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January 27, 2026 · Connected Industry

The 2026 Industrial AI Readiness Report

Industrial companies everywhere, from manufacturing and energy to transportation and smart cities, are being pushed to “do something with AI.” Predictive maintenance, digital twins, edge AI, and even agentic operations are now showing up on roadmaps and board slides.But here’s the reality: AI ambition is accelerating faster than AI readiness.That’s why IIoT World, in collaboration with HiveMQ, released […]

October 7, 2025 · Hybrid Manufacturing

Can the Asset Administrative Shell Make Factory Data AI-Ready?

Most factories already collect oceans of data, yet too much of it arrives in different shapes, names, and units. That inconsistency slows down Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects more than any model choice. During AI Frontiers 2025, a participant asked whether the Asset Administrative Shell could help manufacturers tame this variability and make data usable for […]