Flowfinity launches Streams to optimise IoT data storage, automation

Flowfinity has announced the release of ‘Flowfinity Streams’, a time series database designed to store and manage large amounts of machine-generated IoT data. Flowfinity Streams is ‘fully’ compatible with their software, Flowfinity Actions, which enables workflow automation and data visualisation.

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UBIX joins Boomi Technology Partner Programme to deliver no-code advanced analytics

UBIX, a no-code advanced analytics platform, has announced it has joined the Boomi Technology Partner Programme and has contributed to the partner ecosystem by bringing AI-driven data science and no-code application development capabilities to every-day business users.

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IMC’s IoT buyer personas cover enterprise users, OEMs and app developers

For several years the IoT M2M Council (IMC) has collected data on a quarterly basis tracking IoT buying patterns by surveying its 25,000 rank-and-file IMC Adopter Members – all self-identified IoT buyers, writes Keith Kreisher, the organisation’s executive director. To get started, there was much discussion among industry experts – mostly, the companies making up

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Voice-driven technologies in industry—What’s the talk all about?

Last year, the market for voice-recognition technologies was estimated to be worth a staggering $6.19 billion (€5.30 billion), and this is predicted to increase to $18.30 billion (€15.68 billion) by 2023.

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Knack Systems to tap into AI-Powered automation with SAP S/4HANA cloud

SAP SE announced that Knack Systems, a niche SAP consulting partner driving digital transformation across industries, will adopt SAP S/4HANA Cloud and leverage its Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning capabilities to boost their business.

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The customer must be at the centre of the digital strategy

It’s easy to get obsessed with technology – it is the key enabler of today’s revolution – but the harder part of the transformation is cultural. It’s about putting the customer experience and their business outcomes at the centre of everything.

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Global Cloud Index Projects cloud traffic to represent 95% of total data centre traffic by 2021

Cisco released the seventh annual Cisco Global Cloud Index (2016-2021). The updated report focuses on data centre virtualisation and cloud computing, which have become fundamental elements in transforming how many business and consumer network services are delivered.

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Alchemy IoT introduces ‘IoT Asset Intelligence’ associated with Big Data, IoT and AI

Alchemy IoT, a provider of AI-powered applications for industrial IoT, introduced “IoT Asset Intelligence,” a new industry approach that addresses the complexity and market fragmentation associated with Big Data, IoT and artificial intelligence.

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The Industrial Internet Consortium announces the Digital Solar Plant Testbed led by LTI and GE Digital

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC™), an organisation that transforms business and society by accelerating the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), announced the Digital Solar Plant testbed.

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Uber for trucks causes major disruption for traditional ground logistics and freight brokerage market

Connected trucks will be integral to future logistics and freight operations as smart trucks will be a necessity in smart cities. By 2020, 35 million trucks are expected to be connected with digital freight solutions and autonomous technologies, transforming the trucking industry into a smarter, efficient and more productive sector.

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In it to win it: Why system integrators should be taking over IoT

This is part 1 of our 3 part “in it to win it” series, the series will cover system integrators role in IoT and why and how they can win more IoT projects.

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The Internet of Manufacturing Things

Industry 4.0 (I4.0) is positioned as the next industrial revolution and it is already starting to change the way we manufacture and drive new levels of efficiency into shop-floor processes, says Francisco Almada Lobo, CEO, Critical Manufacturing.

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UK’s National Grid Smart selects IFS Applications 9 software for move to domestic smart meters

IFS, a global enterprise applications company, is now supporting UK-based National Grid’s new smart meter business, National Grid Smart. It is doing so with the deployment of IFS Applications™ 9 across the company’s core business operations.

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Big data, the IoT, and how ERP can make good on the promise of real-time actionable intelligence

Mobile, social, analytics, cloud, the Internet of Things (IoT), nanotechnology, 3D printing and more … manufacturers are facing a barrage of information about how new disruptive technologies will change the face of their industry.

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What the IoT can learn from ’90s ERP

The 1990s were a time of innovation within the software industry, as companies realised that they could increase productivity and streamline operations by reinvigorating business processes. So throughout the 1990s and the subsequent decade, CIOs prioritised integrating business operations.

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Minkels expands its micro data centre portfolio driven by the IoT

Minkels, part of the publicly traded company Legrand, recently introduced its first micro data centre, the MatrixCube. The company has now announced a second, more compact micro datacentre for the first quarter of 2017, the MiniCube.

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