Electrification Software Twin
How A 10-Minute Conversation With A Machine Saved $12 Million
Unscheduled airplane maintenance is an $8 billion headache for fliers and the global airline industry. But a machine's Digital Twin — a replica built with AI and a human mind — can minimize this. The Digital Twin, whether we’re talking jets or steam turbines, is an example of the industrial IoT that’s changing the world, writes Colin J.
industrial app economy
How the Industrial App Economy Will Drive the 4th Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Internet is leading to the development of an industrial app economy that has the potential to have a bigger impact than consumer apps. Here’s how.
Thanks to disruptive technology, the world is changing more quickly than ever before. As a result, many industries — manufacturing, energy, healthcare, transportation — face an important mandate: identify as tech companies or become obsolete.
trade
Andrea Durkin: Why Aren’t American App Developers Looking Overseas?
With the global market for apps taking off, exports are fast becoming an attractive proposition for U.S. software developers.
There are over 1 million U.S. software developers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It’s one of the fastest-expanding job categories in the United States, with projected growth of 22 percent through 2020.
Perspectives
Marco Annunziata: The Industrial App Economy Is Ready for Its Download
The industrial app economy will spur innovation by enabling a more seamless environment for people and machines to work smarter and more efficiently together.
We live in a world of apps. They have become so pervasive in our daily experience that we don’t even think about it anymore: an app wakes us in the morning, and another app reports the quality of our sleep; we use apps to move around town, book restaurants and movies, track our weight and physical activity, meet friends, stream music and keep up with the news. Life is an app.