Joe McKendrick

Deploying AI applications at the edge with 5G has the potential to generate new revenue sources in manufacturing, putting the industry at the forefront of innovation.

Robotic data automation paves the way to the next generation of data integration architecture, which is data fabric and data mesh.

Every enterprise seeking real-time or highly intelligence capabilities is going to need to enlist the services of a cloud provider. Be sure to look past the eye-glazing verbiage of contracts to get the real story of exactly how the vendor intends to charge your enterprise.

Vehicles today are edge computers on wheels, running on software that is constantly being refreshed.

Organizations working on digital twins have seen an improvement in key sales and operational metrics and an improvement in system performance.

Smart contracts, or programs that run on the blockchain, enable completely distributed and decentralized applications to be self-enforcing.

Organizations are using 5G and edge technologies to improve employee productivity, augment existing products and services by making them more connected and intelligent, and automate business processes.

Manufacturing factories of the future will involve humans working with machines, automation, robotics, and all the data working in concert. This will all be made possible by 5G and edge computing.

The right to repair will pave the way for a new kind of business model for manufacturers, in which they focus on selling outcomes or services rather than products.

The concept of an end-to-end data analytics chain is already proving itself in business settings, with leaders reaping substantial rewards.

Analytics, augmented by artificial intelligence, offers a means to deliver self-service business intelligence (BI) environments.

5G and software-defined networking together promise to make the real-time digital factory a working reality.