IT/OT ‘heavyweights’ Microsoft and Siemens join Open Industry 4.0 Alliance

Microsoft and Siemens have signed up to the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance, a two-year old consortium of “European” industrial companies geared to drive cross-vendor interoperability for factories and warehouses. They join as “heavyweights” of the IT and OT sides of the conjoined industrial IoT landscape, respectively, the alliance said. The alliance, formed at Hannover Messe…

A Look at the Future of Work

Alphabet and Google are placing their chips on at least some working in person come this September, as Twitter and Facebook are waging working remotely will be permeant. Where would you put your bet? I have some thoughts. Research from SHRM (Society of Human Resource Management) shows at least 27% of organizations plan to bring…