Strategic options for creating smart solutions for Industrial IoT
· Connected Industry

Strategic options for creating smart solutions for Industrial IoT

The Internet of Things (IoT) enables vendors to create an entirely new line of “smart” solutions for its existing and new markets. While the decision to go “smart” is straightforward, the decision of how to do so is not. Vendors are faced with a “build, buy, partner” decision – build it themselves, buy or license […]

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IIC: Industrial IoT Reference Architecture
· Connected Industry

IIC: Industrial IoT Reference Architecture

One can find many ROI opportunities when looking at IoT to solve problems and bring value in an industrial context. Process improvement, asset tracking, and preventative maintenance are the three major pillars that drive ROI opportunities. The constant churning wheel of New Industrial IoT Platforms from vendors new and old can be staggering for those […]

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Susan Peterson: “Concepts like Future of Work are at the center of the Digital Revolution”
· Digital Disruption

Susan Peterson: “Concepts like Future of Work are at the center of the Digital Revolution”

One in five power plants will become digital plants by 2025, a Capgemini’s report predicts. Back in 2016, the maturity of digital initiatives in the industry varied: from projects that were leveraging advanced analytics to optimize assets; and the widespread implementation of smart meters; to early moves by some utilities to manage and integrate distributed […]

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There is no single “killer app” for anything, particularly for IIoT
· Connected Industry

There is no single “killer app” for anything, particularly for IIoT

As a Product Manager, we can’t keep chasing the next big thing all the time. It’s true we need to understand where technology is going, but we need to be more pragmatic and realize there is no single “killer app” for anything. Particularly for IIoT. Is predictive maintenance the killer app for IIoT? Predictive maintenance […]

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Three Ways SDN Helps to Solve Industrial IoT’s Undiscovered Security Problems
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Three Ways SDN Helps to Solve Industrial IoT’s Undiscovered Security Problems

Even before the major denial-of-service attack that took down power in the Ukraine in December 2015, industrial systems experts had been growing more restive about the mounting insecurities of these mission critical systems. That attack brought significant awareness to this issue. In the  18 months since then we’ve seen other similar examples of what happens […]

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Virtualization of Your Network: five most serious challenges
· Connected Industry

Virtualization of Your Network: five most serious challenges

Gartner Research defined network virtualization as the process of combining hardware and software network resources and functionality into a single virtual network. This offers access to routing features and data streams that can provide newer, service-aware, resilient solutions and also, many challenges; newer security services that are native within network elements; support for subscriber-aware policy […]

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What makes a good construction drone and how to avoid common buying mistakes
· Artificial Intelligence & ML

What makes a good construction drone and how to avoid common buying mistakes

Whether you are buying your first drone, or looking to grow your current fleet, we outline 5 steps to purchasing a construction drone, and then provide you with our top 5 drone recommendations for the construction industry. The 5 Steps to Purchasing a Construction Drone: Determine Your Needs Choose Your Software Choose Your Hardware Pick Your […]

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Paul Myer, CEO
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Paul Myer, CEO

Mr. Paul D. Myer serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Veracity Industrial Networks, Inc. Mr. Myer served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at M86 Security, Inc. and also served as its President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Myer is a technology industry veteran who has held management positions with leading technology companies, […]

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10 Myths Surrounding Predictive Maintenance
· Predictive Analytics

10 Myths Surrounding Predictive Maintenance

When managing the maintenance practices for a facility it’s important to understand the different approaches and the benefits of each. At the core, maintenance styles can be classified into a few different categories. Some of the most common approaches include reactive maintenance and preventative maintenance. You may already be familiar with those or even practicing […]

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Securing IoT Devices and Traffic between IoT Sensors and Cloud Analytics
· Cybersecurity

Securing IoT Devices and Traffic between IoT Sensors and Cloud Analytics

It is well documented that IoT devices have introduced new security risks. Most IoT devices must interface to cloud based management and analytics engines and therefore support a TCP/IP stack for this communication. Our IoT endpoint software is designed to augment a device’s TCP/IP stack with very little overhead, providing authentication to the cloud services. […]

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Philippe Lambinet, CEO
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Philippe Lambinet, CEO

Philippe Lambinet is a Senior Executive in the Semiconductors, with a proven track record in developing successful large businesses and leading global international teams, engaged in a new adventure. With a few friends, he created Cogito Instruments to deliver embedded machine intelligence. Philippe believes that cognitive processing can be and should be done inside the […]

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