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Hitachi buys US software firm GlobalLogic for $9.5bn in ‘biggest deal’ for Japanese tech
Hitachi is to acquire Silicon Valley-based digital engineering services company GlobalLogic for $9.5 billion. The firm will be integrated into the Japanese firm’s Hitachi Vantara unit; its digital engineering capabilities will “strengthen” its Lumada industrial IoT platform, the company said.
Japanese financial paper The Nikkei...
The IIoT interview (pt3) “We’re selling innovations, not solutions,” says Hitachi
In the final instalment in our industrial IoT trilogy with Hitachi, Greg Kinsey, in charge of the company's digital transformation business, says innovation is not available to pre-order and take-away, and the Japanese firm has set up like a Michelin-starred industrial consultancy to transform...
The IIoT interview (pt2): “Three is the magic number for digital ROI,” says Hitachi
Manufacturers 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 should down tools, and start over. If the it does, they should expect to...