Ireland sets out five-year Industry 4.0 strategy to drive digital skills and tech
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Irish government has unveiled a five-year Industry 4.0 strategy to help manufacturing firms to respond to technological change. The plan, announced last month, includes €23.5 million of funding for …
Elisa Smart Factory inks smart manufacturing deal with TCS
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Finland’s Elisa Smart Factory, which provides industrial IoT and data analytics solutions, announced a collaboration agreement with IT services, consulting and business solutions provider Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Under …
Vodafone on 2020: ‘Private networks, as-a-service models, hyper-logistics’
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPhil Skipper, global head of IoT business development, Vodafone: “The key question is what will rise and fall in 2020, in terms of digital transformation for industry. At the end …
Digital Factory Solutions Report Series: Agile Innovations
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail The only way to innovate is to collaborate. In the fourth installment in our new series on smart manufacturing technologies, UK-based global editor-in-chief editor James Blackman looks at how …
‘This is where we need to get to deliver scale’ – KPMG on co-creation in industrial IoT
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNote, this interview, with Greg Corlis, managing director for emerging technologies and national IoT leader, at KPMG, is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report, called ‘Crossing the …
Industrial grade 5G: Hype or reality for operators and manufacturers? (Reader Forum)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe possibilities are endless. That is what some vendors say about 5G, as they urge operators to partner with manufacturers to transform the technology into a lucrative revenue stream. Their …
Industry 4.0 Q&A: “Manufacturers already tried LTE and it failed miserably,” says KPMG
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHow will incoming cellular technologies transform manufacturing, and spur its drive for smarter production? That is the question Enterprise IoT Insights put to both sides of the industrial divide in …
Industrial LTE and 5G network management: Whose line is it anyway?
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAntje Williams, Executive Programme Manager for 5G, Deutsche Telekom – “We have a huge divide at the moment in the industry, in the country, [about] how operators can serve industries …
ZTE inks smart manufacturing deal in China
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailChinese vendor ZTE has signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement with compatriot heavy equipment manufacturing company Sany to promote the integration of 5G and industry while accelerating the digital transformation …
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 …
