Smart Factories and the Challenges of the Proximity Network

The Internet of Things (IoT) market continues to explode with opportunities as enterprises find new and innovative ways to take advantage of factory automation, fleet monitoring, remote asset management, predictive maintenance, warehouse surveillance, and other ways to optimize operations. To take advantage of the IoT, many enterprises have built their own application enablement platforms (AEPs) […]

Connecting your “things” to exploit the Internet of Things is a business imperative. But many organizations struggle to get IoT projects off the ground. How can you start fast, scale and grow as needed? According to MachNation, Application Enablement Platforms (AEP) are a key IoT enabler and a critically important com­ponent in IoT deployments today. […]

Connected manufacturing is changing the world. Beyond operational cost savings and productivity gains, IoT provides the foundation for innovation, uncovering new connected products and drive usage-based business models. According to Gartner, for industrial enterprises, the unrealized promise of the industrial IoT is to marry the strengths of OT and IoT for enhanced data acquisition, condition […]

The industrial IoT platform market continues to be immature, but building a platform from scratch is also generally a poor choice. In this buyer’s guide we offer guidance to help elucidate IIoT platform offerings, including: Tips for choosing an IIoT platform. A requirements checklist. Advice on how to put marketing hype into perspective. Artificial intelligence […]