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The Benefits of Video Surveillance Go Far Beyond Worker Safety

Enhanced analytics enable factories to boost security, productivity and efficiency.

By George Howard
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December 14, 2020
Data Center, Security, Software

As enhanced video surveillance (EVS) technology has proliferated through industrial facilities, business and technology leaders have realized that these tools also have broad potential applications in the world of workplace safety. Like the security guards responsible for detecting intrusions, workplace managers faced an almost insurmountable task of identifying unsafe conditions and correcting them before an accident led to injury or property damage. Applying new analytics techniques to the video streams provided by the surveillance system allows managers to receive the same type of proactive alerting for safety issues. Powered by artificial intelligence, these analytics systems interpret what’s taking place on the video and alert stakeholders of issues that require attention.

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Now Is the Time for Industry 4.0*

Worker safety technologies acquired today are the foundation of the smart factory of tomorrow.

By Aaron Lagowski
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July 7, 2020
Services, Digital Workspace, Security

The asterisk has long been used to highlight exceptions or to call attention to a footnote or annotation. For example, a home run record that was influenced by an extended baseball season was noted with an asterisk. This mark is also used to call out legal terms or extended information on a topic.

I think we should be using an asterisk in our conversations about Industry 4.0. This blog explains why I chose an asterisk instead of some other mark in my description of Industry 4.0*.

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When IT Partners with Lines of Business for IoT, Everyone Wins

By collaborating with LOBs, IT ensures success — and elevates its position in the organization from a cost center to an innovator.

By Matt Tourney
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April 27, 2018
Networking, Cloud

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…

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Winning with Wearables on the Job

Internet of Things solutions drive better outcomes in employee safety, efficiency and productivity.

By Aaron Lagowski
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November 21, 2017
Networking, Software

When most people think about wearables and the Internet of Things, it’s usually smartwatches and fitness trackers that come to mind. But the world of wearable IoT is a lot bigger than that, and the devices do much more than alert users to text messages or track their number of steps. By 2020, the number…

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Adding RFID to Your IoT Ecosystem

Radio-frequency identification can help drive value with the Internet of Things.

By Kathryn Averyheart
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August 15, 2017
Networking

Radio frequency identification (RFID) has been around for a long time. In the 1940s it was used successfully to identify airplanes. In the ’60s and ’70s, still a government technology, it was used to keep secrets safe and restrict access to sensitive areas. In the ’80s, passive tags were created. This helped reduce the price…

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The New Digital Workplace

IT innovation can boost efficiency and drive disruption to help you get ahead of the competition.

By Link Simpson
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April 28, 2017
Digital Workspace, Networking

The days when digital technology lived only on our desktops and in our data centers are gone. Now almost everything in our work environment is digital, from our vehicles to our air-conditioning systems. And we have powerful computers in our pockets at all times. IT leaders must understand — and respond to — this new…

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