Spotlight on AT&T: Blockchain for the supply chain
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailManufacturing, transportation, retail—that’s the supply chain Blockchain is largely associated with the mysterious world of cryptocurrency, but AT&T sees significant value in applying the generalized ledger that supports blockchain to …
MRO maturity and IIoT (Reader Forum)
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailEfficient 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 …
Investor confidence rises as venture capital funds start to flow into IIoT market
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailInvestor confidence in the burgeoning industrial ‘internet-of-things’ (IIoT) market is up, reckon industry commentators. A slew of enterprise funds and venture capital has been staked on the sector’s growth in …
Rate your digital maturity – six development phases for smart manufacturing
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailA study by the German Academy of Science and Engineering, known as Acatech, provides the most sophisticated blueprint yet for smart manufacturing, and a methodology for companies to rate their …
GE to integrate Predix with Azure, co-develop IIoT solutions with Microsoft
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailGE Digital will integrate its Predix portfolio with Microsoft Azure’s cloud capabilities, and standardise its Predix solutions on Microsoft Azure, it has announced. GE and Microsoft said they will also …
Jaguar Land Rover tests connected cars on UK roads
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailJaguar Land Rover recently opened a new software, IT and engineering center in Manchester to support its connected technologies strategy Jaguar Land Rover announced that it is currently testing …
Microsoft’s Azure IoT Edge gets official release, security updates, certified modules
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailMicrosoft has made its Azure IoT Edge service ‘generally available’, and added new categories including device management and security to its Azure IoT Edge catalogue. It has also made Azure …
NY, LA to lead smart city charge, as global market for civic tech nears $1bn by 2023
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe global market for smart city information and communications technologies will grow by 15.8 per cent per year on average over the next five years, reaching $994.6 million by 2023. …
Car maker Volvo takes stake in California autonomous driving start-up
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailSwedish car-maker Volvo has taken a stake in US start-up Luminar, based in California and Florida, to develop sensor technology for autonomous vehicles. Volvo Cars, a subsidiary of Chinese automotive …
Rockwell takes $1bn stake in PTC to deliver on “promise of industrial IoT”
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailRockwell Automation is to take a $1 billion stake in Needham-based industrial software maker PTC as part of a part of a strategic partnership to drive growth for both firms, …
