The year 2018 and beyond is poised to be an era of industrial. The industrial market comprises of process industries (oil and gas – up-, mid-, downstream, chemicals, power), discrete (automotive, A&D, electronics, etc.) and hybrids (pharma, F&B, etc.). Every market specified here is undergoing a disruption by digital. At Frost & Sullivan – we […]
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Time-series data storage and management has long been an interesting—if quiet—market category. It’s been a multibillion-dollar business for years and a mainstay in process-manufacturing plants since the 1980s. But recently, the category has been getting another look from investors and companies large and small. Why? For starters, time-series data volumes are huge: way back in 2010 […]
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We have been building industrial IoT systems since 2009. Back then, we worked with our customers to build almost every component needed at the edge and in the cloud. Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) weren’t yet offering much more than compute, storage, and networking services – not that it mattered much as most […]
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The IoT will give rise to the IoD – the Internet of (very Big) Data. The business opportunity is big too, but what about the costs? How Big is Big Data? Let’s start by discussing how big is Big Data. For example, Walmart customer transactions generate about 1 million data points per hour. Big, isn’t […]
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It is still early innings for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and the fourth industrial revolution has barely begun, yet organizations without a digital strategy are already falling behind. This trend toward more connectivity, data, computing, and technology will only grow. Enterprises that begin their digital transformation journey, will, in fact, take advantage of […]
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Dirt. Dust. Vibration. Shocks. Electrical noise. Blistering heat. Freezing cold. The quick answer to the question of why industrial network switches differ from business IT switches is that the industrial Ethernet switch is built to withstand all these challenges. By comparison, the business IT switch, cosseted by air conditioning in data centers or nestling in […]
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If you knew the state of your machines at each moment, and could take action based on that knowledge, how much value could you create for your customers? Digital transformation, successfully embedding products and services inside the value chain, creates incredible opportunities for new revenue streams and customer relationships. While embracing new business models created by […]
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A smart, connected enterprise can embrace the digital transformation in the coming Internet of Things (IoT) world. Manufacturers must adopt technologies that transform operating models and allow for digital connections of processes, events, actions, internal workers and external partners. This transformation will allow manufacturers greater agility and flexibility for regional or global production. It appears manufacturing executives […]
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