Tag: IIoT

October 21, 2019

The Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to bring about a truly connected future, powering everything from smart homes to smart cities. Where we see a particular impact, however, is in the Industrial IoT (IIoT), where the exponential potential […]

September 19, 2019

What is edge computing? Edge computing is a very loosely defined term in the industry. Many people are familiar with it, but there are differences in understanding what it means. There is common knowledge that edge computing is data that […]

September 17, 2019

In oil and gas refineries and chemical manufacturing plants, Wi-Fi makes it possible to give technicians greater access to information and systems – including video conferencing with remote experts to troubleshoot operations and maintenance challenges. It enables location awareness, so […]

September 11, 2019

The internet of things (IoT) has been top of mind for network and security professionals for the better part of the past five years. This has been particularly true for the area of industrial IoT (IIoT). Connected industrial devices are […]

August 30, 2019

Like most people, I think of Bluetooth as a useful but consumer-oriented technology that lets me make easy wireless connections from my smartphone to various headsets, portable speakers, automobile, and other devices. And, of course, billions of people rely on […]

July 2, 2019

Cambium Networks is making an initial public offering of its stock, paying down debt and continuing its focus on providing economical wireless network equipment to mid-size network operators around the world. The company, based in the Chicago, Illinois area, will […]

June 6, 2019

Looking to expand its IoT security and management offerings Cisco plans to acquire Sentryo, a company based in France that offers anomaly detection and real-time threat detection for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) networks. Founded in 2014 Sentryo products include […]

March 26, 2019

As someone who’s spent his whole career working in offices, not factories, I had very little idea what a modern “smart factory” powered by the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) might look like. That’s why I was so interested in […]

March 22, 2019

As IIoT grows in prominence, so too does its status as a target for malicious hackers – particularly given its increased impact on the physical world; the latest and potentially most dangerous is called Triton. Triton first reared its ugly […]

November 6, 2018

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) offers enormous potential for manufacturing and process enterprises alike, allowing these companies to generate insights that promise to transform efficiency and productivity. But, like anything else, the IIoT doesn’t come without its challenges. In […]

November 5, 2018

As with traditional IT networks, Operational Technology (OT) networks are undergoing a digital transformation process of their own. The goal is to improve productivity, efficiency, up-time, and flexibility through better monitoring. To do this, online sensors and connected systems are […]

July 25, 2018

According to the latest Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, mobile data traffic has been growing 60% to 100% per year and total traffic will increase sevenfold by 2021 from 2016 levels. Growth in network traffic is […]

August 31, 2017

With the recent confluence of new spectrum sharing innovations and the genesis of “Industry 4.0”—the digital transformation of industrial processes and the fourth industrial revolution—the potential for private IoT networks is substantial. New technologies, such as MulteFire and LTE-based CBRS, […]

June 1, 2017

Innovations in 5G, virtualization and cloud technologies will make new applications and services possible in both personal and industrial IoT in the next several years. The evolution of the RAN and the packet core in 5G will benefit from pervasive […]

April 25, 2017

Over the last several years, manufacturers have tapped industrial Ethernet to connect machines, sensors, and a broad range of devices on the factory floor. Customers have taken advantage of a rapidly evolving IoT ecosystem to transform that data into action […]

October 4, 2016

A major aspect of the industrial “Internet of Things” is massive machine-to-machine communications supported by a redundant, reliable, high-speed network. General Electric, which has interests in numerous industrial verticals, uses a network test bed deployed in New York capable of 100 […]

May 4, 2016

The 2016 edition of the global MESA international and LNS Research survey on ”Metrics that Matter in the manufacturing world” shows that the IIoT manufacturing sector’s take on IoT is changing in a big way as understanding is getting more widespread. […]

February 2, 2016

Internet has now become the most integral part of the today’s world of businesses. While the facility of internet provided to most of the industries is done through cabling, the total connected devices to the internet all around the world […]