IIoT Archives – Page 20 of 52

May 28, 2020 · Connected Industry

[Best Practices Guide] How To Thrive in the New World of Manufacturing

Technology Is Disrupting Manufacturing, But It’s Also Offering New Opportunities for Workers and Companies To Thrive Manufacturers today face significant challenges due to disruption from technology, generational change, worker retraining and international pressures. These challenges present manufacturers with more opportunities than ever before. For example, technology is helping to improve safety, reduce waste and increase […]

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May 22, 2020 · Connected Industry

Supply Chains Requirements in a Post-COVID-19 World

Nearly 70% of retail and manufacturing had already begun digital transformation projects before the COVID-19 pandemic, turning the supply chain ecosystem on its head. In a post-COVID-19 world, those digital transformations will likely accelerate, as suppliers and manufacturers turn to always-on IIoT devices to introduce efficiency and flexibility into their industrial processes. The ultimate goal […]

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May 20, 2020 · Connected Industry

Challenges and Solutions for IIoT Security

The exponential growth of IIoT is on track with recent predictions. And as we head toward a world with over 75 billion connected devices by 2025, almost a third will be utilized in industrial applications within manufacturing. But as the opportunities within this market- particularly in cloud-based, third-party service providers – continue to expand, one […]

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May 19, 2020 · Connected Industry

The Tradeoffs Between a Build-Your-Own and Pre-Built IIoT Platform

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is ushering in a new era of manufacturing—one that is centered around using data to create actionable insights that grow competitive advantage. As more advanced IIoT software and hardware continues to be developed, industrial leaders need to consider how best to position their organization to benefit from this innovation. […]

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May 7, 2020 · Connected Industry

[Report] Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Award: 2020 Global IIoT Platform for Power Generation Product Leadership

The fourth industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, delivered the Industrial IoT (IIoT), which leverages the internet and computing infrastructure to connect machines, processes, and people. According to Frost & Sullivan’s estimates, as of 2019, the potential revenue opportunity for Industrial IoT in power generation was $1.97 billion. The revenue opportunity will accelerate in […]

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May 6, 2020 · Connected Industry

Effects of COVID-19 on Industrial Manufacturing

Emerging trends to look for in a post-COVID world will be more reliable and resilient supply chains – not just more cost-effective ones. Supply chain regionalization also brings the acceleration of end-to-end value chain digitalization, enabling low-cost, flexible operations. Finally, the use of data and the application of advanced analytics like machine learning and artificial […]

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April 29, 2020 · Connected Industry

Demystifying IIoT Implementation

Many industrial businesses today see IIoT as a solution to the 21st century business issues they face. There’s ever-increasing pressure from shareholders for better financial results, to generate greater returns on the considerable amount of capital invested in production facilities. New generations of workers, customers and investors are emerging. They have different expectations (e.g. flexibility, […]

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April 21, 2020 · Connected Industry

The 14 IIoT Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

The industrial internet of things (IIoT) has completely changed the competitive landscape for manufacturers. It is ushering in entirely new ways of thinking about every business process from product design, engineering and manufacturing to maintenance and asset management—not to mention new business models. It drives greater levels of efficiency that were never thought possible before. Before the advent of […]

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April 17, 2020 · Cybersecurity

Maximize IIoT Device Profitability and Customer Satisfaction with Yocto

To maximize IIoT device profitability and customer satisfaction, users can take a few simple steps to augment yocto’s robust platform with tooling to increase security and decrease update frequency, while still maintaining aggressive delivery timelines. Yocto is quickly becoming the de facto standard build environment for embedded devices. Its configurability and wide range of supported […]

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April 6, 2020 · Cybersecurity

Industrial Cyber Security: Why IT & OT collaboration is no longer an option but a necessity

Since the mid-1990s, many industrial companies have interconnected their industrial control systems (ICSs) to improve productivity, maintenance, and safety in the operational environment. Some of this interconnectivity was to the Internet. While, this connectivity helped to improved the efficiency, security was at best a minimal consideration. The lack of adequate security planning has resulted in […]

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March 25, 2020 · Connected Industry

The predictive maintenance of railway bridges through an IoT framework

In the field of civil infrastructures, the vast majority of those, built since the middle of the last century, are subject to a global deterioration of mechanical properties due to varied loads and operating conditions compared to the design, to the aggression of atmospheric agents (e.g. freeze-thaw cycles), and sometimes, due to undersized maintenance actions. […]

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March 19, 2020 · Connected Industry

Supercharging Solar-Powered IoT Devices

In recent years, some manufacturers of IoT sensors and small battery-powered devices have embedded solar panels in their products. The panels harvest energy from ambient light and use this energy to charge the battery, thus extending the time between battery replacements. Perhaps, some vendors claimed, these solar panels could completely eliminate the need for battery […]

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