Industrial IoT
How Industrial IoT Can Completely Transform The Packaging Industry
Industrial IoT gives packaging and weighing equipment manufacturers real-time visibility into scale accuracy and machine health. A packing scale tipping 12 times per minute and overfilling a 10 kg bag by just half a kilogram produces…
Africa’s 4th Industrial Revolution: Answering the big questions about IIoT
Why Does Africa Need IIoT and Industrie 4.0? Africa faces massive scope for IIoT adoption, according to Nico Steyn, CEO of IoT.nxt. Steyn states that IoT technology can catapult Africa into the Fourth Industrial Revolution, making…
There is an acceleration to IoT adoption ahead of being prepared for the full consequences
IoT adoption is accelerating faster than society's readiness for its full consequences, according to Auto-ID specialist Mohammad Amer Shallah. Historical examples, including air traffic radar, airplane blackboxes, road traffic sensors, fire alarm systems, pollution sensors, and…
Shorten R&D time from ideation to production in IoT
Continuous integration (CI) shortens embedded IoT software development time by applying unit tests, early integration tests, and automated testing. Yaniv Nissenboim, VP Product at Jumper Labs, explains why CI tools like Jenkins, Travis CI, and GitLab…
Why The IIoT Revolution Will Happen At The Edge, Not In The Cloud
Cloud-centered IIoT architecture faces fundamental limits in scalability, uptime, and network latency for mission-critical applications. Decentralized edge computing, promoted by initiatives like EdgeX Foundry and the OpenFog, moves analytics and decision-making to the edge. Platforms including…
How Much Will Automation Affect the Jobs Market in the US?
Automation, driven by robotics, artificial intelligence, and IoT, is reshaping the US jobs market across nearly every industry. The transportation sector alone faces displacement of 2.2 to 3.1 million workers globally. Yet studies indicate that mass…
Platforms for Applications and the Internet of Things
Industrial Internet of Things platforms, offered by software and automation suppliers including Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services, play an integral role in analytics, remote asset monitoring, performance management, and connected products. According to ARC's IIoT…
Nine challenges of Industry 4.0
“We must develop a comprehensive and globally shared view of how technology is affecting our lives and reshaping our economic, social, cultural, and human environments. There has never been a time of greater promise, or greater…
Methods to Maximize Network Uptime in the Internet of Things Era
Network uptime is a core measure of business value as IoT, virtualization, and cloud computing reshape how enterprise networks operate. Statseeker CEO Frank Williams identifies network visibility, cost-effective real-time monitoring, and high availability as the three…
Three main elements that make up a successful IoT ecosystem
A successful IoT ecosystem depends on three core elements: an IoT platform, market expectations, and network effects. APIs, partner communities, and revenue models serve as drivers that transform a connected product into a scalable ecosystem, as…
CEO Insights: The main benefits of augmented reality for industrial companies
Augmented reality (AR) delivers measurable gains for industrial companies by equipping frontline workers with real-time information through smart glasses. According to Brian Ballard, CEO of Upskill, AR technology at Boeing drove a 25-percent improvement in production…
Reinvent your Sales Model – Create Lean Distribution to prepare for the Industrial IoT Era
Industrial manufacturers seeking market-share growth must help distributors reinvent into lean distribution organizations. Lean distribution is a model that is highly focused on product selling, sales growth, and adding new customers, while reducing reliance on inventory,…