Nokia joins with Hitachi, Globalstar to push private LTE and 5G in Japan and Africa
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNokia is working with Hitachi Kokusai Electric in Japan to deploy private LTE and 5G networks for industrial and government customers in Japan. It has struck a parallel deal in …
NHS trust signs £25m deal with Hitachi for digital twin and control centre
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAn NHS trust in Manchester, in the UK, has agreed a £25 million deal with Hitachi Consulting to use advanced data analytics and IoT tools to digitise its processes and …
The top industrial IoT platforms – and the only three worth considering?
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailOld familiars Hitachi, PTC, and Software AG ranked top again among industrial IoT (IIoT) platforms in Gartner’s latest ‘Magic Quadrant’ assessment of the sector. But Software AG swapped places with …
Supply chain modernization underlies effective digital strategy
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHitachi sees traditional supply chain management as a road block to disruption The broad Industry 4.0 conversation focuses on how the internet of things and data analytics can add value …
Hitachi enters robotic SI business in North America
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Japanese giant Hitachi entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a robotics business operated by American firm JR Automation Technologies. The acquisition price for JR Automation is US$ 1.42 …
The supply chain is dead; long live the demand chain! How AI is tilting the balance between supply and demand
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFor digital transformation of the supply chain, artificial intelligence (AI) is effectively the only game in town. This is because it is the only technological discipline that knits together a …
State of things | Smart manufacturing (part 4): Buying digital change
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThis article is the fourth instalment in a series taken from a longer report, Smart manufacturing: asset management, predictive maintenance, dynamic scheduling and other use cases, from August 2018. The …
State of things | Smart manufacturing (part 3): Use case modelling
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThis article is the third instalment in a series taken from a longer report, Smart manufacturing: asset management, predictive maintenance, dynamic scheduling and other use cases, from August 2018. The …
State of things | Smart manufacturing (part 1): The hype and the glory
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThis article is taken from a longer report, Smart manufacturing: asset management, predictive maintenance, dynamic scheduling and other use cases, from August 2018. The report tells the story of smart …
Hitachi opens smart factory hub for Southeast Asia
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Through the new facility, Hitachi aims to foster the adoption of smart factory technology in Asia Japanese firm Hitachi has opened a digital services hub in Thailand with …
