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Disruptive Mobile Technologies Key to Best Supply Chain Performance

September 16, 2015

Tying the Internet of Things to a strategy for mobile devices - wearables, tablets, smartphones - is not only forward-thinking, but gets to the heart of what good supply chain management is all about.

With the Internet of Things, We're at the Dawn of Smart Manufacturing

August 21, 2015

Industry Week

Manufacturing worldwide is on the cusp of a revolution. New information technologies are suddenly offering not only to make the management of manufacturing more effective, as we saw with early versions of plant and enterprise software, but the work itself smarter.

Manufacturer of Boiler De-sludging Equipment Uses RFID to Trace Condition of Machinery

July 31, 2015

RFID Journal

French heating systems component manufacturer Temiq added near field communication RFID technology to its de-sludging equipment for use in boilers, in order to enable its customers to better track the conditions of the equipment they use.

Big Data Analytics Energizes Supply Chain Management

July 17, 2015

Forbes

Big data is providing supplier networks with greater data accuracy, clarity and insights, leading to more contextual intelligence shared across supply chains.

Prescriptive Analytics to Be 'Crucial' for Industrial Internet of Things

July 17, 2015

ARC Advisory Group

Prescriptive analytics is a bit of a unicorn - a thing of beauty, but rarely seen. That's about to change, with prescriptive analytics and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) enjoying their teenage years together.

Number of Connected Industrial Controllers to Triple as Internet of Things Continues to Grow

July 17, 2015

ABI Research

The increasing adoption of IoT within industrial settings will result in a substantial growth of the number of connected industrial devices, in particular industrial control devices like PLCs, according to ABI Research. The research firm estimates that over the period from 2014 to 2020, the number of connected industrial controllers will triple, growing at an average rate of 20 percent.

You Mean All the Hoopla Over the Internet of Things Actually Underestimates Its Impact on Retail?

July 13, 2015

FierceRetailIT

Could it be that the Internet of Things is actually under-hyped? Yes - it could have a total economic impact between $3.9tr and $11tr a year by 2025, including $410bn to $1.2tr per year in retail environments.

Great Things Happen When IT Meets the IoT

July 9, 2015

Computerworld

The Internet of Things goes by many names.

Internet of Things Coming to You - Whether You're Ready or Not

July 6, 2015

Industry Week

If you're not in the communication business now, you soon will be. The Internet of Things (IoT) will see to that.

802.11ac Wi-Fi CPE Shipments to Reach 71 Million Units in 2015

April 24, 2015

ABI Research

The worldwide consumer Wi-Fi equipment market increased 5 percent in 2014, surpassing 166 million unit shipments. "Shipments of devices which support the 802.11ac standard grew significantly last ear, representing more than 11 percent of total access point shipments," says Jake Saunders, vice president and practice director, ABI Research.