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Podcast #32: Helping Industrial IoT Become a Reality

Written by Ed Maguire | October 24, 2018

Richard Soley is Chairman and CEO of the Object Management GroupExecutive Director of the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and founding partner of the IoT Solutions World Congress. In this special edition of the Edge Podcast recorded on site in Barcelona, he shares some of the notable developments coming out of the conference.

The IoT Solutions World Congress is differentiated from other events through the focus on end users and case studies, showcasing test bed work shepherded by the IIC. In our conversation, Richard Soley shares stories and examples of notable work underway, the potential for productivity gains across industries, and the view that manufacturing represents the industry with the most to gain from connecting assets and advanced analytics. Additionally he discusses the launch of the IIC’s new Resource Hub. Finally he shares a fascinating story about standards that connected the design of Space Shuttle booster with the Ancient Romans. 

 

Recommendations:

The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger by Marc Levinson 

The IIC Resource Hub 

 

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