The Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) space is hot right now, as manufacturing represents perhaps the largest greenfield opportunity left for digitization. Yet, IoT platform implementations have historically had a high rate of failure within this…
A lot of the innovation around Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is coming from start-up companies. But how do you buy a solution when the technology is still evolving, the use cases are emerging, and the…
Prior to taking important financial decisions, it is common practice to investigate current tools and make some calculations to find out alternatives with the best returns on investment. Though deep analyses are not always made, fundamental…
IIoT and Industry 4.0 are omnipresent topics in today’s industry tradeshows and blog posts. A lot of products promise to help you achieve vertical integration of production flow and data and enterprise software like ERP. But…
Producing clean water and treating wastewater is a complex industrial process involving lots of different types of assets, for example pumps, sediment tanks, treatment units etc. Adding to the complexity is the fact that that these…
New York City is known as the city that never sleeps. It is the hub of commerce by day and the center of nightlife at night. Crowds of people fill the streets, along with a variety…
We are living in the era of 4th Industrial revolution – the evolution which is based on extreme automation of machine to machine communication, not only just the communication but way beyond. Machines can understand each…
Cloud-centered IIoT architecture faces fundamental limits in scalability, uptime, and network latency for mission-critical applications. Decentralized edge computing, promoted by initiatives like EdgeX Foundry and the OpenFog, moves analytics and decision-making to the edge. Platforms including…
Just about everything is connected: from cell phones and wearable devices to cars, refrigerators and industrial equipment. IT experts have long recognized this global connectivity will only continue to skyrocket. Connectivity adds convenience to our jobs.…
Protecting Industrial Control Systems from cyber attacks presents four distinct challenges, according to Barak Perelman, CEO of Indegy, in an interview with IIoT World Managing Editor Lucian Fogoros. ICS technologies predate cyber defenses, having been built…
SCADA professionals have been skeptical of the Industrial Internet of Things because IIoT capabilities often mirrored what they accomplish for decades using RTUs, PLCs, wireless transmitters, and data warehousing tools. Dan Turner of PTC's Market Insights…
Are you ready for IIoT/Industry 4.0? Industry 4.0 promises to offer significant advantages to manufacturing and operations according to MIT experts. It also provides the opportunity to repeat the same systemic errors that plagued the previous three.…