The IoT revolution within supply chain
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The IoT revolution within supply chain

Since the days of the first ‘Internet refrigerator’, the Internet of Things (IoT) has come a long way, and far more practical uses for the IoT have emerged. For businesses that play an active role in supply chain fulfillment, the IoT benefits are significant. Advances in mobile connectivity, making Internet-enabled sensors much smaller and more […]

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Can IIoT help address food and beverage manufacturing challenges?
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Can IIoT help address food and beverage manufacturing challenges?

The food & beverage industry is facing a number of key manufacturing operational challenges. Food & beverage manufacturing typically consists of complex processes, such as clean-in-place, traceability, capturing mislabeled products, and serialization. The industry needs to ensure the utmost consistency of brand and product quality, taste and safety while simultaneously lowering the costs of production […]

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Creating Value with Industrial IoT
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Creating Value with Industrial IoT

Often termed the fourth industrial revolution, it’s easy to conclude that the progress being generated by the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) will result in job losses. When we think back on the previous industrial revolutions, we can’t help but be reminded of how they brought about newly automated tasks that replaced humans. But, in […]

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How IIoT enables the factory of the future
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How IIoT enables the factory of the future

Trillion-dollar projections on the expanding size of the market are urging companies to capitalize on the Industrial IoT (IIoT). For many, however, it remains unclear how factories should apply IIoT to begin making the hyper-efficient and agile factory of the future a reality. As the Fourth Industrial Revolution transforms manufacturing and material handling, enterprises continue to look […]

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Data management & system integration – two reasons why Industrial IoT projects fail
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Data management & system integration – two reasons why Industrial IoT projects fail

If you knew the state of your machines at each moment, and could take action based on that knowledge, how much value could you create for your customers? Digital transformation, successfully embedding products and services inside the value chain, creates incredible opportunities for new revenue streams and customer relationships. While embracing new business models created by […]

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Implementing Artificial Intelligence Solutions: Are Your Operations Ready?
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Implementing Artificial Intelligence Solutions: Are Your Operations Ready?

Artificial intelligence (AI) has certainly become a popular buzzword. But it’s more than that–it’s a critical new technology that too many companies have heard about yet aren’t certain how to use. Today, and every day for the foreseeable future, a multitude of industries and companies are contemplating how to implement AI solutions into their operations. […]

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Usman Shuja, Chief Commercial Officer & Founding Member
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Usman Shuja, Chief Commercial Officer & Founding Member

Usman is responsible for SparkCognition‘s Industrial IoT business and oversees its GTM, strategy and product offerings. Usman joined SparkCognition in early 2013 as the founding executive and Vice President of Market Development to lead the revenue organization. In this role, Usman led sales, marketing, partnerships and customer success teams from the pre-revenue stage focusing on […]

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IoT Devices – with greater connectivity comes greater vulnerabilities
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IoT Devices – with greater connectivity comes greater vulnerabilities

The Internet of Things (IoT) represents an exciting period of innovation in our lives. It describes a world of devices all connected to the internet, a world in which inanimate technology that we use and see every day is becoming smarter. It also predicts a continuous journey towards greater ease and convenience, a future in […]

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Gene Carter, Director of Product Management
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Gene Carter, Director of Product Management

Gene is OnBoard Security‘s VP of Products and is responsible for Product Management and Marketing of all products, including Aerolink®, TSS and NTRU. Gene was the Director of Products at Security Innovation’s SI-Embedded Division. Before joining Security Innovation in 2013, Gene has spent the past 20 years in embedded and automotive product management roles for NXP Semiconductors, […]

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Case Study: How video could save warehouses 46 million dollars per year
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Case Study: How video could save warehouses 46 million dollars per year

Challenge: Tracking and Controlling Warehouse Inventory To keep daily operations running smoothly at large plants, manufacturers typically employ a staff of maintenance workers who are solely responsible for repairing and replacing on-site equipment. This plant equipment is stored within warehouse facilities so components can be quickly retrieved when a maintenance issue arises. However, keeping track […]

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Five benefits of network virtualization
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Five benefits of network virtualization

New challenges and technologies such as virtualization are disrupting networks everywhere, with many businesses struggling to remain agile. What is network virtualization? Network virtualization is the process of combining hardware and software network resources and network functionality into a single, software based administrative entity. Virtual networks are no longer something to consider in the future. […]

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The cost of one minute downtime in manufacturing
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The cost of one minute downtime in manufacturing

Unplanned work stoppages cost global industries millions of dollars in lost revenue. Downtime can be caused for multiple reasons. Examples can be weather delays in airline companies or cyber crime which lead to infrastructure breakdowns. Susceptibility to failure persists, particularly as it relates to factories. According to some research information, more than 90% of machines […]

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