
Four breakout enterprise IoT use cases in 2021 (Reader Forum)
According to a new study, IoT has made the top of the list of the most important technologies of 2021. Additionally, the market for commercial and industrial IoT is booming, …

IBM intros industrial AI and IoT suite to help manage asset downtime and maintenance
IBM has introduced a new suite of industrial internet of things (IoT) solutions for preventative and predictive downtime and maintenance that leverage artificial intelligence and advanced analytics. The solution will …

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 …

Train reliability can jump 30% with predictive maintenance, claim Nokia and Altran
Telecoms vendor Nokia and engineering firm Altran have announced a predictive maintenance solution to streamline the upkeep of trains from all manufacturers. Nokia said it will make trains up to …

How Intel is using IIoT edge computing to reduce factory downtime by 300%
Semiconductor maker Intel has applied predictive maintenance to monitor the health of its fan filter
units (FFUs) in its semiconductor production facilities through deployment of industrial IoT (IIoT) sensors and edge …

IIC sets up automation testbed for print industry with Fujitsu, IBM, RTI, Toshiba
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has established a ‘smart printing factory testbed’ in collaboration with Fujitsu, IBM, Real-Time Innovations (RTI) and Toshiba to develop technologies to help the printing industry …

Motor cars and gas turbines: Two ‘predictive downtime’ use cases from Hitachi
As we have seen already, through separate discussion of Hitachi’s approach to ‘predictive quality’ and ‘dynamic scheduling’, the digital transformation of industry is multi-faceted. There is a third way, apart …

Zamboni works with Digi International on customized IoT product
Connected ice re-surfacer represents an IoT product-as-a-service Name two companies that make ice re-surfacers. I’ll wait. Seriously though, Zamboni is the gold-standard in ice re-surfacers–the things that smooth out skating …

Three predictive maintenance case studies
Predictive maintenance brings efficiencies to aircraft, train and elevator operations As the internet of things (IoT) drives the digital transformation of a variety of industries, predictive maintenance has emerged as …

How the IoT is improving efficiency in the railroad industry
Predictive maintenance is a key IoT use case that’s improving railroad operations At a high level, the internet of things (IoT) is all about maximizing asset availability, reliability and efficiency. …