Smart Factory

Chinese giant Alibaba told a packed-out room at Electronica 2018 in Munich, in Germany, yesterday that Europe is well placed in the emerging tech arms race against China and the …

Siemens said sales were about square for the year, at €83 billion for the 12 months ended September 30, as a stonking performance for its ‘digital factory’ IoT and automation …

Nokia has unveiled a new architectural framework and enterprise IoT division under the ‘Future X for Industries’ banner to help accelerate the digital transformation of industrial sectors like manufacturing, logistics, …

The planet’s appetite for energy is growing; demand for electricity shows no signs of slowing. German technology company Siemens told European Utility Week 2018 in Vienna the only way the …

Nokia has announced an alliance with Indian multinational Infosys to develop industrial IoT (IIoT) solutions, and a deal with network operator China Unicom to deploy a private LTE set-up for …

Nokia has grouped its industrial IoT solutions into a new architectural framework and enterprise division, called ‘Future X for industries’. The strategy is designed to drive faster digital transformation of …

Greater Manchester in the UK has issued a progress report on its developing industrial strategy to harness technological innovation, in tandem with private enterprise and academic research, to deliver on …

The internet of things (IoT) is making its entrance into the workplace of every industry –  and manufacturing is no exception. This technology is changing the way manufacturers do business. …

The vast majority of enterprises are struggling with the business case for blockchain, even among those already working with the distributed ledger technology. They are also struggling with interoperability issues, …

Almost three quarters (73 per cent) of the total sales of industrial robots go to just five markets. Their identity (see below) is hardly surprising; they are the world’s leading …

Annual sales of industrial robots to factories has increased by 114 per cent over the last five years, according to a new report. Sales are expected grow at a compound …

There is massive disruption in the telecoms space, driven in the main part by the shift from proprietary hardware to commoditised hardware, and by the virtualisation of network functions in …

Cisco has started certifying a number of its industrial routers for smart grids, smart cities, and smart manufacturing under new Wi-SUN standards, as the San Jose based outfit throws its …

Italian ‘internet-of-things’ (IoT) company Eurotech is offering its latest industrial IoT software framework with Software AG’s Cumulocity IoT platform in all its gateways and edge devices. It has also announced …

The European Commission (EC) will make usage of the 900MHz band for short-range devices consistent across all member states. The move will make the 874-876 and 915-921 MHz bands a …

Sigfox nabs ex-Nokia man to head up US sales Sigfox has appointed former Nokia man Murray Kawchuk as vice president of sales for its US business. Kawchuk will lead the …

Italian industrial internet-of-things (IoT) solutions provider Eurotech has introduced a new open, modular, multi-cloud IoT architecture. The solutions was developed with US software companies Cloudera and Red Hat. Separately, it …

A new Industry 4.0 design and policy centre has been opened in India by the World Economic Forum, in conjunction with the Indian government and the major industrial states of …

“The kaleidoscope has been shaken; the pieces are in flux.” It is a phrase written for the political age, almost two decades ago. But as an analogy for ground-shaking change, …

We have 12 years to save the planet, calculate scientists in the starkest warning yet that our chances of tackling climate change and averting disaster are slipping away. After 2030, …

Cisco has reorganised its innovation team as a function of its engineering department, rather than its strategy unit, to drive commercial results from its more pioneering work around technologies like …

IBM has released a range of new Watson artificial intelligence (AI) solutions and services tailored for the agriculture, manufacturing, supply chain, building management, and automotive industries. “Tailoring general AI for …

Ericsson will have completed construction of Sprint’s new IoT core network and operating system (OS) by next month, it has said. The US carrier will be able to offer ‘internet …

California-based industrial analytics firm Plutoshift has released a cloud-based AI solution to connect asset and financial data to unearth previously inaccessible insights, trends, and revenues. The new artificial intelligence (AI) application …

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) is on a charm offensive to strike cross sector alliances with trade bodies, communities and consortia to bring greater harmony and faster transformation of industry …