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…
September 2017
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…