Industrial Internet

  As the energy market transitions to accommodate for the exit of coal and an increased focus on renewables and storage, the question is shifting from how much energy you can access to when you can access it. “Electrons, ” says Matt Baumgurtel,  Partner at Hamilton Locke,“Will basically be free.”

Even as digital transformation contributes to intensifying climate change due to burgeoning energy consumption, Australian CIOs are missing in action.  Hyperscalers and data centre operators are hoping they can change that, but at least initially it looks like they have a hard row to hoe just to engage IT executives,

The real estate industry needs to change its practices. Our productivity has fallen by 19 per cent during the past 50 years, while the average productivity of all other industries has increased by 153 per cent. Our inability to lock in productivity gains has occurred at the same time demand

With the deployment of Edge computing, the technology sector is in the midst of one of its semi-regular paradigm convulsions. And like all such shifts, the motivation is competitive: offering organisations a step-change in productivity. In simple terms, Edge computing puts processing and data storage closer to the location where

The number of eSIMs installed in connected devices will increase from 1.2 billion in 2021 to 3.4 billion in 2025 — representing growth of 180 per cent. The figures are contained in a new report from Juniper Research eSIMs are modules that are embedded directly into devices, providing cellular connectivity

Bosch and Microsoft are working together to make adding new safety features and digital services to a car as simple as updating a phone.  Under a new partnership, the pair will create a new software platform connecting Microsoft’s Azure cloud with Bosch’s software modules to be used in over the

Farmers will be able to remotely monitor rain and tank levels without a mobile or GPS connection with two new Internet of Things devices launched today. QLD based farm sensor provider Goanna Ag today launched its Australian designed and manufactured GoRain and GoTank products which use low orbit satellites to

Ford has signed a six year deal with Google to revamp the digital technology in its vehicles, that will also see the companies collaborating on the automaker’s broader digital transformation and new business models for car sharing. Announced today the partnership includes Google becoming Ford’s preferred public cloud provider and

Manufacturing executives recognise advanced analytics as critical to the future of the sector. Yet few companies are capturing the full value from them today, according to research from the World Economic Forum and Boston Consulting Group. In a new joint whitepaper, they argue in the near future manufacturing companies will

While it’s transformation is not as widely discussed as sectors such as media, finance, or retail, the automotive industry is also riding the crest of a wave of technology-fuelled disruption. Automotonous driving, electrification, and data analytics are recasting the experience of customers, while new business models like ridesharing have changed