June 2025 Industrial IoT & ICS Cybersecurity Events
As the industrial world rapidly digitizes, securing operational technology (OT), industrial control systems (ICS), and IIoT environments becomes more critical than ever. June 2025 offers a robust lineup of global events focused on cybersecurity, digital transformation,…
Navigating the Warehouse Technology Matrix: Integration Strategies and Automation Flexibility in the IIoT Era
Warehouses have evolved from cost centers to strategic differentiators that directly impact customer satisfaction and competitive advantages. This transformation has been driven by e-commerce growth, heightened consumer expectations, labor challenges, and rapid technological advancement.For many organizations,…
Building Agile, Sustainable CPG Operations in a Constrained World
In the highly competitive consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector, manufacturers are under increasing pressure to meet shifting consumer demands, accelerate product innovation, and achieve sustainability targets—all within limited physical and energy infrastructure. According to Neil Smith…
Why Manufacturers Still Struggle with Industry 4.0—and What to Do About It
At a time when Industry 4.0 conversations dominate industrial trade shows and boardrooms alike, many manufacturers still miss the mark. The problem isn’t the technology. It’s how it’s being approached.Jeff Winter, a well-known voice in digital…
Why AI Needs IoT to Deliver Real Value in Industrial Operations
At Hannover Messe 2025, amid the buzz around generative AI and intelligent automation, Bernd Gross, CEO and co-founder of Cumulocity, offered a pragmatic lens into the convergence of AI and IoT—and what industrial leaders are still getting wrong.As…
Industrial AI Needs a Backbone—And That Backbone Is DataOps
At Hannover Messe 2025, John Harrington of HighByte offered a timely reminder: as AI races ahead in the industrial sector, the infrastructure supporting it—specifically, DataOps—needs to keep up.While AI dominates the headlines, its power is fundamentally limited…
AI in Manufacturing Enters Its Third Wave: The Rise of Autonomous Agents
At Hannover Messe 2025, AI isn’t just a buzzword—it’s a battleground of ideas. While many vendors promise intelligence, Francisco Almada Lobo, the CEO of Critical Manufacturing, offers a structured, visionary framework for how manufacturing will truly…
Why Small Manufacturers Can’t Afford to Wait for the “Perfect” Transformation
At Hannover Messe 2025, the conversation around digital transformation in manufacturing felt more urgent than ever. But amid the excitement, Stephen Graham, Executive Vice President and General Manager at Nexus, offered a grounded reminder: for small…
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[Booklet] Manufacturing at the Crossroads 2025: Real-World Lessons from Industrial Leaders
What does it take to make digital transformation stick—beyond pilots, platforms, and buzzwords?At Hannover Messe 2025, the conversation around industrial transformation reached a new level of clarity—and urgency. From AI and agentic automation to modular MES…
From Data-Driven Ambitions to Sensing Factories: A Strategic Path for AI in Manufacturing
At Hannover Messe 2025, Helena Jochberger, Vice President and Global Industry Lead of Manufacturing, CGI, joined IIoT World for a timely conversation on the future of AI in manufacturing. With decades of experience guiding industrial transformation,…