The New Year is traditionally welcomed with celebrations and a sense of satisfaction for the year gone by; reflecting on the milestones crossed; and in anticipation that the year ahead will be full of positives and bigger achievements. Dr M ArokiaswamyThat’s human nature – to hope for a better life, something that technology has immensely helped achieve, especially automation. What is the future of automation? At a recent industry event, the global sales director of one of the top automation companies made an interesting observation. He said when he meets people in industry, they often start talking about technology – like artificial intelligence or...
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Digital Trends in 2019
Leading industry experts join Industrial Automation in predicting the digital trends most likely to impact the industry in 2019.Digital Trends in 2019It is a familiar exercise across the industrial world that begins as the year comes to an end – making predictions about the tech trends for the New Year. The exercise in some cases begins as early as in September and reaches climax in the last two weeks of the year. Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Cybersecurity – the ABCs – are most likely to be among the top 5 or 10 trends predicted, and that is no surprise as the former two are maturing rapidly and gaining more and more influence within the domai...
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