
OT vs IT in the supply of IoT, and migration and consolidation in IIoT (Analyst Angle)
Following four years of research and interviews with leaders in the industrial IoT (IIoT) space, Cambashi has settled on nine ‘verticals’, or ‘connected market areas’ for IIoT applications. These are: buildings, …

Bosch and SAP develop ‘digital industrial standard’ to spark Industry 4.0 fireworks
German pair Bosch and SAP are working to develop a “digital industrial standard” to govern the exchange and usage of company data along the value chain. The partnership holds special …

ABB intros IT-OT analytics bundle to release 80% of trapped Industry 4.0 data
Swiss engineering conglomerate ABB has released an analytics software and services suite to combine data from information and operation technology (IT and OT). The new ABB Ability Genix product “collects, …

‘IT/OT convergence is a problem statement’ – ‘co-creation’ in industrial IoT (12-inch remix)
Note, this is an excerpt from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report, called ‘Crossing the IT/OT divide – co-creation, co-configuration, and how to bring industrial IoT to scale’. Go …

Differences of trust and security in IT and OT systems – and their interplay in IIoT
Hats off to the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), which continues to publish comprehensive and constructive guides on how to design, deploy, and manage digital change systems in highly individualistic ‘vertical’ …

How intent-based networking provides business value (Reality Check)
The new network is different than the old network. And the way it’s managed is different, too. Until now, management has been on a device-by-device basis, but volume and complexity …

B2B2X – the key for telecom operators to rise above Xpectations (Reader Forum)
The idea of digital transformation has taken center stage over the last few years and has thrown open many opportunities for organizations to fundamentally change the way they do business. …

Manifesto for a brave digital future in telecom IT and OT (Reader Forum)
The Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, robots, and drones are just a few technology topics we read about almost every day – in the mainstream press as well …

Speaking the language: the collision of OT and IT
Operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) have been living in two different worlds for a very long time. Historically, they have looked at things very differently. With the emergence …

Remote management: What good is Big Data if you can’t get it? (Reader Forum)
Now that I spend a lot of my time thinking about how to help companies get their networks to do what their businesses want them to do, I realize what …