Electrification is accelerating, and challenges like energy costs, grid limitations, and technology gaps are creating new opportunities for holistic industrial transformation.

Automotive manufacturers are embracing AI to drive efficiency and increase quality across production and operations.

This Insight explores the impact of the surge in industrial AI adoption, examines the resulting challenges and opportunities for industrial network architectures, and provides insights into how buyers can adapt networking strategies to meet these escalating demands.

Modern industrial Ethernet switches powered by next-generation network operating systems increasingly provide converged cybersecurity features, edge compute capabilities, and AI enablement. This Insight highlights recent developments in converged ethernet switching and cybersecurity and provides guidelines for their specification and adoption.

Industrial AI and ML are not just hype. They are increasing their footprint in the industrial environment and in both IT and OT. In the context of industrial digital transformation, selecting the right industrial-grade AI and ML solutions and partners requires a strategic understanding of the distinct strengths offered by the automation providers. This report explores the current status and supports manufacturers and end users in aligning AI and ML capabilities with their operational priorities and digitalization goals.

In this Insight, ARC Advisory Group includes the most recent quarterly results for major Indian IT suppliers that publicly report their results. The Indian IT sector entered FY26 with subdued momentum, shaped by persistent global macroeconomic challenges, tariff concerns, and geopolitical uncertainty.

In this Insight, ARC Advisory Group includes the most recent quarterly results for major automation suppliers that publicly report their results. With this latest automation supply side-market update, ARC has increased the number and breadth of automation suppliers covered, based on a combination of publicly reported data and ARC’s own extensive research database. We have also added selected business intelligence visualizations.

Embedded AI in sensors will gain importance in the process industries by enabling smarter, faster, and more autonomous operations through local analytics on the device.

The 2nd ARC Industry Leadership Forum Singapore explored key themes shaping the future of manufacturing, with a special focus on industrial AI solutions.

Industrial data platforms are frequently the entry point into fact-based decision making, representing a subset within the broader architecture of data fabrics.