From the factory floor to the corporate analytics group, manufacturers are trying hard to find employees who possess the unique combinations of skills that will be needed for Industry 4.0. These aren’t always easy to find. That’s…

Manufacturers know it’s coming, if not here already. Mass personalization, of everything from clothing to motorcycles and autos, will bring manufacturers closer to their customers than ever before. For many companies that will be a good thing,…

Digital transformation, Industry 4.0 – with lofty names like these it’s easy to forget that all of this new promise and innovation centers on one thing: data, and the vital importance of making it work for you…

Network services provider (NSP) Windstream is working with analytics platform provider Vitria to leverage innovative technologies to drive change, generate value and support emerging consumer demands in a secure and cost-effective manner. The cable/telco sector is in…

Predicting the future has always been a risky business. Today, thanks to the confluence of big data, cloud computing and increasingly accessible analytics solutions, the ability to predict human and machine behaviors is replacing the risks of…

From chatbots and voice recognition to network provisioning and beyond, AI-based automation offers near-limitless possibilities for telecoms. But that’s the problem: the opportunities, and the pitfalls, are near limitless. Telecoms are investing money in all directions, trying…

There’s plenty of industry fanfare around the coming of big data, coupled as it is with the advent of the Internet of Things and cloud-based analytics. From retail to manufacturing to government, organizations of all sizes and…

We hear about them all the time – the wondrous promises of an AI-infused future. In your home, your car, your factory, your baseball team. Analytics, powered by AI, are helping make business, and life, better. As…

It’s no secret that telecom companies are facing significant structural challenges as they prepare for the capacity upgrades to handle 5G networking and Gigabit speeds to the home. And thanks to the Internet of Things, telecoms will…

An integrated approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data and the Internet of Things (IoT) will play a critical role in Cable/Telco strategies for delivering better customer experiences and overcoming the challenges presented by cord-cutting, says Chris…

The last thing any manufacturing engineer wants to hear is that production has shut down to await an equipment repair. It doesn’t happen often, thanks to the quality of modern machinery, but when it does it can…

Operations engineers rarely have a quiet day. In a given day they may see a thousand, 5000, 10,000 or more incident alarms, and it’s up to them to determine which, in the vernacular, are “noise,” and which…