With advances in various technologies, building automation systems have become both more capable and sophisticated. With the recent emphasis on “smart buildings,” part of the broader theme of smart infrastructure, this trend will continue and is even likely to accelerate. Broadly available technologies in areas such as control and networking have become com-mon, and various elements of building infrastructure (e.g., HVAC, lighting, etc.) are increasingly integrated.

ARC Advisory Group attended the second IoT in Oil and Gas conference held in Houston last year. The event drew over 250 registered attendees, more than double the inaugural event held in 2015. Several companies presented interesting, informative, and thought-provoking presentations on how Industrial IoT (IIoT) can impact oil & gas operations. Others provided information on various solutions related to IoT, analytics, advanced communications, software, remote monitoring solutions, and more.

As manufacturers implement IIoT ecosystems that connect their machines, equipment, and production systems to the digital enterprise, embedded systems technology will provide intelligence “at the edge.” In today’s connected factories and plants, embedded systems provide the foundation for the next generation of smart connected IoT devices and the digital enterprise. These intelligent edge devices can aggregate and analyze sensor and other data and stream information to support predictive analytics platforms and the concept of the digital twin.

India’s information technology (IT) services industry continues its moderate momentum as most of the IT services companies covered in the report exhibited above-average growth. In this report, we analyze the revenues of India’s IT services sector for the fourth quarter of financial year 2016-17 and compare these with the same period the previous year.