In this episode of Simplyblock's Cloud Commute Podcast, Jeremy Theocharis, co-founder and CTO of Unite Manufacturing Hub (UMH), joins us to discuss digital transformation in manufacturing. Jeremy delves into how UMH centralizes factory data, enhancing real-time monitoring and data accessibility with a new data layer for the manufacturing process. He explains the benefits of integrating sensors and controllers, creating a Unified Namespace to improve efficiency and prevent production downtime. Additionally, Jeremy shares insights on UMH's scalable, Kubernetes-based infrastructure, built for self-hosting and data security. In this episode of Cloud Commute, Chris and Jeremy discuss: What is the Unite Manufacturing Hub, and how does it centralize factory data?Why is real-time monitoring crucial for modern manufacturing?What challenges come with data security and self-hosting in industrial IoT?Why is the Unified Namespace concept a game changer for manufacturing?Interested to learn more about the cloud infrastructure stack like storage, security, and Kubernetes? Head to our website (www.simplyblock.io/cloud-commute-podcast) for more episodes, and follow us on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/company/simplyblock-io/mycompany/). You can also check out the detailed show notes on Youtube (https://youtu.be/FU9VZnriHrY). You can find Jeremy Theocharis (Co-founder & CTO at United Manufacturing Hub) on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-theocharis/ About simplyblock: Simplyblock is an intelligent database storage orchestrator for IO-intensive workloads in Kubernetes, including databases and analytics solutions. It uses smart NVMe caching to speed up read I/O latency and queries. Single system connects local NVMe disks, GP3 volumes, and S3 making it easier to handle storage capacity and performance. With the benefits of thin provisioning, storage tiering, and volume pooling, your database workloads get better performance at lower cost without changes to existing AWS infrastructure. 👉 Get started with simplyblock: https://www.simplyblock.io/buy-now 🏪 simplyblock AWS Marketplace: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/seller-profile?id=seller-fzdtuccq3edzm