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.

Feb
05
2016
— Industry Trends

GE Continues to Put Its Money Where its Mouth Is on IIoT

Anyone that has been following the industrial-iot.com blog has seen several posts highlighting some of our thoughts on some of the groundbreaking IIoT related upstream oil & gas success stories, many of which involved GE Oil & Gas.
Feb
03
2016
Greg Gorbach — Industry Trends

Spotlight on Innovation and IIoT at ARC Industry Forum

I'm really excited to point out a few of the interesting and significant sessions at ARC's upcoming conference, the twentieth annual ARC Industry Forum in Orlando.  If you're planning to attend, be sure to check out these sessions.
Feb
03
2016
Bob Gill — Industry Trends

Heads Up: Wearable IIoT Boosts Safety Down Under

As industrial activities, particularly in sectors like mining and oil & gas, increasingly take place in harsher climates and remoter regions of the world, risks to workers’ health and safety rise.
Jan
29
2016
— Industry Trends

Industrial IoT Lessons for the Consumer Wearables Market

In discussions on the potential of the Industrial Internet of Things to optimize the performance of assets commonly found in the plant or elsewhere in the manufacturing ecosystem, ought we not to discuss the optimization of the human, the ultimate asset?
Jan
28
2016
— Industry Trends

Don't forget the fundamentals of analytics strategy

CEP, BI, VDD, OI, ESP, OLAP - the analytics world is awash in TFLA's. ( That's three and four letter acronyms by the way...).  With so many new technologies being trumpeted - and so much impenetrable jargon being thrown around - it's easy for the basics to slip your mind for a moment.
Jan
27
2016
Peter Reynolds — Industry Trends

Industrial Process Analytics: Predicting the Process

Although plant operations and maintenance typically generate vast quantities of data – both structured and unstructured – operations and maintenance can only leverage a small percentage of data to make better decisions.
Jan
27
2016
— Industry Trends

Minimizing the pain of connecting old to new in the plant

One of the key factors for success in Industry (or Industrie) 4.0 will be the interconnection of new fangled Industrial IoT technologies with existing infrastructure.  You want to make that path as painless as possible for yourself, don't you...?  I know you do.