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Infrastructure and operational

Infrastructure and operations top trends in 2023

Infrastructure and operational challenges will drive business and industry in 2023 and Gartner has highlighted ...
Ethical AI

Ethical AI to drive digital strategies in 2023

Ethical AI is one of Gartner’s top five predictions that companies must incorporate in their ...
Digital transformation

Digital transformation has yet to fulfil its promise

Digital transformation is failing due to a gap between what companies hope to achieve and ...
Metaverse

Metaverse value is failing to convince CTOs

Metaverse projects have been launched by just 25 per cent of CTOs polled in a ...
Cyber security

Lack of cyber security skills is leaving SMEs exposed

Almost half of UK businesses have a basic cyber security gap that is leaving them ...
supply chain

Supply chain strategies for ESG compliance

Supply chains generate around 60 per cent of all global carbon emissions and can represent 98 ...
Fashion industry

Fashion industry programme to create circular manufacturing

Fashion industry sustainability is a priority as manufacturers and suppliers seek to reduce costs and ...
IT infrastructure

IT infrastructure reduction is key to reaching net zero targets

IT infrastructure and reduction of its energy use is the key to meeting net zero ...
Manufacturers

Manufacturers face significant cost rises due to investment in people

Manufacturers’ costs have risen by over 20 per cent due to greater investment in people, ...
Healthcare

Event-driven architecture for digital transformation of healthcare

Healthcare runs on data that must be available and accurate to support optimal patient outcomes. ...
Sustainable packaging

Tech-stack data platform for sustainable packaging compliance

Sustainable packaging is a priority across retail and industry to comply with increasing regulation and ...
Climate tech

Climate tech innovation must be scaled to reach net zero

Climate tech innovation requires scaling and cross-sector collaboration to unleash the potential of decarbonisation technologies. ...
Decision Intelligence

Decision Intelligence helping to drive AI-based commercial objectives

Decision Intelligence is the commercial application of AI to the decision making process and is ...
Automation

Automation and energy management systems key to meeting net zero goals

More efficient automation and energy management systems would have the greatest impact in achieving industry ...
Industrial Metaverse

Industrial Metaverse: Why Does It Matter?

Tibor Merey and colleagues at Boston Consulting Group detail the applications, layers, infrastructure and benefits ...
Sustainability

Sustainability and ESG now at the centre of new Nokia technology

Sustainability issues have fuelled an upgrade of Nokia’s  Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy. Sustainability will ...
STEM

STEM industries hampered by lack of workforce diversity

STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) industries are suffering from a lack of workforce diversity ...
Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence trust gap leaves money on the table

Artificial intelligence is vital to business but organisations that use it don’t trust AI and ...
Technology

Technology is failing to align with business objectives say CTOs

Technology is not aligned with business objectives, according to two-thirds of UK CTOs polled in ...
data proficiency

Lack of data proficiency threatens £190bn global tech market

Data proficiency is vital to the growth and success of the tech market but a ...
ESG data

ESG data driving business cost savings and standards compliance

ESG data is vital for addressing climate change but it can also help businesses improve ...
Funding Xchange

Funding Xchange founder wins Innovator of the Year award

Funding Xchange founder Katrin Herrling has won a top award for innovation through FXE Technologies ...
Digital transformation

Digital transformation vital to survival of haulage companies

Digital transformation and use of smart technology is vital to the ongoing prosperity of haulage ...
Tech workers

Tech workers suffer from negative industry experiences

Tech workers would benefit from a friendlier and more inclusive workplace environment, according to the ...
ESG compliance

ESG compliance: data’s role in the sustainable journey

ESG compliance is an increasing legal requirement and data strategies, technologies and software solutions are ...
Enterprise risk

Enterprise risk management intelligence platform

Enterprise risk management is vital to corporate governance in a world where lack of oversight ...
data strategy

Data strategy failing among mining industry management

Data strategy should be a higher priority in the mining industry as 20 per cent ...
Digital transformation

Digital transformation is ‘alienating’ consumers

Digital transformation by business and industry is leaving consumers frustrated by the rush to ‘improve’ ...
data sovereignty

Data sovereignty issues drive cloud migration

Data sovereignty issues have seen companies migrate to hybrid or local cloud service providers to ...
cybersecurity

Cybersecurity risk management remains a challenge for banks

Cybersecurity threats to the banking industry are increasing and require an effective approach to model ...

Silentnight Brands replace legacy planning tool to keep customers dreaming

Founded in 1946, Silentnight is the UK’s biggest bed manufacturer and an acknowledged superbrand. As ...

Four in five UK companies unable to scale digital transformation plans

Many UK businesses are in danger of suffering stunted growth due to a lack of ...

Sustainability ambitions boosts supply chain investments

New research from Blue Yonder found that 97 per cent of organisations faced disruption over ...
big

Big data, big city transformations: Transport and well-being

Digital Nomad have created an interesting insight looking into big data, smart cities, and efficient transport. ...
innovation

Science and innovation critical to climate change solutions

Science and Innovation Day at COP26  saw the announcement of new initiatives backed by global coalitions ...

European Commission, Breakthrough Energy Catalyst and European Investment Bank advance partnership in climate technologies

At the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, European Commission ...
G20

G20 endorses international energy forum for intensive dialogue on energy market

Leaders of the Group of 20 largest world economies (G20) have called on the International ...

New board consolidates voluntary guidance around sustainability disclosures

As world leaders meet in Glasgow for COP26, the UN global summit to address the ...
green

UK launches new initiative to take Green Industrial Revolution global

Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, announced a major funding package at the first day ...

Scaling the edge

Connected Technology Solutions spoke to Julian Chesterfield, founder and CEO at Sunlight about the advantages ...

Combining next level safety with sustainable Industry 4.0 compatible digital capabilities

ABB has expanded its NeoGear switchgear portfolio to deliver impressive safety improvements, optimized performance and digital ...
automation

Automation and robotics jobs created for SME manufacturers

SME manufacturers are adopting robotics and automation systems Smarter, creating hundreds of new and upskilled ...
industry

Report indicates that South West manufacturing industry recovery is in danger

A new report says that the South West manufacturing industry is expected to recover from ...
SaaS

Meeting the growing demand for SaaS solutions

PTC have announced that Arena, a PTC Business, is expanding its product footprint and adding ...

40 per cent of UK manufacturers operate without a sustainability policy

A survey has found that 40 per cent of UK manufacturers are operating without a ...
manufacturing

Changing manufacturing metalworks supply chain

Custom manufacturing startup Fractory has raised $9 million in Series A funding to advance its ...
British

Nearly all small British manufacturers have experienced difficulties with rising supply chain prices

96 per cent of small British manufacturers have said they are experiencing difficulties as a ...
performance

Leveraging marginal gains to improve manufacturing performance

Connected Technology Solutions spoke to Dave Hughes, presales director UK at PTC, to discover how ...
smart

UK energy could save billions every year by using smart systems and flexibility

The UK government and Ofgem have announced plans for smart technologies that will help consumers ...
recovery

Dampened Recovery Prospects For 2021

Adrian Lloyd, CEO and senior research director US, Interact Analysis reveals the latest manufacturing outlook ...

SME manufacturers are upskilling workers to create the teams of tomorrow through new programme

SME manufacturers, supported by Made Smarter in their drive to digitalise, are upskilling workers to ...
service

Sharpen decision making and open service ecosystem opportunities

Mari E. Haapala, digital lead at ABB Motion, explains how a pandemic-driven surge in the ...
solutions

Combining products and solutions with innovation

Panasonic have announced the foundation of a new solutions-focused organization, Panasonic Connect Europe GmbH, to ...
cyber

Report finds threat of cyber attacks growing at an alarming rate

A report from Nozomi Networks Labs found that cyber threats are growing at an alarming ...

World’s biggest manufacturers lose almost a trillion dollars a year to machine failures

Large industrial facilities lose more than a day’s worth of production each month and hundreds ...
manufacturing

One in five manufacturing workers will not commute again post pandemic

Almost one in five manufacturing workers do not intend to return to the office again ...
cloud

Cloud platform manages to both reduce costs and increase efficiency

Manufacturer’s power is enhanced through the use of the InfinityQS enact platform, recent analysis from ...
servitization

Leading academics call on manufacturers to put storytelling at the heart of servitization

UK manufacturers can increase their chances of implementing new business models through servitization if storytelling ...

Digital Twin factory agreement creates new dawn for architecture and infrastructure

Thousands of global smart city and infrastructure build back better projects can now be enabled ...
operations

Securely visualise enterprise-wide real time operations

Global IT integrator Getronics has announced a strategic alliance with SolutionsPT, the leading industrial IT ...
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