Rob Stummer, CEO Asia Pacific of ERP software company SYSPRO, argues Australian manufacturers should explore ways to develop application-specific AI and find new avenues to enhance existing processes with AI to achieve significant improvements in productivity. The Australian Productivity Commission has blamed falling investment in research and development and a lack of innovation by local […]
Manufacturers missing out on potential of connected things
Incorporation of IoT functionality into manufactured goods is becoming increasingly popular but, says Forrester, most manufacturers are failing to fully exploit the potential of the data they gather from their connected products. Forrester was commissioned by Xively, the IoT platform division of LogMeIn, to survey manufacturers on their priorities and objectives for IoT-enabled connected products. […]
Manufacturers expect big impact from IoT, but are ill prepared
A survey of manufacturing companies’ attitudes to IoT has thrown up an interesting disconnect between their perceptions of the importance and impact of IoT and their plans for implementation and exploitation. The survey was undertaken by French company Infor, which bills itself as a company that “builds beautiful business applications with last mile functionality and […]
LTE-M is coming, but is that M for M2M or M for Maritime?
Korean telco, SK Telecom, has just announced plans to launch what it says will be the world’s first pilot LTE-M (LTE for Maritime Wireless Communications) network, as part of a research and development project led by the Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF). According to SK Telecom, LTE-M will provide high-speed wireless telecommunications for […]
