Industrie 4.0, or the Industrial IoT, offers great promise for manufacturers to optimize business operations. The key to any successful Industrial IoT project lies in the factory data. Without data, extracted from a myriad of sources,…
Buzz words such as the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Industry 4.0 and Digital Twin have started to weave their way into executive key notes and sales peoples’ pitches. It is easy for product offerings to…
In the Industrial IoT world, we often hear comments like "Let's make our existing machine or tool connected, and later we will find the way to create value or monetise it!" or "We need more and…
Almost 60 percent of utility executives in 20 countries rank distributed generation as the biggest disrupter to their operations, according to a 2017 survey by Accenture, the global services company. Distributed generation, the executives predict, will reduce…
There are two worlds of computer security - high-end systems and then everything else. Both high- and low-end systems typically employ “top-down” defenses to harden their attack surfaces. These are “software-only” security techniques. High-end and specialized…
Business owners seeking sustainable growth should think twice the next time they want to hire more employees or purchase additional vehicles to meet increased demands. Committing to an increase in fixed expenses may seem essential when…
The indoor positioning market is predicted to show double-digit growth rates every year. We have put together an infographic to show the main indoor positioning applications and their business value. Main indoor positioning applications Business value comes with live installations We brought…
Autonomous driving represents one of the most ambitious applications of machine learning in the industrial world, requiring real-time decision-making across perception, planning, and control systems. In this guide, IIoT World breaks down the core ML algorithms…
By 2025, experts expect that the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) will provide a $4.6 trillion opportunity for the world’s industrial operations to upgrade and add value to the global economy. This reflects the trend toward…
This is the first in a five-part series covering the impact of Augmented Reality on the transportation and logistics industry. The world’s logistics and transportation industry is changing fast – and is in need of solutions…
The UK is a global leader in manufacturing. With an industrial heritage second to none the sector currently has an employer base that spans almost 90 000 organizations and there is a major drive to implement…
Cyberattacks against financial companies such as JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup and vendors such as Target, eBay, and Home Depot have received so much media attention these past years. Unknown to many, smart manufacturing companies are also…