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Industry 4.0 is the digital transformation of manufacturing/production and related industries and value creation processes. Industry 4.0 is used interchangeably with the fourth industrial…
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The technologies that are typically associated with Industry 4.0 and digital transformation in manufacturing probably need no more introduction: cloud computing, (big) data, the…
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TQM stands for Total Quality Management. It is
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According to a report, 34 percent of enterprises
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The term Industry 5.0 popped up several years
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Smart manufacturing has been defined as the fully-integrated,
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Despite geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainties, the projected global technology and IT spending for 2025 shows an acceleration compared to 2024. The digital economy will…
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A look at Data Age 2025, a collaboration
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Digital transformation requires a digital transformation strategy that,
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What is big data, how is it used,
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Digitization, digitalization and digital transformation are three terms
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In today’s connected economy, we work with an increasing number of third parties. And every time we onboard another third party, we open ourselves…
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The rapid and continuous expansion of organizations’ attack
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Confidentiality, integrity, and availability are known as the
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An introduction to and definition of cyber resilience,
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Cybercrime and cyberattacks continue to rise with ever
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A look at IoT technology and the first layers of the IoT technology stack: endpoints and devices (including sensors and actuators), IoT gateways (and…
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Sensors have become ubiquitous. They have existed since
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For several years, organizations started transforming their offices
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The Internet of Everything (IoE) is a concept
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Guide to Industrial IoT (the Industrial Internet of
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Most CEOs see the benefits of incorporating AI into their organization’s activities, but knowledge/skills gaps and several other factors hinder decisions and AI adoption…
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The number of organizations implementing a Cloud Native
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The AEC industry (architecture, engineering, and construction industry)
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A smart grid is an electricity network/grid enabling
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The DIKW model or DIKW pyramid is an