July month presented several happening in Industrial IoT World, notably a GE announcing a strategic partnership with Microsoft. Struggling GE Digital cannot ignore the importance of digital play, it’s just that GE is finding a better way to stay in the game. Well, everyone understands the importance of digitalization and role IoT is playing. This month’s IoT Curator brings you three interesting articles.

Intelligent Journey Factory Future –

Experts claim that the intelligent factory will replace workers with machines and will obsolete intuition and experiential decision-making through artificial intelligence (AI). Well, not every job can—or should—be displaced with technology. Instead, we should be thinking about how technology enhances human tasks and performance—Recently Intel studied over 150 workers from the factory floor to the C-suite, to better understand manufacturing workers’ pain points, their beliefs about the future of their operations, and their best guess for future technologies. This article throws light on what they learned and surprised them.

Whats Next to IoT –

As the companies are realizing how important it is to implement IoT and get real data insights about your machine’s behavior, companies that have already connected their gear are realizing that data can become a window anyone can use to determine the health of their business or gain a competitive edge. This is an excellent article that discusses how companies are securing their most important information while still harnessing it for their own use. It discussed the emerging trend of more on-premise computing, better data management tools, and deeper partnerships between customers and their vendors. Read More…

At the Edge of IIoT Evolution –

Traditionally Operational Technology teams focused on automation equipment – both hardware and software. But now an increasing focus is coming on data generated by these systems than the automation. This article sheds a light on whats driving this shift, data criticality and how Edge can help in the whole schema.