How much can you justify spending on the Internet of Things (IoT)? For manufacturers, the answer often lies in another question: How much downtime can you afford? For example, in auto manufacturing, just one hour of unexpected downtime can cost $1.3 million in production losses. If unexpected downtime becomes a chronic problem, there can be…

Digital transformation is a buzz term that has been in the IT spotlight for a couple of years now. And while everyone may be tired of hearing about the “disruption” that’s coming for them, there really are some amazing things happening beneath the hype. Real business cases are developing and companies should be looking closely…

A typical big-box store is about 180,000 square feet — enough to hold three pro football fields with room to spare. No wonder shoppers often get frustrated trying to find items, sometimes giving up and buying them online. The Internet of Things (IoT) gives retailers new options for eliminating those and other hassles to provide…

There’s an old maxim in business that you can’t manage what you can’t measure. Digital transformation and the Internet of Things (IoT) offer immense promise to improve our ability to measure a variety of factors in everything we do. With this comes a greater ability to manage operations, which can spark innovation and unlock new…

A few years ago, many lines of business (LOBs) started bypassing their IT departments to buy cloud services directly. That’s because IT couldn’t provide the resources they needed fast enough to build and test new products — projects that would enable the company to make more money and stay competitive. History may be poised to…

Digital transformation and the Internet of Things (IoT) are two of the biggest buzz phrases these days — and not just in IT. That’s because both have the potential to affect virtually every part of an organization, from supply chain to building management to vehicle fleets. The terms “IoT” and “digital transformation” often are used…