BROWSING: SAP

Verizon to manage, streamline SAP’s global network

Verizon chosen by SAP to manage, streamline the company's global network Verizon is expanding its role in SAP's global network, with a new agreement to consolidate, streamline and manage the company's worldwide network infrastructure. SAP has historically relied on an in-house team to handle its global...

From AI to AR: The top 10 (+1) smart manufacturing platforms

A new investigation by analyst house ABI Research has ranked the top smart manufacturing platforms, and placed PTC’s ThingWorx top of the pile. PTC has ranked at the top consistently in recent research into the leading digital factory platforms. ThingWorx scored highest for augmented reality...

PTC tops three separate polls of the leading industrial IoT platforms

Needham-based industrial software maker PTC has come top in a series of reviews of industrial IoT (IIoT) platform providers. Its ThingWorx proposition has been consistently identified by analysts in 2018 as a leading platform for digital transformation. PTC also topped Gartner’s inaugural ‘magic quadrant’ for...

The IIoT intervew: “Edge computing is the death of the cloud as we know it,” says IIC

Where is the edge of the data network, where compute power increasingly resides? This is the question industrial operatives are asking, as they look to combine advanced connectivity technologies and analytics techniques to bring new intelligence to their systems and processes. It is the...

IIC releases industrial-grade ‘cookbook’ for edge computing

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has issued a white paper with practical guidance on edge computing in industrial internet-of-things (IIoT) settings. The publication seeks to define edge computing architectural functions and drivers, highlight key use case considerations. The IIC paper, called IIC Introduction to Edge...

What is OPC UA TSN, and how does it work? (The long read, with Cisco and SAP)

The emergence of the OPC UA TSN communications stack, backed by a loose-knit consortium of automation specialists, is a key part of the developing industrial IoT narrative, with halting technological innovation and industrial transformation set to be kick-started by its release and deployment in...

From Accenture to Software AG: the top 10 industrial IoT platforms

Analyst 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 results, to summarise the best industrial IoT platforms available to enterprises in the energy...

PTC, Hitachi, SAP top Gartner review of IIoT platforms, but major challenges remain

PTC, 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 challenges remain for IoT providers in the industrial space, including with market fragmentation and...

Deutsche Telekom, SAP showcase IoT-based logistics solution

  The new offering is part of a recent IoT agreement between the two companies   German telecom operator Deutsche Telekom and SAP recently showcased an IoT solution for companies within the logistics sector. The solution enables the monitoring of not only the positions of vehicle and trailer...

Deutsche Telekom realigns T-Systems with Made-in-Germany drive

Deutsche Telekom has bundled three digital businesses into a single ‘digital solutions’ unit as it seeks to provide medium and large-sized enterprises with a one-stop-shop for the full gamut of digital transformation services, it said at Hannover Messe 2018. T-Systems, the company’s enterprise division,...

Microsoft challenges Amazon with SAP partnership expansion

Microsoft and SAP compete against Amazon in cloud market space In an effort to compete with Amazon in the cloud market space, Microsoft announced it is expanding its partnership with German enterprise software company SAP. The companies will deploy each other’s cloud solutions internally, and...

Kaeser Kompressoren implements IIoT to cut customer downtime

Learn how the manufacturer worked with HPE, SAP to leverage IIoT Kaeser Kompressoren is a German manufacturer and provider of compressed air systems and services. The company, which offers products, services, and complete systems for the generation, treatment, and delivery of energy in the form...

VMware partners with SAP to accelerate enterprise IoT adoption

The two companies are working to launch a pre-integrated solution to enable quick enterprise IoT deployments VMware said it will collaborate with SAP with the primary goal of creating an integrated enterprise IoT solution that supports the implementation and management of use cases across devices,...

Focused on Industry 4.0 and digital manufacturing, SAP partners with robotics firm

Bringing digital transformation to the manufacturing sector is a main goal of the partnership Manufacturing is a major economic driver in Germany, and, as such, the sector is drawing considerable federal investment under the auspices of Industry 4.0, a national plan to digitally transform manufacturing....

2017 enterprise trends include cloud, bandwidth and security

Industry leaders weigh-in on trends in enterprise IT. As the internet of things continues to grow, producing massive amounts of potentially cost-saving data, enterprise decision makers are faced with numerous roadmaps – and many pitfalls – as they undertake the buzzy process...

BT working with T-Systems to deliver SAP enterprise cloud services

BT Compute for SAP enterprise solutions to be available for European customers in early 2017. U.K. telco BT and T-Systems inked a collaboration agreement focused on the delivery of SAP cloud services. The agreement calls for BT to connect its customers to...

Kellogg’s turns to Amazon Web Services for data analytics

A cereal company with a data issue The Kellogg Company operates in 180 countries, providing ready-to-eat cereals and other food products with brands including Froot Loops, Frosted Flakes, Special K, Rice Krispies, Pop Tarts, Eggo Waffles, Nutri-Grain Bars and Corn Flakes. Margins are tight in...

Kellogg’s turns to Amazon Web Services for data analytics

A cereal company with a data issue The Kellogg Company operates in 180 countries, providing ready-to-eat cereals and other food products with brands including Froot Loops, Frosted Flakes, Special K, Rice Krispies, Pop Tarts, Eggo Waffles, Nutri-Grain Bars and Corn Flakes. Margins are tight in...

Costs and benefits of building 100 smart cities in India

Building 100 smart cities in India could cost $31 billion through 2020, but expected benefits in terms of gross domestic product contribution and jobs should far outweigh this huge investment. To cope with the challenge of rapid urbanization, the government of India launched in June...

SAP invests more than $2 billion to foster IoT business

The software firms plans to establish IoT labs around the world German software giant SAP confirmed it will invest 2 billion euros ($2.24 billion) in its internet of things business over the next five years. SAP said it plans to accelerate innovation in its solution portfolio,...

Hacked IoT devices behind largest DDoS attack to date

An army of hacked IoT devices was used to conduct the two largest DDoS attacks to date. Security experts have warned time and again that hacked IoT devices could cause serious security damage. Now might be a good time for IoT device makers and IT departments...

Ericsson to end manufacturing in Sweden – Internal report

Ericsson is reported to be planning to close its remaining manufacturing sites in Sweden. A new CEO is yet to be announced. Ericsson could be about to end its 140 years manufacturing tradition in Sweden as it plans to close down its two remaining...

All about the European Commission’s new 5G action plan

The European Commission has proposed a new 5G action plan aiming to ensure 5G is fully deployed across the European Union by 2025. On the occasion of European Commission (EC) president Jean-Claude Juncker’s 2016 State of the Union address on Wednesday, the EC proposed an overhaul...

Top 10 industrial IoT cloud providers

In our article, Cloud computing 101: Advantages and disadvantages, we defined cloud computing and discussed some of the benefits and challenges that come with transitioning from local servers to the cloud. We also took a look at the top 5 industrial IoT companies, excluding...