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In terms of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) implementations, the manufacturing industry is leading the way. The data available through IIoT implementations allows the industry to continuously improve operations to remain competitive. The manufacturing sector stores more data than any other, using internal intranets to ...

Many academics struggle with the ethics behind the artificial intelligence (AI) that drives autonomous vehicles (AV), but AV makers would rather avoid the conversation. Stefan Heck is the CEO of Nauto, and a rare engineer with a Ph.D. in philosophy. Nauto works with commercial vehicle ...

A well-designed blockchain offers transparency and traceability, cuts out intermediaries, reduces costs, and increases speed and reach. According to PwC, Gartner forecasts that blockchain will generate an annual business value of more than $3 trillion by 2030. It’s possible to imagine that 10-20% of ...

A cyber security maturity model provides a path forward and enables your organization to periodically assess where it is along that path. This can be a valuable tool for improving your cyber security efforts, as well as for communicating with upper management and getting necessary ...

The supply chain, the foundation of every manufacturing business, is the first area of blockchain implementation, where it will have a positive effect on efficiency, order accuracy, product quality and track-and-traceability. This will enable manufacturers to meet delivery dates, improve product quality and increase sales ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) promises benefits in the workplace, such as increased efficiency, improved working conditions and even a smoother business merger. Before the Deal Mergers and acquisitions hit an all-time high in the first half of 2018, with a global deal value of $2.51 trillion ...

Because it’s so huge and so dependent on digital communication and computerized control software, the United States electricity grid is difficult to defend. And as a growing number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices continue to connect to smart grid systems, the number of potential ...

Medical errors are estimated to be the third leading cause of death for Americans, which means improvements in the handling of health data is time critical. The inefficiencies and unnecessary expenditures of the American healthcare system scream for the secure, high-integrity, neutral third party nature ...

Currently, women make up only 20% of the cyber security workforce. With the massive shortage of cyber security professionals today, up to 3.5 million job openings are expected by 2021. That means there’s a clear opportunity for women to fill both the gender and talent ...