April 2021 – IIoT World

April 28, 2021 · Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Gaps in Scanning and Patching Vulnerabilities in Software

Current strategies of scanning for and patching vulnerabilities in software leave a huge and highly-exploitable security gap. Recent research by RunSafe Security partners show that current strategies of scanning for and patching vulnerabilities in software leave a huge and highly-exploitable security gap. When measured against NIST CVEs (Common Vulnerability Enumerations from the National Vulnerability Database), […]

April 28, 2021 · Past

Critical Digital Solutions to Support a Sustainable Energy Transition

Digital transformation efforts in the energy industry have helped maintain business continuity and performance, even in the most challenging of market environments of the past year. How can these efforts be pushed forward to continue raising efficiencies (capital and operating) and lowering emissions? In this Virtual Conference from ABB, industry experts will discuss how digital […]

April 27, 2021 · Artificial Intelligence

Computer Vision Platforms Mean Flexible Visual Inspection for Agile Manufacturing

Visual inspection—making sure that the parts are all present, the labels are on straight, and the packing materials are all in place—is an essential component of quality control in the manufacturing industry. By double-checking everything before products leave the factory floor, you can dramatically cut expenses, reduce waste, make customers happier, and lower the chance […]

April 26, 2021 · Artificial Intelligence

Top 10 AI Use Cases for Industrial Operations

Gartner believes that by 2022, 85% of AI projects will fail. One of the key reasons for this high failure rate is that often the use case being applied has not been through a rigorous selection process and the following considerations are overlooked. For example, is the AI use case: Based on an operational challenge that […]

April 23, 2021 · Connected Industry

IoT Smart Data-Driven Manufacturing

Industrial facilities face an avalanche of data from connected sensing, automation, and facility systems. In most modern industrial applications, this data sits idle or underutilized. The emergence of IoT devices has added to this flow of data. By 2025, there will be 75 billion IoT devices worldwide–over 40 percent of IoT and automation devices in […]

April 22, 2021 · Our Contributors

Jeffrey Goldsmith, VP of Marketing

Jeffrey Goldsmith is VP of Marketing at Chooch AI.

April 21, 2021 · Cybersecurity

eBook: Manufacturing Cybersecurity Case Studies

For factories and manufacturers, the need for cybersecurity is urgent. This is due to the concerns arising from operation stoppages caused by security incidents, resulting in loss of revenue. Unlike enterprise IT, system administrators face several issues within smart factory security, namely with difficult-to-eliminate vulnerabilities, the spread of malware, and flat network configurations. Furthermore, when […]

April 20, 2021 · Connected Industry

[White Paper] The low-code digital transformation guide

The world is changing and the way you develop software needs to change with it. The key? Your entire organization. Start breaking down walls to clear space for your innovation factory. When we began our journey, we wanted to solve a problem that you and countless other businesses face every single day: delivering software with […]

April 19, 2021 · Connected Industry

How to Put IoT Into Action

IoT has dominated the technology discussion in recent years, inspiring the imagination of the media, politics and the economy. While there was a lot of talk of possibilities and use case scenarios during this time, many companies are still struggling with the implementation. On the whole, companies can work more productively, more cost-effectively and more […]

April 15, 2021 · Our Contributors

Michael C. Skurla, Chief Product Officer

Michael C. Skurla is the Chief Product Officer of Radix IoT– offering limitless monitoring and management rooted in intelligence–and sets cutting-edge product strategy for the company’s IoT platform. He has over two decades of experience in control automation and IoT product design with Fortune 500 companies, focusing on the intersection of software and hardware that emphasizes data aggregation and analytics for mission-critical industries. As a well-recognized thought leader and a contributor to such top industry publications as Critical Facilities, Oilman Magazine, IoT Playbook, IoT News, Digitalisation World (UK), LD+A, among others, he is a frequent lecturer on outcome-based analytics and consolidated data methodologies for building and industrial applications to drive efficiency and alternative business outcomes through data. Michael is a contributing member of ASHRAE, USGBC, and IES Education.

April 15, 2021 · Connected Industry

Industry 4.0 Insight Assessment

The uniqueness of the a2i2 Industry 4.0 Insight Assessment … It places into context the pain points and opportunities in your business that must be resolved for achieving competitive advantage, strategic performance and business resilience. Leaders are looking for insights and pathways for action to identify and close gaps. The 21st century business environment is […]

April 14, 2021 · Connected Industry

From Centralized to Hybrid Edge and Cloud Architectures

It is already clear that centralized cloud-based architectures cannot exclusively manage the billions of IoT devices predicted to exist in the coming years. Edge computing is now accepted as a critical part of managing and making sense of the huge amount of raw data being produced. However, this isn’t the end of the story! To […]