Strategic options for creating smart solutions for Industrial IoT
The Internet of Things (IoT) enables vendors to create an entirely new line of “smart” solutions for its existing and new markets. While the decision to go “smart” is straightforward, the decision of how to do…
IIC: Industrial IoT Reference Architecture
At IIoT World, we track how industrial organizations move from pilot to production, and one of the most persistent challenges is agreeing on a shared architecture language. The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) Industrial Internet Reference Architecture…
There is no single “killer app” for anything, particularly for IIoT
As a Product Manager, we can’t keep chasing the next big thing all the time. It’s true we need to understand where technology is going, but we need to be more pragmatic and realize there is…
Virtualization of Your Network: five most serious challenges
Gartner Research defined network virtualization as the process of combining hardware and software network resources and functionality into a single virtual network. This offers access to routing features and data streams that can provide newer, service-aware,…
Hydrocarbon Leak Detection Technologies – What to Consider in Oil & Gas Industry
Selecting the right hydrocarbon leak detection technology is one of the most consequential decisions an oil and gas operator can make, affecting safety, regulatory compliance, environmental protection, and operational costs. This IIoT World guide compares the…
IIoT systems aren’t something you connect to your products – IIoT systems *are* your product
A lot of big companies are creating “Innovation Labs” to generate IIoT platforms. We talk to them every day. Yet we see precious few successful IIoT systems ever delivered by these centralized teams. It’s not a…
The Complexities of Scaling IoT Projects
Analyst firm IDC predicts that by 2019, 45 percent of IoT-created data will be stored, processed, analyzed and acted upon close to, or at the edge of, the network. The challenge is that many companies want…
Ten ways IoT differs from IIoT
The Internet of Things (IoT) enables disruptive transformation across multiple market segments, from consumer, enterprise, agriculture, healthcare, manufacturing, utilities to government and cities. Industrial IoT (IIoT), a subset of the larger IoT, focuses on the specialized…
5 Steps to begin or advance a Digital Transformation Strategy
A smart, connected enterprise can embrace the digital transformation in the coming Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) world by collecting data that could result in new levels of collaboration, operational excellence, agility and profitability. But the…
Decreasing Industrial Inefficiencies through Asset Management and IoT
Most people don’t associate the IoT (Internet of Things) with earth movers, dump trucks and other heavy industrial equipment. But for construction, oil and gas, waste management and other industrial businesses, IoT has become an increasingly…
IIoT Efficiencies to Consider
The use of industrial automated machinery and control systems continues to grow as factories and plants implement sensors and actuators to monitor environments and the machines in these spaces. The adoption of technology in these environments has been…
Industrial Augmented Reality offers a way to bridge the skills gap
As outlined in our previous story on Industry 4.0, the challenges and opportunities facing the manufacturing sector are significant and global.They include: Tackling the skills shortage that manufacturers are increasingly facing due to an aging workforce…