FEATURE : IoT driven growth . He said with the right mix of policies , CIOs can reap the benefits of IoT and AI in the years to come .
“ An IoT environment delivers more intelligence on the assembly line or in the manufacturing process . Furthermore , it allows for data analytics to be captured and used to provide feedback , advanced notifications , state of health and other forms of reporting to improve the process throughout manufacturing operations ,” he said . “ All these elements become vital enablers in developing economies across the continent . CIOs must therefore take the time to integrate IoT into existing technology roadmaps .”
Andreas Bartsch , Head of Service Delivery , PBT Group , said given developments of the past year with the pandemic and resultant lockdown conditions , companies have accelerated their Digital Transformation roadmaps . “ What would likely have taken months to rollout , happened in the space of a few weeks given the need to enable a distributed work environment ,”
Ian Jansen van Rensburg , Senior Systems Engineer and Lead Technologist , VMware
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