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Who Will Lead Manufacturing in the Future?

Much has been made of the need for manufacturers to embrace digital technologies to retain their...

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IoT Viewpoints 2019: Your Roadmap to the Future of the Internet of Things

Ovum’s third annual edition of IoT Viewpoints brings together the latest thought leadership...

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Smart City Initiatives: Guidelines for Success

Collaboration is the key to launching smart city initiatives that meet expectations. Read up on...

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Who Will Lead Manufacturing in the Future?

Much has been made of the need for manufacturers to embrace digital technologies to retain their competitive edge. But the momentum around concepts such as the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and smart factories is at risk of losing momentum as the global economy cools. In the manufacturing landscape of the future, a nation’s capacity […]

IoT Viewpoints 2019: Your Roadmap to the Future of the Internet of Things

Ovum’s third annual edition of IoT Viewpoints brings together the latest thought leadership and industry data on emerging IoT trends, technologies and opportunities.

Smart City Initiatives: Guidelines for Success

Collaboration is the key to launching smart city initiatives that meet expectations. Read up on cross-functional teams, collaborative funding, IT’s role and shared priorities.

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Why the Road to Autonomous Vehicles Is Bumpy

The autonomous vehicle (and flying car) genie is out of the bottle, but consumers are still skeptical and regulatory hurdles remain.

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A Pragmatist’s Guide to Understanding Industrie 4.0

Will Industrie 4.0, the German-government-backed framework for rebooting the manufacturing sector, lead to a new industrial revolution? And if so, would it be the fourth such revolution, or the third? Or does Industrie 4.0 herald something more like an incremental but substantial software upgrade, as its software-derived name also suggests? This report takes a look […]

IoT Implementation Research: Stepping Toward Maturity

Our study of IoT implementation practices, based on research conducted with 670 people, suggests that practitioners are finding greater success and expanding the scope of their projects.

A Guide to Selecting an IIoT Platform

The IIoT platform market remains confusing, but after answering these questions, you should have clearer priorities.

Making Sense of 12 Smart Building Technologies

It is estimated that as many as 2.5 billion people could move to cities by 2050. This spike in population, along with the growing popularity of sustainability initiatives, will force buildings to become more energy efficient, and — in a word — smarter. The integration of emerging smart building technologies is a central hurdle to […]

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How AI Adoption Will Enable the Next Level of IoT

It seems no single technology has as much promise, or is as elusive, as artificial intelligence. While artificial intelligence promises to transform the face of modern business, it can be difficult for business leaders to even know where to begin in separating AI fact from the AI fiction presented in marketing brochures and in science […]

The Difficulty of Managing Internet of Things Security Spend

Allocating Internet of Things security spending wasn’t straightforward to begin with, but the hype around blockchain and quantum computing raises new questions.