Investment in water infrastructure With the United Nations reporting that 60% of the global population will call an urban area home by 2030, what are the most pressing infrastructural systems that cities will need to evaluate to meet the growing demand of this population? The key challenge for cities will be to manage the growth […]
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Where is the real money in IIoT? Industrial IoT (IIoT) is a huge business opportunity. According to IndustryARC research (June 2016), the IIoT market is estimated to reach $123.89 Billion by 2021 at a high CAGR. According to Accenture, the impact of IIoT on global GDP will be $14.3 Trillion by 2030. Up to 60% […]
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Throughout history, regional and municipal governments have used new technologies to improve the lives of their citizens. The aqueducts of Rome brought outside sources of water into the city, enhancing both public and private facilities. The London Underground, the first underground railway, made it easier and safer for people to move around the burgeoning city. […]
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As a concept, ‘ smart city ’ has been on the agenda for the last decade to make the cities more productive, more sustainable and ‘smarter.’ According to a survey, annual technology investments in cities will be USD 34.4 billion on average until 2020. The future is coming. Rapidly! I don’t know if the flying […]
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“It is a moment that happens, probably, every 25 years, it’s an exponential moment when both, business and technology architectures change at the same time. This moment has a potential to change everything, and If you are able to learn exponentially, you become the disruptor instead of being disrupted.” This is how the IBM Chairman, […]
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The next industrial revolution is here. Whether you call it Industry 4.0 or Industrial IoT or Digital Transformation, the increased access to machine and operational data, proliferation of two-way communication, speed of data flow, combined with the lower cost of computing, connectivity and storage has created the perfect environment to transform industrial operations. The time […]
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Many enterprises find early success at “proving the concept” of industrial IoT, but fail to realize monetary benefits from their investments. Providing value requires solutions that do more than extract data from machines in the field, store it in the cloud, and display it in an app – which is as far as most PoC […]
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What is a smart city? The answer depends on who you ask. Solutions providers will tell you it’s smart parking, smart lighting systems or anything to do with technology. City officials may say it’s about conducting city business online, such as searching records or applying for permits. City residents may tell you it’s the ease […]
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Industrial cybersecurity tradeshows and events take place all over the world, happening year round. We’ve compiled this list of what we feel are the 9 must-attend events for leading professionals in ICS cybersecurity. 2018 year’s events will focus on a number of topics, including emerging industrial control system threat vectors, the need for collaborative IT-OT cybersecurity strategies, […]
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There are many companies that provide security products and services for IT and OT environments. Needless to say, selecting the right vendor is key to the success of cybersecurity implementation across the organization. To help you make the ideal choice, here are some questions you might want to consider when evaluating the security vendor options […]
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Industrial systems’ cybersecurity has become a real concern for many companies since the Industry 4.0 and hyper-connection of equipment grew out. Executives are often unprepared and unarmed to face this new phenomenon. Nowadays, industrial systems make extensive use of information technologies even though they have not been designed to cope with the threats they introduce. […]
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In the world of IT/OT cybersecurity, there is no silver bullet. What you can do in your organization is to minimize the attack surfaces and threat vectors, and be vigilant and proactive in your defense against adversaries. To that end, we suggest that you implement a multilayered defense-in-depth cybersecurity strategy and stop the cyber threat […]
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