CEO Insights: As plants get smarter, manufacturers need to “watch the robots”
· CEO Insights

CEO Insights: As plants get smarter, manufacturers need to “watch the robots”

Using digitization to improve how things get done has boosted revenue by reducing downtime in connected factories. The ability to immediately analyze and respond to process upsets, and the possibility to more accurately conduct scheduled maintenance help manufacturers to save money and to increase productivity. As more plants become smarter, manufacturers need a solution “to […]

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Process Monitoring in the Automotive Industry
· Connected Industry

Process Monitoring in the Automotive Industry

The Internet of Things (IoT) has become inescapable in reports related to IT. Each individual device on the IoT is identified by an individual Internet address, can access through the Internet and can interact with connected information systems. More and more devices are everyday connected to the Internet. According to the latest Gartner study, this […]

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IIoT’s Immense Entrepreneurial Opportunities
· Digital Disruption

IIoT’s Immense Entrepreneurial Opportunities

The optimistic temperament of successful entrepreneurship is what has tremendously shaped and revolutionized our world today. Our present world as it still unfolds is the direct results of the incredible vision, the extremely indefatigable beliefs and inconceivable risks implementations of past entrepreneurs. From Thomas Edison to Andrew Carnegie to Henry Ford, to Bill Gates and […]

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Managing Industrial IoT Edge Devices
· Connected Industry

Managing Industrial IoT Edge Devices

If you ask end users about factors that impede the Industrial IoT the #1 factor is usually cybersecurity and the second is manageability. Drill down on what they mean by “manageability” and this expands to “remote device management” or “remote system management”. And without saying so they also mean “management at scale”. This is not […]

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Why All System Integrators Must Fully Embrace IIoT Now
· Connected Industry

Why All System Integrators Must Fully Embrace IIoT Now

“Companies whose investment processes demand quantification of market sizes and financial returns before they can enter a market get paralyzed or make serious mistakes when faced with disruptive technologies” Clayton M Christensen – The Innovator’s Dilemma. The excerpt above sums up what I believe may be happening in the system integration space with regards Industrial IoT (IIoT) implementation […]

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Digital Transformation in Manufacturing from a Network Visualization Viewpoint
· Connected Industry

Digital Transformation in Manufacturing from a Network Visualization Viewpoint

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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Machine Learning Challenges in the implementation of Industrial Internet of Things
· Artificial Intelligence

Machine Learning Challenges in the implementation of Industrial Internet of Things

We are living in the era of 4th Industrial revolution – the evolution which is based on extreme automation of machine to machine communication, not only just the communication but way beyond. Machines can understand each other, negotiate with each other, sign and execute the contracts with each other. They can predict each other’s behavior, […]

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Defining the term “IIoT Network Edge”
· Connected Industry

Defining the term “IIoT Network Edge”

Last week’s release of the Industrial Internet Consortium’s Industrial Internet Vocabulary Technical Report V2.0 coincided with renewed discussion on ARC’s Industrial Internet of Things LinkedIn page concerning the definition of the IIoT network edge. After a dutiful search of the new release in hope of floating an “official” definition of this oft-cited term, the only reference I was able […]

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Manufacturing Trends: Six in Ten Manufacturers Will Have Fully Connected Factories by 2022
· Connected Industry

Manufacturing Trends: Six in Ten Manufacturers Will Have Fully Connected Factories by 2022

Zebra Technologies Corporation published the results of the Zebra’s 2017 Manufacturing Vision Study, a body of research analyzing the emerging manufacturing trends shaping the future of connected factories. The global study revealed manufacturers are adopting the IIoT to enhance visibility and improve quality. Driven by globalization, intensifying competition and rising customer demand for more options and higher […]

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Transition to Industry 4.0 in Three Steps
· Connected Industry

Transition to Industry 4.0 in Three Steps

Whether you’ve embraced the notion of digital manufacturing or you’re wondering where to even begin, there are things you can do right now to move a little closer to the future and make that all-important transition to Industry 4.0. First and foremost, creating networks that can adapt and respond to change will be a vital […]

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