How Virtual PLCs Are Changing the Way Factories Operate
· Discrete Manufacturing

How Virtual PLCs Are Changing the Way Factories Operate

Manufacturers are moving control systems off physical hardware and into virtual environments to reduce downtime, lower costs, and respond faster to production needs.As industrial automation evolves, more manufacturers are looking to virtualization—not just for analytics and dashboards, but for the control systems at the heart of production. A key shift underway is the migration from […]

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Predictive Maintenance: The Hidden ROI Driver Manufacturers Can’t Ignore
· Predictive Maintenance

Predictive Maintenance: The Hidden ROI Driver Manufacturers Can’t Ignore

Every minute of downtime costs manufacturers thousands, sometimes millions, of dollars. Predictive maintenance, powered by real-time IIoT platforms, offers a proactive approach to avoid costly equipment failures and production halts.The Cost of Reactive MaintenanceTraditional maintenance approaches often rely on either: Reactive Maintenance: Fixing equipment only after it breaks, leading to unplanned downtime. Time-Based Maintenance: Performing […]

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Reinventing the IoT Platform for Discrete Manufacturers
· Connected Industry

Reinventing the IoT Platform for Discrete Manufacturers

The Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) space is hot right now, as manufacturing represents perhaps the largest greenfield opportunity left for digitization. Yet, IoT platform implementations have historically had a high rate of failure within this vertical. What’s contributing to these failure rates, and what needs to change?  The IoT Platform “Revolution” The term Industry […]

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The IIoT digital solution platform market at the end of 2018
· Connected Industry

The IIoT digital solution platform market at the end of 2018

Do you know your platform solution? Knowing your digital solutions is key to choose industrial platforms, as they might not meet your exact needs. What is under the hood of an Industrial Platform solution? What do you look for? IIoT Platforms are still under significant construction. How do you judge the platforms that are out there? Companies have this […]

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Pick solutions, not platforms: How to choose an Industrial IoT platform
· Connected Industry

Pick solutions, not platforms: How to choose an Industrial IoT platform

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” That common phrase once defined manufacturing’s approach to optimization. But today, enterprises are painfully aware that smarter production lines and more efficient processes can save them millions in downtime and lost yield. So, plant managers- people in what traditionally is one of the more conservative roles –  are […]

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24 interesting Startups focused on Industry 4.0 to watch out at the Web Summit
· Connected Industry

24 interesting Startups focused on Industry 4.0 to watch out at the Web Summit

ALPHA 2018 has sold out. ALPHA is a program run by Web Summit organizers and aims to spotlight the early stage startups engineering the future, connecting them to the world’s most influential companies at Web Summit. In this article, I’ve listed a few startups that caught my attention as they develop solutions in one of […]

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Azure IoT vs AWS IoT – Read Before Building your Industrial IoT Platform
· Connected Industry

Azure IoT vs AWS IoT – Read Before Building your Industrial IoT Platform

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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