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.

Oct
05
2015
Thomas Menze — Industry Trends

Shell to move project planning into the cloud

It sounds impossible. Realizing annual savings of $5 billion while under increasing pressure to start up even more investment projects. Yet this is precisely what the multinational Royal Dutch Shell is aiming to do.
Sep
25
2015
Sal Spada — Industry Trends

Improve Production Machinery Models With Big Data

Manufacturers that use machine tools in production need parametric models that can predict the quality of a production workpiece that can be difficult to inspect nondestructively.
Sep
23
2015
— Industry Trends

Is Your IoT Device Lying to You?

Consider the revelation that Volkswagen created a software "switch" to detect when its diesel engine was in an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) test, and fake the test results.