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Almost half (40%) of manufacturers surveyed recently by Deloitte and the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity & Innovation (MAPI) said their operations were impacted by a cyber incident in the past 12 months, and yet one in four have not performed a cyber risk assessment in the last year. This preparedness gap is becoming increasingly striking as manufacturers adopt more Smart […]
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Almost 60 percent of utility executives in 20 countries rank distributed generation as the biggest disrupter to their operations, according to a survey by Accenture, the global services company. Distributed generation, the executives predict, will reduce their revenues, increase grid faults and erode their business models. But is distributed generation a threat or an opportunity? Virtual […]
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Trend Micro, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, announced that it will collaborate with Baker Hughes’ Nexus Controls operational technology (OT) security experts through a strategic framework agreement, signed in late 2019. Together the companies aim to provide comprehensive, industry leading guidance and support for enterprises running critical OT environments. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) […]
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Forrester’s Predictions 2020: The Internet of Things report has an eye-opening forecast on cybercrime for the coming year – an IoT prediction that demands that we collectively consider how to strengthen OT security. We cannot close the door on connectivity’s many benefits. It’s clear that connectivity across people, assets, and systems empowers us to make […]
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Trend Micro just published the results of a six-month honeypot imitating an industrial factory. The highly sophisticated Operational Technology (OT) honeypot attracted fraud and financially motivated exploits. The six-month investigation revealed that unsecured industrial environments are primarily victims of common threats. The honeypot was compromised for cryptocurrency mining, targeted by two separate ransomware attacks, and […]
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Philippe Thiabaud is chemical engineer with MBA and MSc in Technology & Innovation Management. More than 20 years of experience combining international business development, engineering, sales and technical consultancy for process engineering and real-time dynamic simulation. He is currently leading sales activities for CORYS’ Hydrocarbon Division delivering digital twins / high fidelity virtual process plants […]
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Are you looking for the best industrial IoT platform? Sorry, it’s not for sale. So, if your enterprise is serious about transforming your products, processes, and service relationships, you’ve got a problem. What do you see when you search? First, you’ll find IIoT analytics platforms. Then you’ll see drag-and-drop IIoT application platforms. You’ll read about […]
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Raquel Cardamone is the CEO of Bright Cities, a disruptive platform that converts cities from any scale or nationality into a smart city using a pioneering methodology. Raquel has been working for over 15 years in the corporate world and has collaborated with local and global companies of communication, consumption and technology, such as IMB, […]
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Using a pioneering methodology, Bright Cities helps cities from all over the world to become more efficient and smarter. The startup gathers, analyzes and connects data from various sources to trace diagnoses about cities performances of any size and nationality. An action roadmap is then created, listing priority actions, schedules and budgets to improve the […]
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Greg Dearwater is a trained chemical engineer with a broad background in developing, delivering and marketing advanced solutions globally to the process industries over the last forty years. Industry experience includes upstream, midstream, downstream, specialty/batch/petro-chemicals and energy & utility sectors for complex sales, SaaS, consulting services, and real-time process manufacturing solutions. Advanced solutions include process […]
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The energy industry is entering a new era, triggered by the relentless rise of renewables, electric cars and smart grids. And like previous industrial revolutions, technology – and the willingness to embrace it – will determine the winners and losers. Over the past decade, the greatest disruptor in the energy industry has been the unlocking […]
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When it comes to suggesting the best storage option for IoT big data, there’s a divide in the industry. Some say the next IoT revolution won’t happen in the cloud, it’ll happen on the edge. Following that trail of thought some enthusiasts (myself included) suggest that Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) will offer a good storage option […]
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