MachineMetrics, which equips factories with the digital tools needed to increase productivity and win more business, announced this week it has raised $11.3 million in Series A financing. Tola Capital led the round with participation from existing investors Hyperplane Venture Capital, Long River Ventures, Mass Ventures, Hub Angels and Firebolt Ventures. With the new funds, the […]
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ALPHA 2018 has sold out. ALPHA is a program run by Web Summit organizers and aims to spotlight the early stage startups engineering the future, connecting them to the world’s most influential companies at Web Summit. In this article, I’ve listed a few startups that caught my attention as they develop solutions in one of […]
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Companies in every industry are developing and implementing connected industrial control applications as strategic digital business initiatives. However, the risks of security breaches and the subsequent impacts to consumer privacy and now personal safety are limiting the delivery of secure and resilient services, that are based on these connected applications. Many company’s networks remain disconnected […]
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Mike Quindazzi is managing director and business development leader for the Southwest region and U.S. digital services for PwC. He has 28 years invested in gathering industry experience and crafting his management consulting abilities, leading teams and global companies on innovation, strategy and transformational initiatives. He is a keynote speaker on the global mega trends […]
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If you’ve worked in industry for any length of time, you’ve experienced wave after wave of digital technologies washing over the plant floor, from robots to tablets. The next decade will see a new technological wave breaking over the landscape, as artificial intelligence expands from a narrow set of tasks to far more sophisticated applications […]
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Andy Longworth works in the newly formed worldwide center of expertise for Artificial Intelligence, Data and New Technologies, for HPE Pointnext. Andy is working across a broad spectrum of activities from business development through to project delivery and productizing innovative solutions that can be re-used across different engagements. The focus of Andy’s work is the […]
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I remember vividly the feel of that little side-wheel spinning rapidly in response to my overly exercised thumb’s pressure. Scrolling frantically through the myriad of emails and messages on my BlackBerry 7100 was a daily ritual. Then my thumb found a new workout routine when the trackball replaced the thumb wheel with the introduction of […]
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The world is changing, and today’s leading industrial OEMs are developing connected products to avoid being left behind. Machine learning and artificial intelligence drive predictive maintenance and business optimization. Remote asset monitoring and management eliminate costly unscheduled downtime and boost operational efficiency. Real-time and historical visualizations create better products and services, while workflow integrations help make […]
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Visit four doctors, and you’ll come home with five diagnoses. This saying can be transferred to the term Industry 4.0, where everybody has its own definition. Back in 2011 when the term Industrie 4.0 was introduced by the German government institution BMBF, the idea was very unique. It describes the fourth industrial revolution (after steam, […]
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What do the likes of Mercedes-Benz, GE, Ford, Humana, Philips, LockheedMartin and Indian Railways have in common? Irrespective of the diverse domains they are posited, each of them is in a phase of transformation…Digital Transformation. As the convergence of algorithms, cloud, things, and data drives tectonic shifts across industries, bellwether companies are forced to break […]
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The Internet of Things (IoT) represents an undeniable business opportunity to OEMs developing industrial equipment and machinery. Just about every industry is digitizing, and industrial equipment is no different. While customers purchase equipment to perform a specific task, connecting the asset can help them make more money and improve efficiencies for the asset’s limited lifecycle. Forward-thinking […]
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Sid Snitkin is a senior member of ARC Advisory Group where he has primary responsibility for developing the strategic direction for ARC’s cyber security products and services. Sid has over 30 years of experience in automation, information systems, and manufacturing, with particular emphasis in the Metals Industry. Sid has been with ARC for 20 […]
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