Smart Factory initiatives – main driver of manufacturing competitiveness
Smart Factory initiatives – main driver of manufacturing competitiveness Smart Factory is a concept until recently considered futuristic, but now translated into reality by the existing technologies on the market. Relying on cybernetic systems that communicate with each other, Smart Factory is based
Digital Transformation in the Process Industries
Highlight case: Food and Beverage Industry - Individualization is one of the most important trends in the food and beverage industry. Manufacturers have to react faster to increasing social diversity, new lifestyles, needs, consumer habits, tastes, and preferences. How is Siemens
[Report] ICS cybersecurity for the Electric Utilities Industry | SPONSORED
The risk of security incidents is rapidly increasing in the electric industry, which plays a crucial role in critical infrastructure. This is due to the increasing vulnerability of the system caused by the modernization of the electricity generation, transmission, and
Grain Power Station | SPONSORED
Grain power station, on the Isle of Grain in Kent, is the newest Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) in Uniper’s UK portfolio, having been commissioned in 2011. The current power station replaced Grain-A, a 1320MW oil-fired station, commissioned in the
DaaS: Desktop Virtualization
The third party cloud provider manages all back-end resources, such as desktop storage, compute, and networking, including the virtual cloud machines that run the desktop operating systems. The desktop as a service provider streams the virtual desktops to end-user devices, allowing
What is the Hidden Factory and how to reveal one?
What is the Hidden Factory? The Hidden Factory is a concept that refers to the unseen, or hidden, parts of a manufacturing process that result in quality issues or decrease the efficiency of the operation. What's causing this? It depends on the
The Way Forward: A Practical Guide to Achieving IT/OT Convergence | SPONSORED
Modern enterprises are faced with pressures for accelerated digitalization while effectively using data from and across their systems. Attend this session to watch a live demo led by industry experts and see how IT/OT data systems can be seamlessly integrated
5G Myths, Realities and Misunderstandings
In Part One of this three-part series, we explained the basics of 5G, its use cases and benefits. In this article we’ll debunk some of the 5G myths, realities and misunderstandings. Then, in Part Three, we’ll explore the vision of
The 2021 Ransomware Survey Report | SPONSORED
Fortinet recently surveyed 455 business leaders and cybersecurity professionals worldwide to gauge their state of readiness to defend against the growing challenge of ransomware. Most are very or extremely concerned about the threat of a ransomware attack, with many seeing
Why do we need more Green Chemistry programs, and how digitalization can help
Most of Novartis’s manufacturing facilities recover, recycle and re-use solvents, and the precious metal catalysts known to have a high greenhouse gas impact. In the case of two pilot compounds, Novartis was able to demonstrate a recovery rate of up to
The Evolution of Digital Transformation
For the last few years, especially, the common thread running through every article, survey, webinar and industry keynote speech has seemingly centered on the necessity of digitally transforming to remain competitive, even to survive in an increasingly competitive and hostile