Extracting full value from operational data

Technologies, such as big data and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), offer oil and gas companies great opportunities as tools for real-time data analysis and performance improvement—if the industry can conquer the accompanying data-integration challenges.

Road to real-time performance improvement

Big data and industrial Internet technologies are converging to help companies monitor operations and solve problems on the fly.

Uncapping the benefits of wireless technology

Oil and gas producers are discovering creative ways of lowering costs, boosting productivity via industrial wireless networks.

Executive survey: Manufacturing likely to lag when economy improves

Nearly 60 percent of manufacturing executives believe the economy will improve over the next six months, though they are slightly less optimistic about the prospects for the manufacturing sector.