shares information in real time, making applications work together as one, integrated system. It connects across field, fog and cloud. Its reliability, security, performance and scalability are proven in the most demanding industrial systems. Deployed systems include medical devices and imaging; wind, hydro and solar power; autonomous planes, trains and cars; traffic control; Oil and Gas; robotics, ships and defense.

RTI lives at the intersection of functional artificial intelligence and pervasive networking^(SM).

RTI is the largest vendor of products based on the Object Management Group (OMG) Data Distribution Service™ (DDS) standard. RTI is privately held and headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.

RTI is hiring aggressively; see www.rti.com/careers.