Nigel Harley

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  IoT

  Why IoT is like rugby

  While watching a re-run of a previous Rugby Union 6-Nations match with my son during lockdown, I was struck by some similarities between training for the game and learning to use the IoT for business. The continuous process of training and learning new skills for rugby relate well to evolving the outcomes in an IoT project. My son and I…

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  IT x (OT + IT) = IoT as a Service

  As Internet of Things technology becomes increasingly accessible, companies may find that they lose control of their IoT projects – and the data. IoT sensors are now easily accessible by any organization wanting to consume and analyze some internal data. But these “connected Things” can get out of hand as more and more departments set up proofs of concept or…

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  Finding – and adding to – the value of IoT data

  Everything in the Internet of Things ecosystem has value; from motors, lifts and smart buildings, each possesses layers of data. This data has increasing value when looking at the business from an end-to-end IoT perspective. It is the same in manufacturing, farming and almost any “smart” applications/solutions. For example, a motor manufacturer can get its value from IoT sensors as…

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  In Manufacturing, Equipment Impacts Productivity

  The manufacturing sector has many challenges to the bottom line and equipment is one of the biggest. Production equipment can have a long working life, which means it may be aging and is probably not digitally connected. Processes may be constrained by regulatory requirements, such as in the US pharmaceutical sector where they are governed by FDA approvals. But all…

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