Yanfeng Auto adopts IBM Data, AI and Intelligent Automation Software to accelerate digital and intelligent transformation
7 min read - Learn how Yanfeng Auto works with advanced technology and technical experts to accelerate its own data-driven digital transformation.
Edge computing and hybrid cloud: scaling AI within manufacturing
2 min read - Industry 4.0, or the fourth Industrial Revolution, promises higher production volumes, lower costs and better quality products. Most manufacturers pursue such gains through digitization with big data, AI and the Internet of Things. Often, however, they build solutions in isolation—AI…
Data is the engine: Powering a smart manufacturing edge appliance
2 min read - Data is the engine that will drive adoption of Industry 4.0, an industrial revolution for automating production and producing better products. Yet several factors prevent manufacturers from fully exploiting operational data. Traditional operational technology (OT) architectures tend to be monolithic…
How quality control automation kicked off an Industry 4.0 journey
3 min read - SMART Modular Technologies manufactures memory products in a nearly 300,000 square-foot factory in Malaysia. Like a lot of companies that have started down the path toward AI-driven automation, also commonly known as Industry 4.0, we weren’t following a lofty ambition…
Blockchain Newsletter for February: Sustainability, COVID-19, crypto and digital events
5 min read - Of the 96 companies that have been included in the Forbes Blockchain 50 since 2019, only 12 have made the list for all three years — including IBM. Three other 2021 listees have partnered with IBM for their claims to…
Blockchain and sustainability through responsible sourcing
4 min read - Mining for cobalt, an essential raw material for lithium-ion batteries, carries a high cost in human suffering. More than 60 percent of the world’s supply comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with about 45 percent coming from large-scale…
Is blockchain the toy industry’s path to playing together?
5 min read - Blockchain struck society like a lightning storm on the plains. Fast and sudden. Over 10 years ago, a whitepaper was produced unveiling the technology and within seven years, families were discussing the topic over dinner, state legislators were passing bills,…
Is there finally a problem big enough for blockchain to solve?
4 min read - As we break free from the blockchain hype cycle of 2017, we find many people scratching their heads trying to understand where and how blockchain plays a role, yet still struggling to grasp blockchain’s main purpose for being; solving the…