Manufacturers Dig Deep into Industrial Software

The past year has seen a flourishing of interest in the Internet of Things (IoT) as the latest opportunity for growth in the technology sector. There remains plenty of reason for skepticism about IoT hype in the consumer space — not about whether it will happen but about whether the value it will bring will justify its costs in cybersecurity and the erosion of privacy — but the picture is very different on the factory floor. Industrial software combining the use of sensor data and