The Why, What, Who, and How of Smart Manufacturing, According to IDC Manufacturing Insights

The venerable factory is an important competitive weapon in the digital economy. According to Robert Parker, group vice president at IDC Manufacturing Insights, "Smart manufacturing programs can deliver financial benefits that are tangible and auditable. More importantly, smart manufacturing transitions the production function from one that is capacity centric to one that is capability centric ? able to serve global markets and discerning customers." A new IDC Manufacturing Insights r

IDC Comment: NRF 2015: The Growing Importance of Europe

It can no longer be said that the annual National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show event at the start of January is still only US focused. This year more than ever has seen the event become, unofficially at least, much more global in nature, as more retailers travel from Europe and Asia-Pacific (APAC) to the event.
It was evident from the discussions IDC Retail Insights had with both vendors and retailers that the broad messaging from vendors at NRF 2015 was closer aligned to the immedi

Glassbeam and OBS Global to Host Complimentary Webinar on Keeping Data Secured in the Cloud

Glassbeam and OBS Global to Host Complimentary Webinar on Keeping Data Secured in the Cloud

SANTA CLARA, CA — (Marketwired) — 01/29/15 — , the machine data analytics company, and , a security consulting company focused on performance risk-based analysis, will host a , taking place Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST, titled "Ensuring Security in Machine Data." James Adamson, senior consultant at OBS Global Security Practice, and Eric Warner, vice president of worldwide field operations at Glassbeam, will discuss why it is inherently safe to gather and transmit dat

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