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This strategic research service provides a detailed assessment of the key trends and technologies for industrial robots in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) ecosystem. Some of the key focal areas include development of cobots and the new age workforce, advancements in robotic parts, and software and applications. The study provides an outloo...

Implications of low oil price, retiring workforce, aging infrastructure, compliance pressure, and new business needs will drive market attractiveness for IIoT technologies in process industries. The convergence of IT and OT will result in the creation of advanced process applications that support real-time decision making. The influx of IIoT within...

In North America alone, it has been estimated that nearly 21% of tap water is being wasted or lost during distribution year-on-year, chiefly as a result of lack of efficiency. Moreover, it has been estimated that global water consumption will increase nearly twofold in the next 7 years until 2023 and there is an urgent need for alternative water ma...

The newest breakthrough innovation for the water and wastewater industry is the convergence of biotechnology with wastewater management. Biotechnology is the incorporation of living organisms to develop or modify products by applying scientific and engineering principles with the aid of biological agents. Anaerobic digestion, one of the processes i...

This market insight presents an analysis of the North American Internet of Things (IoT) cloud market. It describes the key challenges addressed by cloud-based solutions for IoT lifecycle management. For instance, common industry challenges in IoT application development include lack of standardization, rapid lifecycle of devices (and device compone...

It is difficult to understand what is happening in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). New developments seem to happen weekly, and vendors use different words to describe their products. Within financial services, some companies use the term Big Data analytics while others use machine learning technologies or artificial intelligent agents. T...

Technology convergence is driving unprecedented change in the manufacturing and process industry. This inspired the term "Kodak Moment," which means a new competitor completely alters the industry’s business model and the incumbent withers away unable to weather the change. The pumps industry is poised to experience the Kodak Moment. This researc...

The need for enterprises to differentiate themselves from their competitors has become increasingly important. As we continue to witness the emergence of new products and services around us, the emergence of IoT has opened up opportunities with new business models that were not possible before. Connectivity plays a central role because without it, ...

Cisco has moved to snap up privately held Jasper Technologies with a proposed acquisition of $1.4 billion, which is believed to be as much as 20 times the company's annual revenue in 2015. Describing the move as a huge step forward for Cisco, Rowan Trollope, Senior Vice President Internet of Things (IoT), said the company would now be able to offer...