Designing for Edge and IoT Success

For manufacturing organizations that embraced smart manufacturing in 2025, the payoff extended beyond operational metrics to strategic value creation.

The industrial sector has always thrived on adaptation. AI, IoT, software-defined systems, and digital twins represent the next stage of that evolution.

IoT data is the fuel that powers adaptive edge intelligence. By analyzing IoT data directly at the edge, organizations gain the ability to interpret context the moment it occurs.

Many of the benefits and capabilities of Internet of Things (IoT) devices owe their success to Skype and its mainstream introduction of P2P.

Zero Trust assumes a strong, unified source of identity and policy. Most enterprises have the opposite. Create a cross-functional “Zero Trust Council” with shared KPIs tied to business outcomes to fix the situation.

Organizations that align their data strategies with 2026 cloud evolution trends will be well-positioned for success in the modern AI-dominated business world.

Enterprise leaders call on providers to address the automation gap between enterprise IT systems and service provider networks.

Building a Shared Responsibility Model into a company’s long-term strategy is a critical part of running successful operations.