Trevor H. Rudolph is Vice President for Global Digital Public Policy at Schneider Electric where he directs Schneider’s technology policy and regulatory affairs strategy in North America, Europe, and Asia. Prior to joining Schneider, Rudolph served for five years as the first appointed Chief of the Cyber and National Security Division at the White House […]
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Buildings are an integral part of everyday life. With people spending an estimated 90 percent of their lives indoors, the drive to ensure that those buildings are comfortable, safe, secure and provide the functionality that we want is more important than ever. But how do we take what are essentially inanimate, silent and passive structures and turn them into living […]
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Industry 4.0 is rapidly transforming how businesses across the globe are operating in an ever increasingly commercially competitive landscape. According to the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Market Size & Forecast Report, the global market is expected to be valued at USD 933.62 billion by 2025. Whilst IIoT affects many industries, the manufacturing sector is […]
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What is the Connectivity Challenge for IIoT, and why will it persist? The challenge is pretty straightforward … and fundamental. Simply stated, computing and connectivity obey different laws. The law of computing is one of exponential power, Moore’s Law. From the dawn of computing to the present day, it’s the driving force behind Gartner’s recent […]
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In order to realize the potential of Smart Cities, we’re going to have to figure out the Municipal Internet-of-Things (IoT). We know “smart communities” (a broader term meant to be inclusive of counties, special districts, and states in addition to cities) will utilize an assortment of devices, networks, data and analytics – what we’ll call […]
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Today’s sophisticated Operations Technology (OT) environments have a large attack surface with numerous attack vectors. Without complete coverage, the likelihood of getting attacked is not a matter of ‘if’; it’s a matter of ‘when’. Security for OT has gained significant attention due to a confluence of events. Up until only recently the IT infrastructure played front […]
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While buzzwords such as predictive maintenance, artificial intelligence, digital twin and augmented reality have promised to enable the fabled digital transformation of manufacturing, when it comes to Industry 4.0, most practical applications start and end with machine connectivity. And when it comes to driving value, look no further than answering these questions; “What’s happening?” and […]
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Brad Parsons is the CEO and Founder of MOVUS, the developer and provider of FitMachine®, a continuous condition monitoring solution supporting industrial businesses across the globe in several industries, including heavy manufacturing, mining and minerals processing, food and beverage manufacturing, chemicals, rendering, and energy.
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The growing attack surface of the new Industry 4.0 internet is a big problem. On this everyone agrees. But underneath the headlines and the frequent “patch now” warnings from firewall vendors is a more ominous reality few are talking about: the exponential vector problem. Yes, the attack surface is huge and growing. 127 new devices per second are […]
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We live in an era where smart things from being a luxury have now turned into a necessity for everyone. Products with smart access and wireless connectivity are more common than they were five years ago. According to a report, 79 percent of technology consumers in the U.S alone are connected to at least one […]
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Dietmar Siersdorfer is CEO of Siemens Middle East as well as Siemens LLC United Arab Emirates since December 2013, and CEO of the Energy Sector in the Middle East, since June 2008. Based in the United Arab Emirates, Siersdorfer joined Siemens in 1987 in Mannheim, Germany, as an electrical engineer and held various managerial positions […]
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Nowadays, factories have hundreds of machines for different processes such as cutting, forging, melting, extruding and more. All these industrial processes need 24/7 monitoring using the Internet of Things (IoT) sensors. The gigabytes of data generated from these machines are stored in the cloud directly. This data is further analyzed to identify even the slightest […]
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