When General Electric publicized its vision for the business value of the Industrial Internet in this 2012 report, a key point was getting more value from assets that are “big things that spin”, such as GE’s canonical Industrial...
IIoT and Industrie 4.0 offer examples of new technologies that provide an opportunity to improve business performance for both owner-operators and OEMs: Plant owner-operators: Operational and business process improvements through removing waste...
IIoT has proven to be a driving force in not only IT and OT collaboration, but also collaboration between various standards bodies as well as a multitude of both automation and enterprise suppliers. It seems that there is an endless flow of...
Who’is the most influential professional in the Industry 4.0 field? We have introduced 300 people in an influence metrics tool in order to find out who are those that frequently speak about Industry 4.0 on social media. Twitter and Linkedin...
Event organizers are realizing that Industry 4.0 is becoming mainstream and are launching an increasing number of events in this field. These are the most important we know of:– SMAS Conference (Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service):...
The topic of data analytics is as much hyped as it is questioned – the spectrum of opinion ranges from “data as the new oil of the economy” to “analytics conclusions are not 100% reliable” and all the nuances in...
Hirisens is a Basque startup that has developed an IoT box that controls data about pollution, noise or even the dryness of parks’ plants in order to water them. It’s already being used by several public and private organizations in...
Better late than never. Intel is catching up with the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 revolutions, which it aims to power with its latest processors and even its competitors’. It’s partnering with ARM to build chips for connected...
Cyber-connected manufacturing systems – also known as Industry 4.0 – improve efficiency and optimize operations but also have the potential to change the way manufacturers and industrial companies run their business. Especially in Europe...
As one of Bind 4.0’s partners, Siemens is willing to work with startups. Rosa García, Siemens Spain’s CEO explains that they will advise, help marketing and even fund some recently created companies. Why? “Because they move...