Report on State of IIoT Adoption and Maturity in Three Industries
· Connected Industry

Report on State of IIoT Adoption and Maturity in Three Industries

A survey of senior-level, experienced Industrial IoT decision-makers and influencers in the manufacturing, oil and gas (O&G), and transportation industries confirms that IIoT has progressed beyond hype to widespread use. Eighty six percent of participants in the Bsquare 2017 Annual IIoT Maturity Survey have adopted IIoT solutions and 84% believe their solutions are very or […]

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Eight priorities of Smart City Builders
· Smart Cities

Eight priorities of Smart City Builders

What is a smart city? In a previous article, we described it as a city that uses technology extensively to achieve key outcomes for its various stakeholders, including residents, businesses, municipal organizations and visitors. We also described the Smart City Ecosystem Framework, a model for building and planning smart cities. In this article, we will […]

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Seven Lessons for Industrial IoT and Data Teams to Remember in 2018
· Connected Industry

Seven Lessons for Industrial IoT and Data Teams to Remember in 2018

In the Industrial IoT world, we often hear comments like “Let’s make our existing machine or tool connected, and later we will find the way to create value or monetise it!” or “We need more and more data so we can solve business problems.” Is this approach enough? Is it a good idea to start […]

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Challenges in training algorithms for autonomous cars
· Artificial Intelligence & ML

Challenges in training algorithms for autonomous cars

In my earlier article, we talked about the usage of machine learning algorithms in autonomous cars. Obviously, the process of training algorithms for autonomous cars, learning and implementation of machine learning is not without a huge set of challenges. Challenges in autonomous vehicle training: In this article we will talk about the challenges in training data […]

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TPM – a Powerful, Inexpensive Security Building Block
· Cybersecurity

TPM – a Powerful, Inexpensive Security Building Block

There are two worlds of computer security – high-end systems and then everything else.   Both high- and low-end systems typically employ “top-down” defenses to harden their attack surfaces.  These are “software-only” security techniques. High-end and specialized systems have the additional protection of “bottom-up” defenses in the form of Hardware Security Modules (HSMs).  HSMs sequester secrets […]

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The Power of Pattern Learning for Industrial Operations
· Predictive Analytics

The Power of Pattern Learning for Industrial Operations

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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Take your company from reactive/proactive to predictive analytics
· Predictive Analytics

Take your company from reactive/proactive to predictive analytics

Big Data and cloud technology has provided organizations new ways to drive efficiency and productivity. Among companies recognized as industry leaders and innovators, Asset Optimization has become a trending initiative and is producing strong results for these adopters. So what is stopping other organizations from adopting Asset Optimization? The reasons vary across organizations but include […]

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The Data is Already Here, How to Unlock The Value of it?
· Digital Disruption

The Data is Already Here, How to Unlock The Value of it?

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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Rearview Business Intelligence misleads strategy for most of today’s enterprises
· Predictive Analytics

Rearview Business Intelligence misleads strategy for most of today’s enterprises

Businesses are quickly joining the big data revolution. The outcome is a collection of massive efforts to collect and condition enterprise data that represents the last month, the previous quarter, or past years. Then, they crunch the big data into a digestible view that makes some predictions about the future. We now know this practice […]

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Virtualization of Your Network: five most serious challenges
· Connected Industry

Virtualization of Your Network: five most serious challenges

Gartner Research defined network virtualization as the process of combining hardware and software network resources and functionality into a single virtual network. This offers access to routing features and data streams that can provide newer, service-aware, resilient solutions and also, many challenges; newer security services that are native within network elements; support for subscriber-aware policy […]

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