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.

Apr
20
2017
Alex Chatha — Industry Trends

Cisco’s Digital Ceiling: PoE Backbone for Smart Buildings

The desire to achieve LEED or other sustainability ratings is pushing new market demands and regulations in communities around the world. Owners/operators have begun to make energy efficiency and intelligent operating systems an important factor in their real estate decisions.
Apr
19
2017
— Industry Trends

Where is the Edge?

Edge computing has data, applications and services at the logical extremes of a network near the sensors or in the devices generating data, and away from centralized cloud data centers.

Apr
18
2017
Bob Gill — Industry Trends

The Digital Factory: Seeing is Believing

The fact that manufacturing constitutes 20 percent of Singapore’s economy (by GDP) often comes as a surprise to visitors flying into this 277-square-mile tropical island for a vacation or to attend one of the many conferences and exhibitions that take place here.
Apr
11
2017
— Industry Trends

IIoT-Enabled Solutions Help Oil & Gas Producers Navigate Choppy Waters

ARC has been opining for a few years now about how upstream oil & gas companies can be strong beneficiaries of IioT-enabled solutions if they only choose to break from the traditional “no one likes to be first” attitude and make sound investments in technologies and automation solutions that can
Apr
10
2017
Mark Sen Gupta — Industry Trends

Deep Learning As A Service

A recent article in Forbes discusses Google's current strategy concerning it's deep learning technology.  After a quick overview of how Google h
Apr
07
2017
David Clayton — Industry Trends

Digitizing Control Valves

SAMSON AG, a leading global control valve supplier, recently announced a strategic partnership to integrate 3DSignals’ artificial intelligence-based acoustic monitoring technology into the company’s flow control devices and systems.  This announcement adds SAMSON to the growing list of control