Unplanned Downtime: Causes, Calculations, and Cures
What is downtime? ‘Downtime’ is one of the most dreaded words in manufacturing. While downtime is part of life in a factory, managers, operators, and technicians constantly strive to reduce it and mitigate its effects. When…
IoT and IIoT are not a fad; these technology environments are here to stay
With the passing of each day, the term “the Internet of Things” and its acronym, IoT, are becoming more and more prevalent in the vernacular of technology and non-technology professionals. Although the term was coined in…
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[Report] Industry 4.0: Maturity of Adoption and Its Impact on Sustainability and ESG
This report examines the data from a survey of more than 600 companies conducted by 451 Research and commissioned by Hitachi Vantara on the application of Industry 4.0 approaches in manufacturing, transportation and energy, to explore…
October 2022 Industrial IoT & ICS Cybersecurity Events
As the new season brings new beginnings, we are here to bring you lists of current events. For this month, we’ve curated the list – and timeline – of IIoT and ICS Cybersecurity events happening in…
Data is the key in IT/OT convergence
A database on the edge can open doors to enhanced IT and OT operations. The Internet of Things (IoT) and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) are no longer vague concepts. They are part of a…
The Case for Zero-Trust Access for the Industrial Internet of Things
Over the last several years, an emerging Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has started to converge with Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and other Operational Technology (OT). IIoT uses traditional IT networking protocols and sensors to connect…
The future of the cloud is the foundation for business innovation
Companies are often looking for continuous changes to their business models that increasingly match the rapid evolution of technology. On balance, only a handful of organizations are and will be able to meet this need. One…
Building your digital twin
In my last IIoT World article ‘Are you ready for the digital twin’, I introduced some of the many business objectives we can optimize using a contextualized, holistic view of our plants. I shared several data…
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[IoT Security White paper] Five Guiding Tenets for IoT Security
The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) is like the advent of the Internet all over again. From the perspective of new business models and process transformation, IoT applications are perhaps even greater than what…
Industrial DataOps for IIoT Scalability
Most industrial IoT difficulties are rooted in data management shortcomings. However, these challenges are not the same as those faced in a purely IT setting. For example, operational technology (OT) data is high-velocity time series and…