digital transformation

Schneider's $22.6 billion PTC deal is a bet on design data for industrial AI

Schneider Electric will pay $205 a share for PTC, betting CAD and PLM data can help power industrial AI. Closing is expected by Q3 2027.

Why Connectivity Has Become the Cornerstone of Modern Industrial Automation

Industrial automation is in the middle of a profound shift, as manufacturers push beyond basic control toward fully connected, data-driven operations that bridge the plant floor and the enterprise. What began years ago as early experiments in digital transformation—simply getting PLC data into IT systems—has now accelerated into a critical business imperative fueled by…

Verizon is Revolutionizing Manufacturing Connectivity

Verizon is Transforming the Future of Manufacturing The Role of Connectivity in Transforming Manufacturing In the latest episode of “Getting Smart,” host Brandon Pfluger had the pleasure of welcoming Mike Weller, Manufacturing Practice Manager at Verizon, to discuss the transformative role of connectivity in manufacturing. Weller’s insights into Verizon’s approach to empowering manufacturing plants through…

Interaction to Satisfaction: Why customer engagement matters now more than ever

Finding key engagements to develop and strengthen the relationship with your customers is vital to building a successful and reputable business. Host of Fiberside Chat, Tyler Kern, welcomed guests Ashlee Hornbuckle, Marketing Manager at 3-GIS, and Steve Seagraves, Instructional Designer at 3-GIS, to discuss setting customer-centric initiatives. “In this industry, I would say the majority…

Can the U.S. Templatize Funding for Smart Cities?

Cities are migrating from analog to digital, and according to Forbes.com, a Smart City “involves varied technology to integrate transportation, health, energy, water resources, waste collections, smart-building technologies, and security technologies and services.” We asked Tim Sylvester, founder & CTO of Integrated Roadways, where are most US cities facing the same funding and rollout…

Prevenga fraude en su red con análisis de comportamiento.

Nuevas tecnologías necesitan nuevas formas de proteger los medios de comunicación ante las diversas amenazas a las redes. Con varias industrias en plena transición digital, la seguridad de las redes esta en la mente de los decisorios y profesionales de IT. Pero para mantener un nivel de calidad para la seguridad de las redes,…

The Rise of No-Code Applications In Enterprise Settings

The way we communicate, share data and use technology to act on those insights is changing – and it’s all leading to the cloud. On In the Cloud, every week new experts will engage in a fire side chat and will bring their extensive experience in software, IT and mobile solutions straight to you, offering a…

Is the Digital Transformation Opening Our Infrastructure to Cyber Attacks?

The way we communicate, share data and use technology to act on those insights is changing – and it’s all leading to the cloud. On In the Cloud, every week new experts will engage in a fire side chat and will bring their extensive experience in software, IT and mobile solutions straight to you, offering a…

Does the Cloud Need Agile Infrastructure to Thrive?

The way we communicate, share data and use technology to act on those insights is changing – and it’s all leading to the cloud. On In the Cloud, every week new experts will engage in a fire side chat and will bring their extensive experience in software, IT and mobile solutions straight to you, offering a…

How Augmented Reality May Be the Future of Live Events

The way we communicate, share data and use technology to act on those insights is changing – and it’s all leading to the cloud. On In the Cloud, every week new experts will engage in a fire side chat and will bring their extensive experience in software, IT and mobile solutions straight to you, offering a…

How Companies Can Defend Against Cyberattacks

The way we communicate, share data and use technology to act on those insights is changing – and it’s all leading to the cloud. On In the Cloud, every week new experts will engage in a fire side chat and will bring their extensive experience in software, IT and mobile solutions straight to you, offering a…

Is the Future of Enterprise Connectivity an API-First World?

The way we communicate, share data and use technology to act on those insights is changing – and it’s all leading to the cloud. On In the Cloud, every week new experts will engage in a fire side chat and will bring their extensive experience in software, IT and mobile solutions straight to you, offering a…

The Shift in Workplace Communication

One of the biggest challenges we’ve all faced in light of COVID-19, is a rapid transition from active to passive communication, especially in the workplace. When passive communication occurs, such as an email or text message, the recipient reads it, reacts to it, and then chooses to communicate or not by responding or ignoring…

What Does the Digital Transformation Mean for Your Organization?

On this episode of The Suite Spot, a fireside chat about all topics IT and OT, hosts Howard Holton, Carlos Vargas and Paul Lewis dive into the “marketing magic decoder ring.” That’s a fancy way to say that marketing lingo, particularly during a time when the way companies are buying and operating, should be broken…

Predicting the Unpredictable With Data

Our society has been moving in a more digital direction for years, but 2020 kicked us into high gear when it came time to finding new digital solutions for work, education, socializing, and entertainment. With the forced digital transformation of many companies, we’re seeing a strong emergence of certain technologies and practices. Overall the…

What Cyber Security Concerns Should Employers Have?

We’re living in an increasingly digital world, which is why cybersecurity is more important than ever. Brands in particular have adapted to a more digital way of doing business and while there are many benefits of using technology to run a company, legal issues may arise surrounding cyber specific topics. Guy Sereff, Senior Counsel…

Adapting to a Mobile-First Strategy

On this episode of The Suite Spot, Teknion Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer John Comacchio joined hosts Carlos Vargas, Howard Holton and Paul Lewis to talk about how his organization remained agile in the face of COVID-19 pressures and is moving forward during the period of reopening and into a new normal. Teknion is a company that partners…

Industrial IoT: How IoT Has Evolved and Moved into the IoT 2.0 Era

Adam Livesay, Co-Founder of Elevat-IoT, remembers back a decade or more to hearing lots of people speculating about how the Internet of Things would change business and seeing competitors allocate resources to marketing rather than infrastructure or development. Now, in the midst of what he calls the era of IoT 2.0, the companies that…

Enterprise Asset Intelligence: IoT, Data, and What It Can Do for Business

“Data” is the word on the tip of everyone’s tongue. Arguably more valuable than oil, data has the prodigious power to change business, manufacturing and shipping in incredible ways. No one knows this more than Jim Lester, CEO of ThingTech. Lester joined MarketScale to discuss the state of the Internet of Things (IoT) and…

Transforming IoT Data into Actionable Insights

The Internet of Things can seem as nebulous as the individual pieces of data that embody it, but Atlanta-based ThingTech is looking to highlight interconnected technologies of the modern business world as it kicks off this inaugural episode of the Enterprise Asset Intelligence Podcast. Host Daniel Litwin sat down with Tim Quinn, CEO and…

The Crossover of Broadband and Content at ANGA COM 2019

ANGA COM 2019 brought together more than 20,000 people to Cologne, Germany this month. One of the biggest telecom and content shows in the world every year, a heavy focus in 2019 was put on the 5G future, new content consumption platforms and the personalization of TV. Promptlink Communications was in attendance at the event…

Perfecting Quality Control and Precision in Manufacturing

We’re in the midst of the fourth industrial revolution, the next wave of innovation in manufacturing. Much of it is tied to technology, allowing for increased automation and, as a result, higher efficiency. One area of manufacturing that is being helped by these increased efficiency, creating positive ripple effects for the entire industry, is…

It Takes a Village to Make a Smart City, with Bob Flaherty of CIMCON Lighting

Smart city technology continues to interest cities as an effective way to attract businesses and residents. As companies like Netflix, Amazon, and Uber continue to change the world by showing consumers what can happen when technology becomes accessible to ordinary people daily, cities are following suit for their own piece of this technology pie….

Listen: How AI Turns Data into Knowledge with Scott Noteboom of Lit Bit

Today we chat with Scott Noteboom, Founder and CEO of Lit Bit. He tells us how the world’s access to information is challenging us to sort through it all, in both our personal and professional lives. He points out how we can use artificial intelligence to consolidate data into valuable, relatable information. Log onto…

Manchester University launches new student IoT competition

Competition is in the air at Manchester University and it’s all about Industry 4.0! A brand-new IoT competition is in the midst and is also known as the Digital Innovation Challenge, which tasks its participants with developing new-found solutions for the future ahead in Industry 4.0.

More Than 60 Percent Of Manufacturers To Use RTLS, RFID or Bar-Code Tracking By 2022

The Internet of Things is poised to make a quantum jump in manufacturing usage worldwide over the next 5 years.