Right Relevance: Top IIoT Influencers in June 2017
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is changing the industrial landscape rapidly. To stay competitive and make the right decisions industry’s leaders need to understand the potential of IIoT and to be informed. This is one of the reasons why Right
Providing Smart Machine Maintenance to Customers
Intelligrated, now part of Honeywell, is a North American-based automated material handling solutions provider, servicing distribution and manufacturing customers. A confluence of industry forces has increased demand for their sophisticated automated systems, and uptime reliability requirements are higher than ever,
Thoughts on the on-going global cyber attacks as they affect ICSs
For many years, there have been warnings about the cyber vulnerability of multiple infrastructures world-wide. Yet, those warnings are still not being adequately addressed. In 2004, the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) provided a glimpse of what we’re seeing today with
ICS cybersecurity experts: back up all your data to protect yourself against Petya ransomware
Less than 6 weeks after the WannaCry attack, a new ransomware called “Petya” is worming its way around the world with alarming speed. The malware is spreading using a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows — the same bug that was exploited
Three main elements that make up a successful IoT ecosystem
The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of today’s most widely discussed technology topics. From smart agriculture through to smart cities to smart factories, the expectation is that IoT will be transformative. The 4th industrial revolution. However, the reality is
Humans, Machines and the Future of Predictive Maintenance
There’s no denying that advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning are occurring faster than most experts anticipated. The era of self driving cars is just on the horizon, the Jabberwacky chatbot can convince you it’s a human, and Google’s
CEO Insights: The main benefits of augmented reality for industrial companies
Industrial players have begun to explore the benefits augmented reality (AR) can offer, a trend that has nowhere to go but up. AR aims to deliver higher productivity, quality, and accountability, quickly identifying the problems and keeping all the services
Reinvent your Sales Model – Create Lean Distribution to prepare for the Industrial IoT Era
Industrial manufacturers seeking a market-share increase must become proactive and help distributors to evolve by reinventing into marketing and sales organizations. These organizations are part of a new order called lean distribution. They are highly focused on product selling, sales
5 Ways Drones Are Transforming Earthworks Projects
Drones have quickly become one of the most versatile tools on the construction site. Whether it’s for documentation before pouring concrete, making pre-design processes more efficient, or speeding up data collection for infrastructure projects, drones have become the aerial eye
The main issues with today’s Industrial Automation Sales Channel
For decades, American industry has purchased much of its electrical, electronic and hydraulic products from independent distributors. Customers and manufacturers experience many advantages by using the industrial distributor business model. Local support, off-book cost, customer credit buffer and customer knowledge
CEO Insights: We’re entering a “Golden Age” as it relates to the field of robotics
As part of the CEO Insights Series, IIoT World's Managing Editor, Lucian Fogoros, interviews Ben Wolff, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Director of Sarcos, about industrial robots. Lucian Fogoros: The number of industrial robots deployed worldwide will increase to around 2.6 million units
How will ICS cybersecurity standards be impacted by IIoT?
There has been quite a bit of discussion and speculation about the potential impact of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) on the development, deployment, and operation of industrial control systems (ICS). Predictions have ranged from “Nothing changes” to “It