In today’s era of digital transformation application modernization is one of the key strategies towards the path of digital transformation. So, what does it means by application modernization, is it to change the look and feel of the application or move it to cloud or migrate to software product or service and get rid of […]
Overview Why Modbus? We received this question from a student at a recent IIoT Learning Class. We found it particularly prescient given the latest discussions going on around Industry 4.0. The question is technically sound and indicates a thorough understanding of the technology’s functionality—but perhaps not its purpose. The answer, however, is much deeper, and […]
1. Total Cost of Ownership Most customers choose to buy an OPC UA SDK rather than develop it in-house due to a lack of internal expertise, high development and maintenance costs, the challenges of keeping up with constantly evolving standards and specifications, and the need to reduce OPC UA implementation time in their application and […]
Descriptive analytics is the first stage in business analytics that helps us understand what happened in the past. For example, in the case of product sales, with the help of tools like Power BI, descriptive analytics can tell us which products are selling more and which ones are not. Predictive analytics, on the other hand, […]
Overview For IIoT implementations, one of the first hurdles is at the point where it all starts – the collection of data from the machines, instruments and sensors. (Also, it can be said to end here – with control of actuators and machines!) Most of the machines, especially in small and medium manufacturing enterprises, are […]
Natural Language Processing (NLP) is technology used to help computers understand, interpret, and manipulate human languages. It is a subfield of computer science, linguistics, information engineering, and artificial intelligence that focuses on programming computers to process and analyze huge datasets of natural language. Besides implementing machine learning approaches, such as deep learning, to model human […]
Robotic Process Automation or RPA is the technology that automates day-to-day manual tasks and business processes by configuring computer software to emulate users’ interactions with the existing digital systems. Some examples of manual tasks that can be automated include: Application configuration Data entry Validation of client files Creation of test data Data loads Report generation […]
Simply put Microsoft Power BI is a business intelligence software that gives users the ability to pull in massive amounts of data from a variety of sources – in order to organize, analyze, visualize and share it in a user-friendly way. User-friendly being the operative word. Gone are the days where data analysis was limited […]
The debate over whether a company needs to track big data has been over, and for a long time. But what software is the best choice for your needs? We could spend countless hours going over the many choices, but here is a direct comparison of SSRS vs Power BI. In order for businesses to […]
Chatbots are 24/7 helpers that can help companies save time and money while achieving better customer satisfaction. With the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI), chatbots have gone beyond just answering basic questions and are providing advanced experience. A study by Spiceworks found that 40%of large businesses – those with more than 500 employees – expect to implement one or more chatbot technology in some form or […]
