How IoT Applications are Reshaping Manufacturing
As Industry 4.0 continues to blaze new trails through the first quarter of the 21st century, it is clear the Industrial Internet of Things is the vehicle of choice for getting there. Global manufacturers have invested…
The Intelligent Edge: What it is, what it’s not, and why it’s useful
Organizations are using edge computing to create smarter buildings, cities, work spaces, retail experiences, factory floors, and more. Explore how the Intelligent Edge can yield deeper insights faster to transform your business. What is Intelligent Edge?…
A brief history of innovation on the industrial edge
Two years ago, customers began to take delivery of an unusual new product developed by HPE’s R&D and business teams. Hewlett-Packard has long been regarded as one of the most innovative tech companies on the planet,…
How can the world make better use of water and energy using IIoT?
Right now, more than 500 million people globally are facing acute drought water shortages. Cape Town, South Africa, working around the clock to complete massive desalination plants, faces the imminent threat of its four million taps…
Wired or wireless? Clarifying connection choices for your automated systems
According to Statista, there will be 30 billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices active by 2024. To tap into this trend, plant managers can choose between two main methods of connecting new devices to the IoT…
7 ways industries benefit from OT and IT Convergence
Just like the smartphone disrupted several markets by converging several different consumer devices into a single one, the same disruption is happening with infrastructure in the IT and OT industries – they are converging into one single system, in a single place: the…
We need more Edisons than Einsteins - How Edison’s Techniques Can Accelerate New Industrial Revolution With IoT
In this new world of Industrial IoT, your Edisons will help you succeed. Inspiration “We only had about 1000 failures to invent the light bulb”. Thomas Edison’s incremental problem-solving approach through experimentation made his inventions meaningful to…
How Smart Factories Benefit From Digital Twins
Today, the term Digital Twin is ubiquitous. Four years ago, I had my first personal contact with this concept. I attended the VDI conference “Big Data in Manufacturing”, where a General Electric’s (GE) manager presented the…
Trustworthiness methods in Industrial System Design
Trustworthiness in the context of an industrial system is a relatively new term intended to provide a better understanding of the meaning of trust in such a system and how this trust can be approached by…
24 interesting Startups focused on Industry 4.0 to watch out at the Web Summit
ALPHA 2018 has sold out. ALPHA is a program run by Web Summit organizers and aims to spotlight the early stage startups engineering the future, connecting them to the world’s most influential companies at Web Summit.…