Traditional vs manufacturing IT March 2019 Decades of technological evolution have introduced an era of fast-paced information consumption that has no end in sight. In fact, it often seems to be more needed than wanted with Data Lakes/Big Data ...
Cloud-based solution enhances compliance and risk management March 2019 A cloud-based platform to enhance performance in procurement and on-boarding times, Passport 360 allows for improved visibility with regard to compliance, time, safety, and risk management, resulting ...
Now might be the time to have a talk with your IT service provider March 2019, Editor's Choice The Gartner hype cycle provides a simple graphic representation of how emerging technologies are adopted in the market. The principle is quite simple: a new technology (such as augmented reality) will ...
Live insight into production processes March 2019 Live Monitoring is a local South African software house that develops MES as well as asset monitoring and energy efficiency systems to provide a competitive edge through cost effective live insight into ...
Asset management and compliance March 2019 Bosch Munitech, a member of the Bosch Holdings group of multi-disciplinary consulting engineering companies, offers municipalities a smart solution for infrastructure management through assessing assets ...
Digital Enterprise offering with future technologies for Industry 4.0 February 2019, Siemens South Africa By expanding its Digital Enterprise portfolio and integrating future technologies, Siemens is driving forward the digital transformation of the discrete and process industries.
Improved supply chain efficiency and energy saving at Namibia Breweries February 2019 Established in 1920, Namibia Breweries is one of the leading beverage manufacturing companies in Namibia and southern Africa. Today, with the stated vision to be the ‘most progressive and inspiring company’, ...
Operators step into the future February 2019, SKF South Africa Recognising the increasingly vital role that technology plays in business, SKF continues to move with the Industry 4.0 tide. In line with its ‘World Class Manufacturing’ initiative, SKF has implemented ...
Spresense platform brings sound and vision to IoT devices February 2019, RS South Africa RS Components has boosted opportunities to create smarter IoT devices by introducing Sony Spresense, featuring Arm Cortex-M4F performance and extensive sensing, audio, and imaging capabilities.
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Towards the Smart Factory February 2019, Omron Electronics With much of the reported paradigm of Industry 4.0 resting on self-configuration of machinery and production lines, Omron’s Victor Marquess looks at what can already be achieved to get on the path to ...
Unobtrusive approach to digitalisation February 2019, Parker Hannifin - Sales Company South Africa As Industry 4.0 continues to unfold, increasing numbers of manufacturers, big and small, are seeking the best opportunities to increase the automation of their industrial processes and improve productivity. ...
Enhanced intelligence at the edge February 2019, RJ Connect A new computing model that helps create autonomous edge nodes is changing the IIoT landscape. Edge nodes are data-aggregation points in an IIoT system, where the physical world of sensors and actuators ...
Simple connection of converters supports cloud-based applications February 2019, Siemens South Africa The new Sinamics Connect 300 from Siemens provides a simple plug-and-play solution for integrating converters of the Sinamics family into the IT world. The new solution is suitable for low-voltage converters ...
Yokogawa adds OpreX redundancy February 2019, Yokogawa South Africa Yokogawa has announced a platform that enables software packages to run on general-purpose computers in a redundant configuration, which has been added to its OpreX Control and Safety System family. This ...
New performance management solutions for intelligent valves and pumps January 2019 While digital transformation has been getting its fair share of hype in recent years, end-users in the heavy process industries actually began digitising their plants decades ago with the introduction ...
Flexible standardisation for data centres January 2019, Schneider Electric South Africa Schneider Electric has created flexible standardisation for data centre operators that allows the company to support the different sized deployments its customers require, while eliminating inconsistencies ...
Personalised, portable content with SKF Shelf app January 2019, SKF South Africa Digitalisation is changing industries and opening up new possibilities. We now have a wealth of information from a multitude of sources at our fingertips. But is it reliable? Having fast access to a trustworthy ...
Key digital transformation IT concepts for operations December 2018 Rather than focus on the digital transformation IT concepts through a technical lens, this article looks at them in terms of their implication on industrial operations.
Data centre management as a service December 2018 DMaaS aggregates and analyses large sets of anonymised customer data that can be enhanced with machine learning.
