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.

Mar
03
2017

Fabian Wanke — Industry Trends

Transferring Data to the Cloud… by Truck

No, this is not a joke, you read that correctly. Amazon Web Services (AWS), the company’s cloud business, is without question a success. AWS is building up large data centers to sell access and offer services to the cloud to anyone who asks for it.

Mar
02
2017

Bob Gill — Industry Trends

Industrial IoT at Mobile World Congress 2017

Taking place in Barcelona this week (Feb 27 - March 2) is Mobile World Congress (MWC), the largest and most important event each year for the mobile telecoms industry.

Mar
01
2017

Greg Gorbach — Industry Trends

How to design, build, and operate an IIoT system

For several years I have been asking PLM suppliers, “What do you offer your customers to help them create an IIoT system?” Until now, the answers I’ve gotten have usually been a compendium of available design, simulation, modeling, and information management products. But the essence of

Feb
28
2017

Chantal Polsonetti — Industry Trends

Cisco’s Ascent Poses Challenge to Network Edge Competitors

Industrial Ethernet switch (IES) and other industrial network edge infrastructure providers face numerous challenges in an increasingly dynamic marketplace.

Feb
27
2017

Peter Reynolds — Industry Trends

Predictive Maintenance or Predictive Operations?

Feb
24
2017

— Industry Trends

Lots of IIoT, Analytics and, Yes, Even Some Talk of Drones at ARC Forum

Having just come off the high of attending a record turnout at the 21^st ARC Industry Forum I wanted to summarize some of the key highlights on IIoT and analytics that I saw (would be interested to learn what others

Feb
23
2017

— Industry Trends

Operational Intelligence: Repurposing Manufacturing Big Data

I recently blogged about the Factory of the Future, and one of my main points was that in many ways we are already implementing the Factory of the Future, and some manufacturers are already adopting and leading the way into the next generation of manufacturing.

Feb
22
2017

Craig Resnick — Industry Trends

GE Blends Oil and Gas with Digital Transformation and IIoT at Annual Meeting

Over 1,000 customers from around the world attended the recent 18th GE Oil & Gas Annual Meeting in Florence, Italy. A multitude of presentations and demonstrations of the late

Feb
21
2017

— Industry Trends

Exxon Mobil sets record in high performance oil and gas reservoir computing

ARC has opined before its belief that the oil & gas industry was “Big Data” before the term Big Data became what it is today and how the industry sometimes exhibits a split personality when it comes to the use (and no use) of I

Feb
17
2017

Eric Cosman — Industry Trends

IT, OT and IIoT: Is Terminology Dividing Us?

The terms “Information Technology” (IT) and “Operations Technology” (OT) have come into common use as a means of differentiating between the computers, networks and associated devices in manufacturing and operations and those employed for typical business solutions.