Operational Technology Viewpoints

Will new mobility deliver sustainable transport for all? This was the agenda for the ‘Transforming Transportation Conference 2019’, held in Washington D.C.  

"Tackling the materials and processing challenges of Additive Manufacturing ": 300 experts from research and industry met at the 3rd International Symposium Additive Manufacturing.

The 2019 ARC Industry Forum was a great success with record attendance by both end users and suppliers.  This year’s event, the 23rd, included attendees from throughout the globe discussing digital transformation topics in asset-intensive and smart industries, cities, and municipalities. 

Requirements at the Industrial IoT edge are driving renewed tiering between thick vs. thin edge devices and intelligent endpoints.

Enterprise cloud providers, such as AWS, Google, and Microsoft, are targeting the data-rich industrial IoT edge as a primary means of delivering analytics-driven business improvement.

Blockchain in industry provides clear business benefits. Examining 24 pilot programs found sweet spots with improved revenue and margins.

The industrial IoT edge 2.0 vision has migrated from a pervasive infrastructure technology to one that emphasizes outcome-driven use cases.

Prospects for growth in industrial IoT solutions are looking up as Industrial IoT Edge 2.0 emphasizes ease of use, self-service, turnkey operation to address the complexity associated with early installations, which has been a significant growth governor to date.

Business models are changing in the age of IIoT. Many industrial enterprises are moving from large capital expenditures toward a "pay-as-you-go" model; commonly referred to as equipment-as-a-service (EaaS), or in some cases “Servitization”.

The use of a wide variety of mobile devices can expand the reach of mobility in EAM systems.  In addition, handheld smart devices have grown in capability alongside EAM and field service systems with technologies like GPS, GIS, RFID, and embedded cameras.