Digital Transformation Viewpoints

Featured here are original and timely articles from ARC analysts and guest writers on topics such as Digitization, New Business Models, Internet of Things, Industry 4.0, Smart Cities, and Smart Manufacturing. We dive into technologies such as additive manufacturing, machine learning, asset performance management, device connectivity, IIoT architecture, cybersecurity, augmented reality, and more related to digitization and transformation of industries, infrastructure, and cities. Our goal is to provide readers with clear and concise analyses, opinions, and discussion of these trends, technologies, and services.

Jan
02
2019
— Industry Trends

Industrial Automation and IoT Software: Common Threads

Last month ARC published a report I wrote on the future of software for industrial automation and embedded systems. It was entitled “The End of Industrial Automation (as we know it)”. Here I’ll make some observations about some of the many common threads between future automation software and future software for the Industrial IoT.
Dec
21
2018
Greg Gorbach — ARC Report Abstract

Strategies for Transforming Production Operations With 21st Century Software

A wave of digital transformation is sweeping through the industrial sector.  Driven by innovative and potentially disruptive technologies, and by an emerging understanding of possible new ways of serving customers and competing in the marketplace, industrial companies are modernizing their IT and OT software.
Dec
21
2018
— ARC Report Abstract

The End of Industrial Automation (As We Know It)

A major technology disruption is approaching in the world of industrial automation.  This disruption (software container technology) has the potential to render long-held supplier business models obsolete.  It will also require suppliers of all types to adopt emerging software technologies and practices from the cloud computing domain. 
Dec
18
2018
GUEST BLOGGER: JOHN YOUNES — Industry Trends

Overcoming the Challenges of Edge Computing in IIoT

The benefits of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) projects are numerous – they can improve manufacturing processes, increase revenues, reduce costs, optimize assets, improve business decisions, and more.

Dec
13
2018
— Industry Trends

Creating a Balanced Maintenance Strategy with EAM Systems

Finding the right balance of preventive and corrective maintenance activity in EAM systems can be a challenge for today’s 24/7 industrial organizations.  With maximizing uptime a prime consideration, avoiding under- or over-maintaining assets can be a delicate balance.
Dec
13
2018
Craig Resnick — ARC Report Abstract

Top Five Technology Trends for 2019

It’s become somewhat of a year-end tradition for ARC Advisory Group to predict the top five or six technology trends that are likely to play out in the coming year for our Advisory Service clients.
Dec
11
2018
Inderpreet Shoker — Industry Trends

GPS Tracking Technology for Better Asset Management

A number of improvements and innovations are driving the adoption of the Industrial IoT (IIoT), helping create a solid value proposition for end users. Various industries are now adopting advanced IIoT technologies to bring improvement in range of different areas. One such area is asset tracking. GPS tracking technologies have been around for a long time and now with all the innovations in the areas of sensors, networking, and connectivity, the technology is well-suited as well as cost-effective to track assets and vehicles in real-time for commercial and industrial applications.
Dec
06
2018
— Industry Trends

Artificial Intelligence in the Healthcare Sector

There is a huge market for artificial intelligence (AI) in the healthcare sector and many companies, such as Google, Apple, Dell, HewlettPackard, Siemens, Bentley Systems etc. have already cashed in on this.  Hospitals, insurance companies, and industries with ties to healthcare have all been impacted.
Dec
04
2018
— Industry Trends

Digital Transformation and Analytics Take Root in EAM

These are both challenging and exciting times for EAM users looking to find actionable information in a sea of disparate data. With a wide variety of data sources in use in industrial organizations today, finding the right information, at the right time, is more important than ever. This is why there is an increasing demand for updated EAM systems that are part of larger digital transformation efforts, and increasingly include digital transformation, data and predictive analytics, and IIoT connectivity.