Key steps to automating industrial stores and warehousing
Automation is a central pillar of Industry 4.0 with physical and data-driven systems driving efficiency, cost-savings, and opportunities for new value creation. One of the fastest-growing trends is the adoption of automated storage and retrieval systems that can support a range of core business objectives, increase operational uptime, and improve productivity. The drivers of change […]
Known vulnerabilities are the greatest cybersecurity threat
Known vulnerabilities for which patches have already been made available are the primary vehicle for cyber attacks. The latest Threat Landscape Report from Tenable reveals that the most commonly exploited vulnerabilities were up to five years old. The Tenable Threat Landscape Report categorises important vulnerability data and analyses attacker behaviour to help organisations inform their […]
Mitigating risk in smart systems adoption
Smart systems development and adoption can be complex but its Achilles Heel and weakness lies with people and their behaviours. For every gain in the smart systems arena there seems to be five more obstacles and misunderstood opportunities, a report from Harbor Research finds. On the technology supply side, platforms, infrastructure and marketing promises alone will […]
Top five trends driving the future of HVAC
Industrial HVAC systems can be up to 40 years old but latest innovations can improve systems to maximise energy efficiency and cut costs. With the rise in importance and effectiveness of a building’s HVAC and the rising energy costs (for which HVAC can make up 40 per cent of a buildings energy cost), future industry […]
26.6 million user logins stolen by bot malware
Cybercriminals were able to obtain extremely sensitive user data including 26.6 million usernames and passwords. A study by NordVPN showed that data of five million people has been stolen by bot malware since 2018. Among them were 720 thousand Google logins, 654 thousand Microsoft logins, and 647 thousand Facebook logins. 125K Americans have been affected by malware. The most affected […]
5G to accelerate private mobile networks
The growth of 5G connectivity is set to accelerate the use of private mobile networks across industry. Superfast 5G connectivity will drive growth of private mobile networks, the ‘smart factory’ and deployment of IoT solutions in manufacturing production and connectivity of remote working and multi-site collaboration. 5G connections will surpass two billion by 2025, according […]
EV market drives membership of OpenADR Alliance
The Ford Motor Company has become the first automotive manufacturer to join the OpenADR Alliance Board of Directors. Created to foster the development, adoption, and compliance of the OpenADR and related communications standards, the Alliance has seen record growth in membership, with managed EV charging platforms the fastest growing component. With 7.8m EVs sold worldwide in 2022, around […]
Open network APIs for new digital services and mobile apps
GSMA Open Gateway is a new framework of universal network APIs designed to provide universal access to operator networks for developers. Launched with the support of 21 mobile network operators, the move represents a paradigm shift in the way the telecoms industry designs and delivers services in an Application Programmable Interface economy world. GSMA Open […]
Environmental impact of electronics can be cut by 86 per cent
Environmental impact of electronics can be cut by 86 per cent if additive printing methods are used to create flexible electronic components. That’s according to a VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland study investigating how changing the manufacturing of electronics can improve their environmental impact. One of the study’s most significant findings showed that environmental impact could […]
Autonomous electric vehicles for Singapore airport
Autonomous electric vehicles are set to transform Singapore’s Changi airport with electric baggage vehicles and auto-dollies. Aurrigo International has signed a formal partnership agreement with Changi Airport Group (Singapore) for joint development and testing of the company’s advanced autonomous electric vehicles – electric baggage vehicles, Auto-Dolly and Auto-DollyTug – and its airport simulation software platform […]
Solutions for supercharging 5G and beyond
With 5G rollouts gathering pace enterprises are seeking to harness the power of super-fast connectivity to supercharge their digital transformation. The Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona this week (Feb. 27 – March 2) will showcase a range of cutting-edge solutions designed to accelerate 5G enterprise adoption and build foundations for emerging standards. HCLTech and […]
Private 5G mobile solutions for industry 4.0
Cisco and NTT Ltd are collaborating to drive Private 5G adoption across the automotive, logistics, healthcare, retail and public sectors. NTT and Cisco plan to co-innovate and jointly bring to market the technology and managed services that will enable enterprise customers to deploy Private 5G successfully and achieve better business outcomes. The companies plan to accelerate […]
Ten social engineering cybersecurity threats
Social engineering cybersecurity attacks use human nature to prey on our trust, greed, fear, curiosity and even our desire to help others. A study shows that 75 per cent of respondents believe that social engineering and phishing attacks are the biggest danger to cybersecurity at their company. Carlos Salas, an engineering manager at NordLayer, shares 10 social engineering […]
Planned new EU supply chain laws will hit SMEs
Planned new EU supply chain laws will overburden small and medium-sized companies, according to industry group the VDMA. Small and mid-sized companies in the mechanical and plant engineering sector feel abandoned by politicians and deprived of their competitiveness with regard to the new European supply chain legislation, according to the VDMA (Association for Machinery and […]
How to avoid risk in the industrial cloud
Creating a security-first approach is essential in assessing and managing risk when using industrial cloud solutions. It’s very easy to start a process in the cloud and begin uploading the data but it’s equally as easy to accidentally misconfigure the technology so that everyone at your company has access to it, or worse leak data […]
New standards to measure IT sustainability
SustainableIT.org has established the first-ever set of standards to measure the environmental impact of technology and IT operations. SustainableIT Environmental Standards 1.0 provides essential metrics and definitions for energy consumption, emissions, waste, and sourcing. These standards will help organisations consistently and accurately gauge IT’s environmental impact, set goals and track progress for improving the building, […]
Test automation for complex business applications
Test automation enables fast and high quality development of web-based applications and business processes. Test automation can overcome problems caused by legacy processes that can create slow, error-prone and costly challenges due to the lack of a viable cloud-based testing solution. Tricentis Test Automation is a cloud-based test automation solution that simplifies test creation, orchestration, and scalable […]
Multi-cloud solutions to cut operating costs
Businesses are increasingly concerned about rising cloud costs but the solution is not to cut cloud services, it’s about cost efficiency. A multi-cloud approach whereby you combine two or more public cloud services from separate vendors is a viable solution. Rather than being ‘locked in’ to a single cloud vendor, you deploy certain workloads such […]
Computer vision, generative AI and robotics to drive global AI
AI growth worldwide will be driven by sensor data, advanced deep learning models, emergence of generative AI and availability of AI chips. The explosion in the volume of sensor data, coupled with the increased sophistication of advanced deep learning models, the emergence of generative AI, and the availability of chips created specifically for AI processes, […]
Network modernisation for competitive agility
Organisations need greater IT agility to stay competitive but too often network constraints can block IT responsiveness. At the same time, the shift to cloud-based infrastructure is accelerating and device/endpoint numbers are growing exponentially, according to a new report from Equinix. Businesses need better agility to support this transformation and the accompanying exponential growth in […]
Growth of private mobile networks in industry
Growing use of private mobile networks in industry is being fuelled by multi-site deployments in manufacturing, warehousing and mining. The private mobile network market grew 62 per cent year-on-year in 2022 despite the tough economic climate, accounting for $2.7 billion in infrastructure revenue. This will grow to over $10 billion by 2027, according to CCS […]
