[New report] Digital Readiness for Industrial Transformation
We all know something big is happening “out there” in industrial operations around the globe. Companies are going beyond standard practices in Continuous Improvement (CI) as they seek step change improvement. Among them, programs go by…
IoT is driving the next industrial revolution
IoT is driving the next industrial revolution. But hackers now see the supply chain as an easy target. The challenge: to mitigate the risk and drive more efficient, connected production, but without neglecting to invest in…
Avoiding the ‘watermelon’ effect in the process industry
The major accidents in 2005 at Texas City and Buncefield marked a watershed for the ...
Will Catastrophic Loss Drive OT/IT Convergence?
Cyberattacks on strategic infrastructure are increasing in frequency and sophistication, escalating risk and compliance
What’s Keeping IoT Executives Up At Night in 2019
The promise of IoT is enormous, from reducing operating costs, to improving workplace safety; yet many
4 Things Asset Tracking Won’t Do (and a few it will)
Asset tracking is a big topic, with more than a little relevance to the Industrial Internet of Things. Although it can do quite a bit for your business, it won’t solve every problem. Also, even the…
Three key ways to ensure that implementing IIoT goes off smoothly
There are three key ways to ensure that implementing IIoT—and in particular IoT integration on the factory floor—in your manufacturing environment goes off without too much difficulty: Make sure that you are not getting stuck with…
Edge or Cloud? The Six Factors That Determine Where to Put Workloads
It’s predictable as continental drift: the center of gravity in computing moves every few decades from the center and the edge and back again thanks to changing demands and technological advances. From 1948 to the 70s,…
Siemens Board Level Perspectives on IIoT & Blockchain
Recently, Lucian Fogoros, Co-founder and Managing Director of IIoT World, interviewed Klaus Helmrich, Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and CEO Digital Industries. Some of the questions we asked were crowdsourced. Lucian Fogoros: Industry 4.0…
3 Practical Ways to Transform Brownfield Plants into Digital Factories
With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT), industries around the world are undergoing a major digital transformation. In their 2017 research, Capgemini reported that smart factories could contribute an annual added value of $500…