From Centralized to Hybrid Edge and Cloud Architectures

From Centralized to Hybrid Edge and Cloud Architectures

It is already clear that centralized cloud-based architectures cannot exclusively manage the billions of IoT devices predicted to exist in the coming years. Edge computing is now accepted as a critical part of managing and making…

Industrial IoT and the Cloud: Why Data is Only Half the Battle

Industrial IoT and the Cloud: Why Data is Only Half the Battle

Regardless of whether you are retrofitting or purchasing new IT systems to remain competitive in manfacturing, you should develop a digitized, data-driven production strategy based on Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). It’s important to recognize the collection…

Ingredients for Innovation

Ingredients for Innovation

In my experience, Innovation initiatives often fail due to ambiguous goals and inconsistent support across the Company. In this article I try to list the “needed ingredients” to break silos and have the entire organization focused…

Protecting IT and OT Resources Against Advanced Threats in Manufacturing

Protecting IT and OT Resources Against Advanced Threats in Manufacturing

Manufacturing organizations manage expensive and sophisticated equipment at their factories—and the systems that run the machinery are increasingly being connected to the internet. The cybersecurity implications of this trend are significant, including possible threats to physical…

Enabling a New Era of Industrial IoT with Free-Use Wireless Spectrum

Enabling a New Era of Industrial IoT with Free-Use Wireless Spectrum

Flexibility, ingrained security and centralized management are the touchstone of successful network deployments in just about any setting, especially as devices and services proliferate whether it be over wired or wireless infrastructure. What Free-Use Wireless Spectrum…

Considering an Asset Performance Management

Considering an Asset Performance Management

Considering an Asset Performance Management Initiative? 3 considerations as you map your journey. Unexpected equipment failures can have many impacts to industrial organizations such as production downtime, increased repair costs and enhanced risks to worker safety…

IIoT World Manufacturing Day Happy Hours via Clubhouse

IIoT World Manufacturing Day Happy Hours via Clubhouse

IIoT World is taking the Manufacturing Day conversation to Clubhouse, partnering with Industry 4.0 Club and their followers to keep the conversations flowing. After a full day of conferencing, head over and join Industry 4.0 Club to debrief…

Digital Transformation Case Studies – Part 2

Digital Transformation Case Studies – Part 2

Note: Part 1 of Digital Transformation Case Studies can be found here. Case Study #3: Tastitalia connects a different kind of industrial machine to the Internet of Things   Tastitalia, an Italian company that creates customized…