The introduction of automated systems within industrial facilities and operations spearheaded the increase in productivity and accuracy manufacturers currently benefit from. For example, the manual installation of pistons in automobiles witnessed a reduced error rate from 1.5% to approximately...

As far as computing within industrial ecosystems is concerned, enterprises deploy one of the three available options, or a mix of them. These computing options are on-premise IT architecture, cloud computing, and on-premise cloud ecosystems. Although the location of data centers differentiates...

Early in the third quarter of 2019, Gartner published its first-ever report on the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) niche which provided a picture into the IIoT market, cloud computing, edge computing, and their industrial applications. While the Gartner Magic Quadrant for IIoT showed an...

Recent years have witnessed cloud computing grow from an obscure technology used by a handful of large corporations into a computing paradigm shift that is now being accepted by approximately 90% of enterprises. This widespread adoption has been driven by a few cloud computing concepts and...

The adoption of cloud computing across diverse industries is currently at an all-time high and, according to Gartner, the adoption rate is expected to continue growing for the foreseeable future. The reason for this growing integration of cloud computing by enterprises is the flexibility, high...

In mainstream tech communities, the term ‘on-premise cloud services’ is viewed as an oxymoron because of what on-premise and cloud services represent. In popular culture, cloud services refer to services that are typically provided off-site by service providers in maintaining the required...

Software is renowned for going in cycles, and every 20 years or so we get a significant paradigm shift. For example, forty years ago, if you wanted computers to do something for you, you went to a mainframe which consisted of computing equipment that filled up entire rooms. Programs were fed to...

The traditional method of consuming IT services and resources for business involved the management of every piece of hardware and software in-house. The introduction of web-based technology solutions and the infrastructure known as the cloud changed all of this. Today, businesses can take...

The majority of industries rely on the availability of spare parts and components to avoid production and process-related downtimes. The manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, and discrete manufacturing industries are examples, which is why component manufacturing is an integral part of every...