Five new ways to monetize the Industrial IoT
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Five new ways to monetize the Industrial IoT

The Industrial IoT is helping original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and machine builders gain full transparency of their machines and operations, on a local and global scale. With this capability, these organizations are beginning to implement digital business models that create revenue and deliver new value to customers. The goal of this guide is to help […]

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Three critical elements for a successful Industry 4.0 project
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Three critical elements for a successful Industry 4.0 project

Success is often defined as the achievement of a worthy goal. In today’s engineering and manufacturing landscape, Industry 4.0, digital twin, and smart factory projects are both worthy and visionary goals. So how do you make sure your Industry 4.0 projects are successful? There are a lot of variables and different recipes for success. In […]

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The most common misconceptions about the Industrial IoT
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The most common misconceptions about the Industrial IoT

Due to the real potential to help companies gain a competitive advantage, the industrial Internet of Things (IoT) continues to generate a lot of interest. But all the hype has inevitably led to some misconceptions, which remain significant barriers to realizing the full value of the industrial IoT. Here, we explain the faulty thinking behind […]

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Top five largest cyber-attacks in the past year and lessons learnt
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Top five largest cyber-attacks in the past year and lessons learnt

Sponsored by RunSafe Security Cyberattacks are becoming far too common, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, as companies are changing how they’re doing business. Large cyber-attacks on enterprises’ software, in particular, have already affected millions of users. Unfortunately, these will continue to impact more people unless organizations take proper precautions to prevent cybercriminals from exploiting vulnerabilities. […]

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Jim Zwica, Solution Architect & Strategic Product Expert
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Jim Zwica, Solution Architect & Strategic Product Expert

Jim serves as a solutions architect and strategic product expert and voice of the customer for Vertex Software. He has extensive experience in product lifecycle management (PLM) and collaboration throughout the supply chain, giving him unique insight into customer needs.

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Shree Moorthy, Senior Vice President of Digital Transformation Strategy
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Shree Moorthy, Senior Vice President of Digital Transformation Strategy

Shree Moorthy has over 27 years of experience in software product and business transformation strategy within discrete manufacturing. As Senior Vice President of Digital Transformation Strategy at Vertex, Shree oversees digital transformation and business development efforts across strategic accounts and partners. Shree partners with customers and internal teams to solve real-world problems using current technology solutions He's an evangelist for new technologies that push the envelope and deliver exponential value to manufacturing. He's especially passionate about the Factory of the Future and Digital Manufacturing. Prior to his role at Vertex, Shree served as both the CIO and the Global Vice President of PLM for Tata Technologies, where he built a global services business line to solve challenges for manufacturing customers—boosting market share and driving company growth. Before that, Shree spent eleven years at Siemens PLM Software (Engineering Animation / UGS / EDS PLM) where he ran the digital factory products line.

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Bill Cliff, Plant Manager
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Bill Cliff, Plant Manager

Bill has over 40 years of experience in the power generation business working on large scale coal, oil, gas fired and CHP plants. His project experience covers construction, commissioning, project to asset transition and the successful commercial operation of a 1400MW CCGT power and CHP plant. The last 14 years of his career has been […]

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Use Case Categories Enabled by 5G
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Use Case Categories Enabled by 5G

The possibilities brought forth by 5G are extensive and increasingly make possible a world where the only limitation is imagination and not technology. Below are a few business use case applications for you to consider. 5G Applications and Business Use Cases: • Immersion is a term that has been casually applied to entertainment technology for years, […]

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Manufacturing Analytics: What it is and top use cases
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Manufacturing Analytics: What it is and top use cases

With the arrival of Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), a digital transformation is currently underway. The manufacturing industry is beginning to use industrial analytics driven by real-time production data, not only to make better, faster decisions, but also to enable automation across the organization making data analysis in manufacturing an important […]

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How IIoT can help manufacturers better prepare for disruptions
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How IIoT can help manufacturers better prepare for disruptions

Use the industrial IoT to prepare for disruptions Disruptions can be entirely unpredictable, leaving manufacturers and their supply chain at risk – resources may become sparse, teams may be unable to work, or operations may not be safe to resume. Moving forward, organizations need to find ways to establish continuity plans that allow them to […]

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AI vs. AI: The Future of Cybersecurity
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AI vs. AI: The Future of Cybersecurity

Artificial Intelligence, or AI, isn’t actually a new concept. In fact, it’s been around since the 1950s. The problem back then was that computers lacked the ability to store commands, so they could be told what to do but couldn’t remember what they did. We’ve certainly come a long way since then! The Good and […]

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Why MQTT Has Become the De Facto Standard for the Connected Car
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Why MQTT Has Become the De Facto Standard for the Connected Car

The automotive industry is seeing increasing demands to offer connectivity solutions to consumers. Digitalization and connectivity have been top priorities for automotive executives for the last several years. In fact, connected car market size is projected to grow to US$ 225.16 billion by 2027, an average growth rate of 17.1% from 2019. The growth of […]

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