Unplanned downtime is a million-dollar problem. Unexpected stops during production or operations can cost organisations on average $2 million (€1.70 million) a time, and 82% of companies experience at least one unplanned outage every three years (according to Aberdeen research). Each outage presents the risk of lost production hours, damaged products, additional labour costs and rush […]
Monthly Archives: March 2021
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) a major element of Industry 4.0 has been gaining traction for some time now, driven by globalisation, shifting demand for commodities, and fluctuating trade flows, even before COVID-19. Yet, in the past year, which has seen many manufacturers having to revamp their operating models to support fewer on-site personnel, […]
The IF function in Excel is an inestimable ally when we need to implement conditional logic, that is when we need different results depending on a condition. The syntax is IF(logical_test, [value_if_true], [value_if_false]), where logical_test is an expression that evaluates to TRUE or
Project tutorials are a very popular way to start building your first few projects. But unfortunately most people go about it in the wrong way and don’t end up learning very much in the process. In this article, I will provide some tips on how to properly learn from tutorials
When dealing with Excel workbooks, data may be structured in a way that doesn’t fit your needs and objectives. Sometimes, you may need to split the content of one cell into different cells. You may also need to do the opposite, combining data from multiple columns into one. The
Machine learning and AI may dominate the tech headlines, but the most important skill in the data science industry is something much older — almost 50 years old, in fact! Despite its age, SQL is still the most important language for data work. How has a five-decades-old language managed to remain
What is a CDN?A Content Delivery Network (CDN) helps you deliver your content more quickly. You can serve any type of content that remains unchanged over a period of time, like images, videos, CSS, JavaScript, HTML files, PDFs, and more. A CDN is a group of servers that are
The Internet of Things (IoT) market continues to show dynamic growth. Analyst, Transforma Insights recently forecast that the number of connected IoT devices worldwide is set to grow from US$7.6 billion (€6.39 billion) in 2019 to $24.1 billion (€20.26 billion) in 2030. So, IoT is growing fast, and all the indications are that it will continue to do so, says Alan […]
Every IoT project starts with a plan. As IoT deployments scale up in 2021, it’s become clear that the plans that consider the cost and flexibility of connectivity up front will be the ones that don’t end up with big “gotchas” when the bills come due, says, Alexis Susset, VP global product & EU sales, Soracom. Even […]
I have written about the Google Search Console before and covered how to use it from a 30,000 foot view. Now, I want to dive deeper into what the Search Console measures, and things I have learned while using it that can help you better leverage this tool. If