Additive manufacturing (AM) is increasingly used in the automotive industry. Why and how BMW Group uses 3D-printed components and intends to increase its use of AM. In the automotive industry, new ...

Digital technologies have profoundly changed the ways we do business, buy, work and live. They have even altered society and continue impacting virtually all business functions and industries. It’s ...

Back in 2011 Gartner advised (IT) leaders to prepare for the transition of their organizations to the converging, aligning and integrating of IT and OT environments. In fact it’s one of the essences ...

Improving the quality of healthcare and access to healthcare while controlling costs as populations age and grow, life expectancy increases and public expenditure on healthcare is under pressure are a ...

After the new right to data portability in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the right to be forgotten, a.k.a. right to erasure, proves to be the hardest data subject right to ...

On our Industry 4.0 page we mentioned how Industry 4.0 is about more than just the smart factory or the implementation of technologies. On this page we take a look at the essential elements of smart ...

Narrowband IoT or NB-IoT is a wireless communication standard for the Internet of Things in its different forms. NB-IoT belongs to the category of low-power wide-area networks (LPWAN), enabling to ...

The next steps towards energy-efficient buildings and electro-mobility in the EU. An update on the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) and its consequences for building owners and ...

Fines under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). What you need to know about GDPR fines, the guidelines on the application of GDPR administrative fines, ways to protect against GDPR fines, ...

A smart grid is an electricity network/grid enabling a two-way flow of electricity and data whereby smart metering is often seen as a first step. Smart grids – as a concept – became known over a ...

A look at IoT technology and the first layers of the IoT technology stack: endpoints and devices (including sensors and actuators), IoT gateways (and device management) and IoT platforms. The Internet ...

In an increasingly real-time economy speed and timing are key. It might sound obvious but the consequences for supply chains, logistics and the transportation industry are huge. First, let’s briefly ...