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.

Jun
06
2017
— Industry Trends

New IIoT-Enabled Artificial Lift Optimization Software Helps Pump Up Operators

ARC has been blogging for a few years now on how IIoT-enabled solutions can provide real business value to upstream oil & gas companies; the need for leveraging such solutions has never been greater now that operators, independent E&P firms, and other industry stakeholders struggle to operat
Jun
02
2017
Peter Reynolds — Industry Trends

Managing Operational Risk Needs Data in Context - on Any Device

Due to the complex, energy-intensive, and potentially hazardous and environmentally sensitive nature of most downstream petroleum refining, petrochemical, and chemical manufacturing processes and facilities, these sectors have traditionally relied upon automation and other operational technology (OT
May
26
2017
— Industry Trends

Industrial IoT: Looking backward and forward at BLAST 2017 in Rome

At the recent BLAST conference in Rome, Italy, Alessandro Bassi, president of IoT Italy, moderated a panel about IoT in Industry.  Sergio Gusmeroli, Research Coordinator at the Politecnico School of Management in Milano spoke on the importance of IoT for Industry.  I introduced some I
May
25
2017
Bob Gill — Industry Trends

When Data Becomes the New Oil

If you took a quick glance at the May 6 cover of The Economist with its picture of several offshore oil rigs and accompanying text proclaiming The World’s Most Valuable Resource, you could be forgiven for thinking that this was yet another story about the oil & gas industry.
May
23
2017
— Industry Trends

IoT-powered Virtual Manufacturing is the Next Big Thing

The industrial revolution underway driven by the effects of changing technology, market conditions, and consumer needs is forcing companies to strive for greater efficiency in product quality and service more than ever before.
May
22
2017
Eric Cosman — Industry Trends

How will ICS cybersecurity standards be impacted by IIoT?

There has been quite a bit of discussion and speculation about the potential impact of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) on the development, deployment, and operation of industrial control systems (ICS).