| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Business Technology, Finance, Strategy
6 business benefits of Blockchain
6 business benefits of Blockchain

Blockchain was born to provide legitimacy to its Bitcoin master after the financial cataclysm of 2008. At its heart is…

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Asset Intensive, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Events, Manufacturing, Process Manufacturing
Center for Intelligent Maintenance Systems drives economic value for industry
IIoT

Enjoying a front row seat as the industrial internet of things (IIoT) turns into a practical reality via tech transfer….

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Aerospace & Defense
New horizons for the A&D Business Unit

It’s been ten years since I left Mxi Technologies – a lot has changed since then. It’s good to be…

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Digital Transformation, Research, Strategy
The future of through-life accountability in commercial aviation & defense… no matter the buzzword
Servitization in the commercial aviation and defense industry

How servitization has affected change in the industry and what’s next for businesses. Tim Baines of Aston Business School will…

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Business Agility, Business Technology, Digital Transformation, Mobility, Service
The “5 Ps” of service management
preventative maintenance software

Every business and industry love using abbreviations and acronyms. Some are more memorable than others are, and there is one…

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Business Agility, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Manufacturing, Research, Strategy
Data scientists: the who, why and how
Data scientists: the who, why and how

Not enough is currently being done to create and nurture the talents required to create a pool of data scientists….

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| | Estimated reading time: 1 minute | Asset Intensive, Business Technology, Oil & Gas, Strategy
Are you ready for APM?
offshore maintenance

What is it really about? Getting on the bandwagon or actually optimizing operational performance? Asset performance management (APM) has become…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, Digital Transformation, Events, Finance, Research, Strategy
Fire up your digital transformation and increase profitability 26% using a connected strategy
Fire up your digital transformation and increase profitability 26% using a connected strategy

At the 2017 IDC Directions event in Boston, the full potential for businesses who adopt (and have adopted) digital transformation…

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Events, Research, Retail, Strategy
Key takeaways from NRF 2017: Transparency, the unique customer experience and the merging of the physical and digital world
Key takeaways from the NRF Big Show 2017

Returning home from my third NRF Big Show 2017, I feel a sense of urgency for continued evolution (rather than…

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| | Estimated reading time: 7 minutes | Business Agility, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Finance, Research, Strategy
2017: Sustainable strategies or volatile velocity — which will it be?
2017: Sustainable strategies or volatile velocity — which will it be?

Remember ‘business as usual’? For many, it seems lifetimes ago. 2016 was one of the most volatile socio-political years in…

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| | Estimated reading time: 7 minutes | Business Technology, Engineering, Construction & Infrastructure, Research, Strategy
Performance-based contracts, modular construction and robotics: 3 construction game changers for 2017
Construction industry trends

Huge tower blocks built in weeks under one roof… automated bridge-building behemoths… bricklaying robots… No, it’s not science fiction. These…

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| | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes | Asset Intensive, Business Agility, Business Technology, Finance, Oil & Gas, Research, Service, Strategy
The 4 IT trends fueling the oil and gas industry in 2017

In an industry where there are still few capital projects being initiated following the 2014 price collapse, and pressure on…

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