Monthly Archives: May 2021

The manufacturing data platform

Manufacturers understand the importance of leveraging technologies to stay ahead in the market. Whether referred to as Industry 4.0 (I4.0), smart manufacturing, or the 4th industrial revolution, data is the biggest asset, says Francisco Almada Lobo, chief executive officer and co-founder at Critical Manufacturing. With only a small percentage of companies succeeding in digital transformation, however, […]

Book unites ‘trailblazing’ women board leaders to foster gender diversity worldwide

Amid the known inequity of women holding corporate board seats and, further, those chairing boards, the newly-released book ‘Dear Chairwoman’ features highly personal stories of challenges, perseverance and success from some of the world’s most esteemed C-suite women executives and board members/chairs. These women, says Merilee A. Kern, Forbes Councils member, MBA, work with corporate behemoths […]

6G to consider society’s requirements: A voice from NGMN MNOs across the world

The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) alliance published its first 6G White Paper “6G Drivers and Vision”. While various views have already been shared by many organisations in industry and academia, says Quan Zhao, one of the three NGMN 6G project co-leads, and a senior member of technical staff in the Future Mobile Technology Lab, China Mobile. NGMN takes a unique position, […]

Building management system: Your ticket to a smart city

The complexity of new state-of-the-art buildings is skyrocketing; Aquariums, wedding chapels, rollercoasters, and even artificial canals are becoming the norm for office centres and shopping malls. This is way too much to be efficiently managed by people alone, says Sergiy Seletskyi, IoT practice leader and senior solution architect at Intellias. And far too often, businesses have […]