How Oil & Gas Operators Are Enabling Remote-First, Low-Touch Operations
A Practical Shift Toward Remote Operations Oil and gas operators are increasingly transitioning to remote-first infrastructures. With mature IIoT platforms, edge AI, and automation, facilities are now being managed with minimal on-site personnel—especially offshore. This isn’t a future-state vision; it's already
The AI Gap: Can Manufacturing Keep Up With the Pace of Innovation?
AI is moving faster than most industries can digest. According to data cited during a recent IIoT World session, AI capability is now doubling every 3.5 months—a 100x improvement in a single year. That’s not evolution; that’s exponential transformation. For industries
8 steps manufacturers can take to digital transformation
The thought of digitalization can be overwhelming. When we first started talking about IIoT or digitalization about a decade ago, the concepts were prescribed as an all-encompassing, top-down approach taking the industrial world from Industry 3.0 to Industry 4.0. However, that
From Data to Insights: Turning Industrial Data into Actionable Intelligence
Modern industrial operations are redefining their relationship with data. No longer just a historical record, data now shapes real-time decisions and future outcomes. Systems across the factory floor continuously collect temperature, vibration, and motor speed readings through PLCs, IoT devices,
How Open Data Standards Power Industrial Process Optimization
Data is more than a byproduct in today's industrial landscape—it’s the backbone of smart operations. From sensors and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) to building management systems (BMS) and cloud platforms, manufacturers generate an enormous amount of data every second. But
Inside the Future of Manufacturing: What End Users in CPG and Life Sciences Need to Know Now
At Automate Show 2025, one key theme echoed across the exhibit halls: industrial end users in consumer-packaged goods (CPG) and life sciences are under growing pressure to produce faster, smarter, and more flexibly—without adding complexity or cost. But while new tech is everywhere, the difference-makers are
InfluxDB 3: Turning Industrial Data into Real-Time Action with Less Complexity
For manufacturers, utilities, and other industrial operators, time series data—information captured over time from machines, sensors, and control systems—is the backbone of modern operations. But as data volumes grow, many organizations are still struggling to keep up: storing the data
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, the resulting technology ecosystem
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 of Schneider Electric, the