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O’Reilly free e-book gives overview of “industrial internet”
O’Reilly has published a free e-book, “Industrial Internet,” (underwritten by GE, which, not so coincidentally, uses the industrial internet as the advertising slogan for its own involvement in the field…) about the “coming together to software and big machines.” It’s a great introduction to this crucial portion of the Internet of Things.
The message of the […]
GE paints rosy future for “industrial internet,” its take on the IoT
GE has just released a major report, “Industrial Internet: pushing the boundaries of minds and machines,” in which it projects what it calls the “industrial internet” marrying “smart machines” and Big Data analytics could add $10 to 15 trillion — the size of the current US economy — to global GDP.
The industrial internet — which […]
Human Side of IoT: Local Startup Empowers Forgotten Shop Floor Workers!
Let’s not forget: human workers can and must still pay a role in the IoT!
Sure, the vast majority of IoT focus is on large-scale precision and automated manufacturing (Industrie 4.0 as it is known in Germany, or the Industrial Internet here). However, an ingenious local startup, Tulip, is bringing IoT tools to the workbench and […]
Siemens’s MindSphere: from automation to digitalization
Perhaps the most important component of a successful IoT transformation is building it on a robust platform, because that alone can let your company go beyond random IoT experiments to achieve an integrated IoT strategy that can add new components systematically and create synergistic benefits by combining the various aspects of the program.
A good starting […]
Liveblogging #IoT @ #Liveworx 2016 — day 2
Colin Angle, CEO, iRobot:
smart home: people have hard time learning how to use current generation of smart home devices. Unacceptable delay in activation. we need “just live your life, and the house does the right thing.” Shouldn’t have to pull out phone. Will be aware of your location, act naturally.
“Need metaphor of the room to […]
Live Blogging from SAP’s SCM CRM IoT 2016 – Day 2
Greg Gorbach, ARC Advisory Group, Industrial Internet of Things:
ARC is an analyst firm, in Boston.
new service models
new products
new production techniques
new business processes
new competitors
new partners
new workers
new business opportunities.
innovation improves competitiveness: value-based competitiveness raises value of output.
Drivers:
reduced machine or asset downtime
more rapid service response
improved process performance
improved personnel productivity
reduced machine or asset lifecycle costs
improved asset utilization/RoA
opportunity for business […]
Digital Twins: the Ultimate in Internet of Things Real-Time Monitoring
Get ready for the age when every product will have a “digital twin” back at the manufacturer, a perfect copy of not just the product as it left the factory floor, but as it is functioning in the field right now. That will be yet another IoT game-changer in terms of my 4th IoT Essential Truth, […]
Why Am I Not Surprised? GE Does It Again As IoT Innovator
POST-SCRIPT : LATE-BREAKING NEWS: GE WILL ANNOUNCE TOMORROW THAT THEY’RE MOVING THEIR WORLD HEADQUARTERS TO BOSTON. EVEN THOUGH THE HEART OF THE COMPANY’S INDUSTRIAL INTERNET STRATEGY WILL REMAIN ITS SOFTWARE CENTER IN SILICON VALLEY, THIS SHOULD INEVITABLY BOOST BOSTON’S STATURE IN THE IoT: WE’RE ALREADY RANKED 4TH IN THE WORLD.
PROMINENT DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT ON […]
McKinsey IoT Report Nails It: Interoperability is Key!
I’ll be posting on various aspects of McKinsey’s new “The Internet of Things: Mapping the Value Beyond the Hype” report for quite some time.
First of all, it’s big: 148 pages in the online edition, making it the longest IoT analysis I’ve seen! Second, it’s exhaustive and insightful. Third, as with several other IoT landmarks, such as […]
GE & IBM make it official: IoT is here & now & you ignore it at your own risk!
Pardon my absence while doing the annual IRS dance.
While I was preoccupied, GE and IBM put the last nail in the coffin of those who are waiting to launch IoT initiatives and revise their strategy until the Internet of Things is more ….. (supply your favorite dismissive wishy-washy adjective here).
It’s official: the IoT is here, substantive, and […]
