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What is the future of manufacturing?
Manufacturers who want to compete in an increasingly volatile market know that they must become quicker, smarter, and greener to survive. That is a key finding of Forrester Research's report, The Future of Manufacturing, which analyzes the manufacturing market and…
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Sustainability is Facing Setbacks. Yet Companies Must Still Make it a Focus.
Geo-politics impacts almost every market around the world. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the upheaval in the global flow of oil and gas that followed, led many governments to abruptly shift focus from slashing carbon to scrambling for alternative supplies… -
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Digital twins drive smart oil & gas production
Digital twins are completely transforming the way oil and gas companies operate, helping them to monitor, maintain, and manage equipment and processes. Digital twins, a virtual representation of an object or process, act as a bridge between your physical and… -
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GoExpedi transforms the digital supply chain
GoExpedi likes to describe itself as the “Uber-meets-Amazon” of the energy industry - and aims to do for industrial parts and tools what Amazon did for books. This was the gist of our CEO Sanjay Brahmawar’s and my conversation with… -
Integration & APIs
Digital utilities: And the data beat goes on
Modern, digital utilities have a huge challenge managing the deluge of data that they create. Utility data management is one of the least-discussed challenges facing utilities today. My first experience with this was when I worked at a west coast utility… -
Business Transformation
The digital North Star for utilities
Planning for technology adoption in utilities involves never-ending cycles of regulation and change, moving as inexorably as constellations do around the North Star. I recently had the opportunity and privilege to support a field service webinar: “Lessons Learned from Technology… -
Business Transformation
Customer loyalty – the new metric for success
I recently came across a thought-provoking publication by Deloitte that outlined the evolution of the utility customer journey from rate payer to consumer to prosumer to transumer. My initial reaction was the authors really like the word play with “sumer.” My second reaction was one of skepticism. Let me explain. According to… -
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Oil and gas industry meets self-service analytics
The oil and gas industry has no shortage of challenges – from decarbonization to sustainability and resiliency - and with that comes the need for creative and forward-thinking solutions. To deal with these issues, along with constantly fluctuating and volatile market… -
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Go carbon neutral with IoT
One of the more famous quotes in the scientific community is “nothing exists in a vacuum.” And while I don’t disagree with the statement, I don’t mind misconstruing it to illustrate a point. It can be argued that “carbon” does… -
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Saving the planet with IoT-empowered smart energy
2020 will forever be remembered for two reasons – Covid 19 and the accelerated impact of climate change. And, while the two trends are not directly related, there is a clear realization across the world that a more sustainable path… -
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Energy 2021: Who will be left standing?
The energy markets had a rough ride in 2020: Supplies flooded the market while prices and demand plummeted during worldwide pandemic lockdowns. Fracking and wells closed, refineries were mothballed or closed. Margins are tighter, and supply/demand is expected to remain roughly balanced for…