4.0 Reasons Why Edge Computing is Relevant for Industry 4.0

4.0 Reasons Why Edge Computing is Relevant for Industry 4.0

Adopting Industry 4.0 practices could be critical for your business. And edge computing could be critical for your Industry 4.0 adoption plans. What is Industrial Edge Computing? Industrial edge computing means connecting all the benefits used…

ARC’s Sixteenth India Forum Focuses on Digitization

ARC’s Sixteenth India Forum Focuses on Digitization

ARC Advisory Group’s sixteenth India Forum for the process and discrete industries, titled Digitizing and Securing Industry, Infrastructure, and Cities from July 5-6, 2018, Bangalore, India attracted over 250 delegates. Last year the core theme was digital…

New business models for manufacturers

New business models for manufacturers

The convergence of Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) systems may help manufacturers embrace new service offerings using web-based business models. Many years ago one of my distributor partners took me to do an automation…

Legal Issues in Smart Manufacturing

Legal Issues in Smart Manufacturing

Two lawyers walk into a smart manufacturing conference. Sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, right? Well, no, actually, it was the reality last month when lawyers Matt Pollins, partner and head of commercial/TMT at…

How to Build an Industrial IoT Project Without the Cloud

How to Build an Industrial IoT Project Without the Cloud

Contrary to what you might think, you don’t need cloud providers or platforms to run your enterprise IoT project. In fact, it might be to your advantage to just stick to edge computing. If you’re considering…

Scrum – an Agile Approach to Digital Transformation

Scrum – an Agile Approach to Digital Transformation

In 500BC the Chinese general and military strategist Sun Tzu taught his commanders that quickness is the essence of war, and agility the hinge of battle. Sun Tzu’s wisdom 0f 2500 years ago is uniquely appropriate…

The new rise of time-series databases

The new rise of time-series databases

Time-series data storage and management has long been an interesting—if quiet—market category. It’s been a multibillion-dollar business for years and a mainstay in process-manufacturing plants since the 1980s. But recently, the category has been getting another look…

Solid State Batteries – The Smartest Link for Industry 4.0

Solid State Batteries – The Smartest Link for Industry 4.0

With Industry 4.0, the manufacturing world is embracing the very significant efficiencies and cost benefits to be gained through sensing, collecting and analysing data through many disparate sensors out in the field.  The advantages are clear:…