Inside the new IBM universal blockchain payment solution for banking
As mentioned in our blockchain and distributed ledger technology overview for business, end September 2017 Juniper Research announced that according to a survey IBM by far was ranked first as a blockchain technology leader by executives who are actively considering or deploying blockchain initiatives. IBM’s strong credentials already make it the leader in blockchain and […]
Secure and zero-touch IoT device onboarding at scale: Intel SDO
Want to realize faster IoT device onboarding leveraging existing device management software platforms? Intel SDO aims to be the solution with quite impressive savings on time and thus money. The development of the IoT happens at different speeds, depending on among others use case and industry. And the exact same thing goes for the growth of […]
The IT and OT debate at IoT Solutions World Congress 2017 in perspective
The convergence of IT and OT is happening since many years now but when is it really going to be a fact and what is needed to do so? It’s certainly not just a matter of technology as we’ll see. IT and OT integration was also on the agenda of the second day of the […]
HPE launches Express App Platform – Manufacturing at IoT Solutions World Congress 2017
Speeding up digital factory transformation with faster application deployment in factory premises without disrupting ongoing operations. That’s what Hewlett Packard Enterprise promises to do with on-premises solution Express App Platform – Manufacturing. While the major announcement on the first day of Barcelona’s IoT Solutions World Congress 2017 was for Intel with the launch of its […]
The underestimated impact of the convergence of AI, IoT and big data analytics
How the advancements in several third platform technologies, innovation accelerators and other technologies – and their convergence – drive next generation applications and why and where it matters. For years many of us have been paying attention to the ways that several technological realities such as big data, cloud computing, IoT and artificial intelligence (AI) are […]
The increasing role of artificial intelligence in healthcare delivery evolutions
AI is being applied to ever more technologies used in healthcare delivery, ranging from the IoT and big data to chatbots. However, the main use case where AI will disrupt healthcare is that of on computer aided diagnosis. Research overview. Healthcare is in digital transformation, both on the healthcare provider and payer side. Research indicates that […]
Energy efficiency in small and medium buildings and organizations
Energy efficiency is often mentioned in a context of energy accounting in critical power buildings, in the broader scope of smart buildings or in a context of realizing energy efficiencies in smart home automation. However, the large majority of companies are small and medium business, which aren’t just key for the economy but also dispose of […]
IoT data exchanges, brokerage and monetization services: the next IoT evolution
Why and how the next, rapidly developing, stage in the evolution of the Internet of Things (IoT) is all about IoT data brokerage, exchanges and monetization services. Data isn’t just a business asset which is key in today’s economy as we reminded once more in a previous post on the importance of industrial data in […]
Augmented reality and virtual reality trends and use cases in IIoT
One of the great promises and at the same time one of the main focus areas in Industry 4.0 is the bridging of digital/cyber/virtual and physical worlds, hence the focus on cyber-physical systems. Apart from the fact that this isn’t just a technology issue (nor is the Industry 4.0 vision as such), from the technological […]
Robots and cobots in logistics – the next stage of growth
Despite the de facto main attention for IoT when people talk about ‘Industrie 4.0’, many other/related technologies and realities take center stage in Industry 4.0 and Logistics 4.0. Among them: robotics. Obviously, they are already used a lot in manfacturing and logistics and transportation. However, the market is about to accelerate as research and market evolutions […]
Industrial AM at IN(3D)USTRY – from needs to solutions and evolutions
Industrial AM (additive manufacturing) and industrial 3D Printing in evolution at IN(3D)USTRY – from needs to solutions and evolutions. Additive manufacturing (AM) and 3D printing might not be the most mentioned of the whole Industry 4.0 range of technologies/applications but it’s certainly one of the most exciting, promising and ground-breaking evolutions, even if it will […]
Smart City Expo World Congress: towards active citizen participation
From November 14 to 16 it’s again all smart cities in Barcelona at the occasion of the 2017 edition of Smart City Expo World Congress where people empowerment, active citizen participation and even participative democracy are omnipresent. The theme of Smart City Expo World Congress 2016 already went in that direction with ‘Cities for Citizens, […]
