Drugs, steel and tyres: Three ‘predictive quality’ use cases from Hitachi
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHitachi sets about the task of industrial transformation with its customers by posing three simple, but very pointed, questions. “What if you could predict and prevent production downtime? What if …
The IIoT interview (pt2): “Three is the magic number for digital ROI,” says Hitachi
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailManufacturers should treble their money on digital transformation, at least, reckons Greg Kinsey, vice president of Hitachi Vantara. If the digital ROI does not stack up, before starting out, then they …
From Accenture to Software AG: the top 10 industrial IoT platforms
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAnalyst house Gartner has put the leading IIoT platforms through their paces, and named the best in the business. Here, Enterprise IoT Insights reviews the Gartner review, and orders the …
The IIoT interview (pt1): “It’s a two-speed market; the US doesn’t get it,” says Hitachi
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe industrial ‘internet of things’ (IoT) market is geographically skewed, reckons one of its leading protagonists. Greg Kinsey, vice president of Japan-based Hitachi’s Vantara business, says the US is way …
PTC, Hitachi, SAP top Gartner review of IIoT platforms, but major challenges remain
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPTC, Hitachi and SAP have come top of Gartner’s inaugural ‘magic quadrant’ for IIoT platforms, ahead of IBM, Software AG and Accenture. But the analyst house warned also that major …
From factory floor to shop floor – four ways to be a smart manufacturer
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail“There are three ways to be smart in manufacturing,” says Michael Yost, president of manufacturing association MESA International. Three, it seems, is the magic number when it comes to categorising …
Hitachi takes aim at IoT, cloud, data center and analytics
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNew entity Hitachi Vantara targets IoT for enterprises in verticals including manufacturing, financial services, government, transportation and telecommunications Japanese conglomerate Hitachi has announced the launch of Hitachi Vantara, a new business …
Hitachi creates lab to develop solutions for its IoT platform
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHitachi’s Insights Laboratory will use advanced analytics and artificial intelligence. Japanese company Hitachi formed its Insights Laboratory, which it claims is a global research team focused on accelerating the delivery …
Manufacturer uses Hitachi analytics to diagnose machine mixing problem
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailProblems with polymers Hitachi used its analytics platform to integrate production and sensor data outputs to help visualize, analyze and diagnose a manufacturer’s polymer mixing problems. An unnamed manufacturer’s polymer …
Hitachi creates Internet of Things unit
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Japanese firm generated $5.4 billion in “Internet of Things” revenues from products and services last year Hitachi formed its Hitachi Insight Group in a move to drive the firm’s …
