industrial revolution

Over the past 200 years, the world has experienced two major waves of innovation. Firstly, the Industrial Revolution brought us machines and factories, railways, electricity and our lives have never been the same. Then the Internet Revolution brought us computing power, data networks, unprecedented access to information and communication, and again, our lives have never been the same, says

In early 2019, the UK’s first smart factory was created, using the newly launched 5G communications network to facilitate quick data transfer speeds.

on-demand version The Fourth Industrial Revolution is enabling industrial organisations to rapidly automate and digitise traditional business processes to create more intelligent products and services and ultimately transform the global economy. IoT technologies are at the heart of this transition, enabling the connected solutions that make 4IR possible. To reap the full benefit, Industrial organisations

Technological progress has now spawned an era of digital transformation. The transformation was brought about through digitisation as analogue information was converted to digital data.

IoT (the Internet of Things) is the prime driver of digital transformation for the enterprise, and IDC predicts that IoT market spend will reach $1.4 trillion (€1.19 trillion) by 2021. That’s a big number – but it’s in contrast to the statistic that shows as many as a quarter of all companies quit transformation projects

Hyosung ITX, an IT unit of Hyosung Group, announced on July 11 that it recently concluded sales partnership with Huawei, China’s global networking equipment maker, to better serve the IT market.

As a child what job did you want to have when you grew up? I wanted to join the Foreign Office and work in Embassies like my dad and travel the world. Instead I’ve found myself working in software for the last 30 years!  I now look after the International Business operations (EMEA & APJ)

The manufacturers’ organisation, EEF, and Oracle have joined forces to get UK manufacturers fit for the 4th industrial revolution, now dubbed 4IR.