AR on the Manufacturing Floor
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AR on the Manufacturing Floor

The use of augmented reality (AR) in industrial applications is growing by leaps and bounds and has become tantamount in Industry 4.0 concepts. In fact, 28 percent of those surveyed in a recent PwC study reported that they have implemented, piloted, or planned to implement AR and/or virtual reality (VR) technology. As AR becomes more […]

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July 2022 Industrial IoT & ICS Cybersecurity Events
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July 2022 Industrial IoT & ICS Cybersecurity Events

Nothing’s better than summer, and celebrate we shall – The 4th of July! For this month, we’ve curated the list – and timeline – of events happening in July 2022 around the globe, in-person or online, and what’s in it for the Industrial IoT & ICS Cybersecurity community across all industries. Check it out below. […]

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MQTT Vs. HTTP for IoT
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MQTT Vs. HTTP for IoT

MQTT was designed for the Internet of Things (although it wasn’t called that at the time) whereas HTTP was created to make documents available across the internet. They both run over TCP connections, and are both client-server in architecture, but MQTT allows messages to pass in both directions between clients and servers whereas HTTP servers […]

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Accelerating digital transformation at scale
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Accelerating digital transformation at scale

In the face of advancing climate change and growing global challenges, companies need to fast-track their digital transformation. To succeed in this highly complex task, small and large businesses alike need to rethink competition and partnerships. Most business leaders agree that digitalization is a company priority, but in reality the transformation of their businesses is […]

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Digital Ecosystems: A Data-Driven Approach To Decarbonizing Supply Chains
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Digital Ecosystems: A Data-Driven Approach To Decarbonizing Supply Chains

Sustainability is among the top concerns of industry leaders nowadays, who already work vigorously to implement sweeping measures to decarbonize their operations and boost energy efficiency. However, because up to 90% of a product’s emissions occur directly in the company’s supply chain rather than in its own operations, the focus on sustainability is shifting from […]

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Human-in-the-loop: humans and machine learning
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Human-in-the-loop: humans and machine learning

Machine Learning is a subset of artificial intelligence (AI) that deals with creating systems that learn or improve performance based on the data they use: it has unprecedented computational capacity, but on its own it cannot be perfect. It always requires the mediation, the fundamental presence, of man, who is the only one able to […]

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What Digital Transformation Progress Means For Growing Businesses
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What Digital Transformation Progress Means For Growing Businesses

Digital transformation may still be high on the priority list for midsize companies, but their perspectives and expectations have certainly evolved. Instead of simply improving customer experiences, strengthening brand recognition, and boosting sales, they are going even deeper in their plans to drive structural changes, including increased sustainability in products and services. SAP Insights research […]

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Why Zero Trust Manufacturing Is Critical to Building Trusted IoT Devices
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Why Zero Trust Manufacturing Is Critical to Building Trusted IoT Devices

The internet of things (IoT) has arrived, and so have a host of security challenges along with it. Despite the fact that complex manufacturing supply chains mean attackers have many avenues to compromise a device, security is often bolted on as a feature rather than being a critical element designed at the start of a […]

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[White Paper] Digital Transformations in Industrial Companies
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[White Paper] Digital Transformations in Industrial Companies

Industrial companies in fields such as manufacturing, transportation, and infrastructure undertake digital transformations for various reasons: To build the digital sophistication needed to survive and thrive in a connected technological world. To simplify unwieldy systems or overlapping, repetitive processes. To respond to the new challenges and increased digital expectations resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. To […]

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