Tag: iiot
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How the Internet of Things Can Make Your Manufacturing Business More Sustainable
The Internet of Things, often abbreviated as IoT, refers to the network of physical devices, vehicles, home appliances, and other items that are embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and connectivity which enable these objects to connect and exchange data. The Industrial Internet of Things, or IIoT, is a specific application of the Internet of…
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Digital Supply Chain, Industry 4.0, and IoT/Edge Computing – a chat with Elvira Wallis (aka @ElviraWallis)
On this second Digital Supply Chain podcast on the theme of Industry 4.0, I had a great chat with Elvira Wallis (@ElviraWallis on Twitter and Elvira Wallis on LinkedIn). Elvira is the Global Head of IoT at SAP, so obviously I was keen to find out her take on how Digital Supply Chain, IoT and…
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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Jobs
My role here at SAP is IoT Evangelist. It’s my job to go around and speak about how the Internet of Things is changing the way we live, work, and run our businesses. IoT Evangelist is a job title that didn’t exist 5 or 10 years ago – mainly because the Internet of Things wasn’t…
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What the Internet of Things will look like 10 years from now
I was asked recently where do you see the Internet of Things in 10 years? It is a cool question to think about, and to frame it properly it helps to think back to what the world was like 10 years ago, and how far we have come since then. Ten years ago, in 2007…
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Internet of Things, renewables and storage – a perfect storm for utilities’ digital transformation
Without doubt it is a time of great turbulence in the electric utilities space. In most regions globally, wind and solar are now our cheapest sources of electricity generation, even without subsidies. As a consequence of this, wind has overtaken nuclear, hydro and coal to become the second largest source of electricity generation in EU…
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SAP Announces: Leonardo, Jump-Start program, and Leonardo event to help organizations get started with IoT
SAP has made a major announcement in the IoT space which clearly demonstrates the software company has decided now is the time for SAP to go out and happen to the Things
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IoT, IIoT, Industry 4.0 – what’s what?
The Internet of Things is a very nascent area, and as with all maturing topics, the language surrounding it can be a little confusing. This is especially true when the terms are so new, and not always self-explanatory. So, what are the Internet of Things (IoT), the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and Industry 4.0?…
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Italy’s train operator invests big in IoT
TrenItalia has invested €50m in an Internet of Things project which it expects to cut maintenance costs by up to €130m anually, to increase train availability, and improve customer satisfaction ratings.