Category: Internet of Things

The Knowledge Required for IoT
In a blog a couple months ago, I said I would not write about the Internet of Things (IoT) again until I had something real to talk about. The continuous […]

Industry 4.0 and IIoT: different approaches to a smarter industry
https://www.kuppingercole.com/webcast/eic16_session_bernardini.mp4In most cases, the terms Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) are used interchangeably. But these two terms, though referring to similar technologies and applications, have different origins […]

Augmented Reality Is Key for Smart Manufacturing
Last week I attended a conference strongly connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) and on how IoT can help close the loop from design to product, through manufacturing and […]

Is This Really the Internet of Things?
For several months, I have been writing about smart manufacturing and the Internet of Things (IoT). I promised to myself to change topic, but my recent participation in the annual […]

System Integrators Need to Embrace the Internet of Things
Not too surprisingly, the Internet of Things (IoT) and digitalization were hot topics at this year’s CSIA Executive Conference in Puerto Rico last week. I think it’s fair to say, […]

A Clearer Path Forward for the Industrial Internet of Things
In February, two dominant industrial consortia for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) met in Zurich, Switzerland, to consider the potential alignment of their respective reference architectures. With a successful […]

Platform INDUSTRIE 4.0 and INDUSTRIAL INTERNET CONSORTIUM agree on cooperation
Industrie 4.0 and Industrial Internet Consortium have been two different souls of a global trend. I was in some way disappointed from that, and wrote about the dualism in a […]

Smart Manufacturing and the Continuing Need for MES
The phrase “smart manufacturing” has been heard everywhere this past year, and has become part of every discussion related to manufacturers’ need for a manufacturing execution system (MES) or manufacturing […]

3 Industrial Apps for 2016
January is typically the month of reflections and resolutions. A new year awaits us to improve on our past and aim at new targets. If this is true from a […]

Will System Integrators Become Services Integrators?
When I look back on my experience as a system integrator and apply the changes I see taking place today, I see two competing issues affecting the future of industry. […]