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GE announces plans to establish new software company focusing on IIoT

  The new, independent firm will combine GE Digital’s IIoT solutions and GE Power Digital and Grid Software Solutions businesses   GE announced plans to establish a new, independent company focused on building an industrial internet of things (IIoT) software portfolio. GE said that the new company --...

“I thought we’d get sucked up; we haven’t been” – Mentor Graphics on life with Siemens (pt2)

Note, this is the second part of an interview with Mentor Graphics; for the first instalment go here. For Siemens, Mentor Graphics' software capabilities with chip and board design, particularly the latter, was attractive, as the German company sought to build its digital-twinning offer as...

STMicro shows industrial AI on 32-bit micro-controllers, intros IoT developer kit

As part of its industrial showcase at Electronica 2018 in Munich, in Germany, last week, semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics brought artificial intelligence (AI) right to the factory floor. The Swiss-French firm showed low-power 32-bit micro-controllers running AI-enhanced technologies for condition monitoring and predictive maintenance. The point...

NXP opens Hamburg lab to develop bespoke industrial IoT solutions

Industry 4.0 enablement prompts NXP investment NXP Semiconductors has opened an Industry 4.0 development centre in Hamburg, in Germany, to support global manufacturing customers in pursuit of bespoke industrial IoT (IIoT) solutions. The new Industrial Competency Centre (ICC) will help manufacturers with machine learning, industrial communications,...

Nokia unveils Future X framework to help unlock “trillions” of industrial IoT dollars

Nokia has grouped its industrial IoT solutions into a new architectural framework and enterprise division, called ‘Future X for industries’. The strategy is designed to drive faster digital transformation of asset-intensive market sectors, and Nokia business within them. The announcement comes as the Finnish outfit...

Why AI is the only way for telcos to create order and opportunity in the 5G era

There is massive disruption in the telecoms space, driven in the main part by the shift from proprietary hardware to commoditised hardware, and by the virtualisation of network functions in software. We are seeing this in the core network, the radio network, and at the...

Eurotech adds Cumulocity platform and Ubuntu system to gateways, edge devices

Italian ‘internet-of-things’ (IoT) company Eurotech is offering its latest industrial IoT software framework with Software AG’s Cumulocity IoT platform in all its gateways and edge devices. It has also announced it will add the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system to its edge products. The Italian company...

Eurotech intros IIoT architecture with Red Hat, trackside data with Vertigo supercar

Italian industrial internet-of-things (IoT) solutions provider Eurotech has introduced a new open, modular, multi-cloud IoT architecture. The solutions was developed with US software companies Cloudera and Red Hat. Separately, it has brought data analytics track-side with Belgian manufacturer Gillet, maker of the Vertigo race...

Five reasons to bet (now) on a fourth industrial revolution

“The kaleidoscope has been shaken; the pieces are in flux.” It is a phrase written for the political age, almost two decades ago. But as an analogy for ground-shaking change, it suits the mad-paced technology market’s face-off with industry particularly well. For the technology market...

Why AI is essential to success in Industrial IoT

  Networks are being significantly impacted by the commoditisation of hardware and the migration of functionality and value to software. This dramatically increases network complexity, but more importantly gives carriers an opportunity to gain a competitive advantage through disruptive new services. One lucrative new market that...

Detroit-based IIoT firm GuardHat secures $20m in financing to fuel growth

  GuardHat developed a smart hard hat that monitors worker safety at industrial settings   Detroit-based industrial internet of things startup GuardHat said that it has raised a $20 million Series A funding round. The investment was led by RTP Ventures, with participation from 3M Ventures, Caterpillar Ventures,...

IIC seeks cross-sector alliances to bring harmony as IIoT momentum builds

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) is on a charm offensive to strike cross sector alliances with trade bodies, communities and consortia to bring greater harmony and faster transformation of industry as it engages with new digital technologies. The IIC said last month it had “global...

MRO maturity and IIoT (Reader Forum)

Efficient maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) processes are important in every industry to achieve the best possible return on assets (ROA). This is especially true for capital-intensive industries such as oil and gas, chemicals, mining and aerospace. For example, for an airline, MRO can...

AT&T gets a lift with KONE predictive maintenance deal in US, Canada, Mexico

Lift maker KONE has selected AT&T to connect it elevators and escalators in North America in order to gather data, enable predictive maintenance, and improve safety and performance. AT&T said it had been chosen to provide internet-of-things (IoT) “connectivity and service management”. The pair will...

It is high time for IR sensor 2.0 – and this is why (Reality Check)

The IR sensor is a crucial component in many everyday products, ranging from medical equipment to mobile phones. But the technology is 50 years old and in serious need of an upgrade. The next generation IR sensor 2.0 for IoT will be much thinner...

AT&T opens Texas innovation lab for industry ‘verticals’ to test 5G, AI, SDN and IoT

AT&T is inviting companies in the manufacturing, retail, health, finance, and public sector industries into its Foundry innovation lab in Plano, Texas, for the first time to collaborate on new digital solutions. A new area within the facility has been given over to “all aspects...

SMEs must urgently embrace cultural and technological change, says Siemens

German manufacturing giant Siemens has issued a rallying cry to small-and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to urgently embrace cultural and technological change, and grasp the opportunity of digital transformation. Specifically, Siemens addressed small-and-medium sized manufacturing businesses in Germany, as “the backbone of the Germany economy”, at...

Appetite for smart manufacturing grows, but the market remains troubled and confused

The appetite for new digital technologies is growing among manufacturers, with certain brands in certain sectors in certain regions experiencing a considerable uplift in performance. But the take-up of smart manufacturing solutions remains tentative, as companies are unsure how to start with digital change...

From A(ccess control) to V(ulnerability): ‘edge’ and other terms defined in new edition of IIoT dictionary

New definitions of terms used in data management, edge computing, and IT/OT convergence appear in the trade dictionary for the industrial internet-of-things (IIoT), published by the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC). The new edition of the Industrial Internet Vocabulary Report, version 2.1, also clears up confusion...

Editorial Report: IoT for manufacturing: predictive maintenance, dynamic scheduling and other key use cases

The industrial sector is one of the last to undergo digital transformation. But the next industrial revolution will be like nothing we have seen before, worth $6.8 trillion to the global economy, more than the value of the entire consumer internet market, according to...

United Technologies snaps up predictive analytics firm Predikto

United Technologies has bought Atlanta-based predictive analytics software company Predikto for an undisclosed fee. Predikto’s software will be deployed across its business units to drive efficiencies in its manufacturing operations and dynamism in its product design. United Technologies, based in Farmington, in Connecticut, owns jet-engine...

Full Spectrum rebrands, hones focus on mission critical IoT

Company taps 802.16s for mission critical IoT connectivity Mission critical IoT connectivity specialist Ondas Networks, formerly called Full Spectrum, went through the re-branding process to support its expanded focus on industrial IoT applications for high-value sectors including electric, gas and water utilities, oil and gas...

AI and IIoT: How to make products better and faster – at less cost (Reader Forum)

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a key asset in the continuing effort to derive greater value from business processes and business models in general. While much of the attention AI has garnered has centered on digital services and applications, the technology is also driving significant enhancements...

The data goldmine – how Aurelia Metals got smart digging for gold with data

Gold mining is like manufacturing in reverse. Instead of putting things together, you smash them up, mix with chemicals, and dry them out. Every process can be tuned with data, and the result is… a product: pure gold, worth AUS$1,300 per ounce. The application of...