Digital Transformation Executive Interview - Firas Khalil of Siemens- ARC Industry Forum 2019.

How are customers dealing with it? Focused on AI enabled solutions. How customers can use Siemens products for cybersecurity solutions. Benefits of digital transformation.

Interviewed by ARC's Andy Chatha.

Jay Allardyce, Executive VP of Industry, Product and Partnerships at Uptake Technologies, discusses the major challenges industrial industries face as they work to digitally transform, and how Uptake is helping their customers to achieve financial outcomes by delivering AI enabled insights on their industrial assets. https://www.uptake.com/

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Cybersecurity Risks Executive Interview - Sam Wilson of Honeywell - ARC Industry Forum 2019.

How is Honeywell helping with cybersecurity? Manage risks, production, lifecycle management, mitigating risks, innovation, cybersecurity customer board, product portfolio, cybersecurity centers of excellence (COE's) are discussed.

Interviewed by ARC's Mark Sen Gupta

This video interview features Anand Pradhan, Head, Business Innovation & Transformation Group, Americas - Aero & Process Manufacturing, TCS and Subhash Sakorikar, Head, Business Innovation & Transformation Group, North America - Auto & Industrial Manufacturing, TCS with Greg Gorbach, VP, Digitization and IoT, ARC Advisory Forum, sharing their vision on the Digital Transformation in the Manufacturing Industry.

With his diverse experience of over 26 years in Manufacturing, Subhash mentions that the Digital Transformation in the Manufacturing industry today focuses on connected enterprise, connected automobile and connected consumers. The digital forces which have been defined over the years are at confluence now and are taking shape in the form of shared mobility, connected equipment in industrial space, connected mining, connected agriculture etc., and would be defining the growth and transformation journey in the manufacturing industry in the time to come. At the same time, Connected – is breaking barriers by enabling growth.

Anand, with his vast experience in Aero and Process, mentions that Aero is a unique segment with nearly 10 years long delivery backlogs for commercial airplanes. Safety and Security are always the highest priority in this segment and After Market is the next go to business in Aerospace. Coming to the Process segment he mentions, companies in this segment are grappling with various challenges like variable demand and high input prices. These companies are trying to extract value through mergers and acquisitions.

Looking at the future trends for next four to five years, change is clearly visible across industries. The objective is to create value for the end consumers. The Business to Consumer (B2C) industries are adapting to the change at an aggressive rate and are able to leverage latest technologies like cloud, analytics, automation to create differentiated value for their consumers. The manufacturers are also adapting to match this pace of change.

Moreover, there are digital and smart products, there is Digital in operations like IoT, and enterprises would use technologies like Blockchain to create a connected workspace. Further in enterprises, the technologies like Machine first delivery model, where decision can be made by machine by developing and using Artificial Intelligence would take over.

TCS plays the role of an advisor enabling organizations in drawing their digital roadmap and further help them in the implementation, and engages with them till the benefit realized. With its vast contextual knowledge of the customers, industry segment, and the ecosystem, developed over decades, TCS is very well positioned to help organizations charter their digital journey.

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Paul Casto, GrayMatter’s Intelligent Assets Practice Lead, discusses how industrial facilities can improve plant equipment reliability and reduce maintenance costs by using preventive maintenance, predictive analytics, machine learning and other value-driven solutions. Paul highlights cutting-edge strategies to identify leading indicators of potential equipment failure and reduce unplanned downtime.

0:40 - Q: What are the solutions that make up a robust Asset Performance Management program?

2:44 - Q: Could you elaborate on when Machine Learning is appropriate and the benefits of it?

5:02 - Q: It sounds like Machine Learning is a tool that can bridge the divide between operations and maintenance for better performance overall.

5:57 - Q: What data can APM integrate with a special focus on MES in operations and CMMS in maintenance?

8:14 - Q: How does APM help companies avoid unplanned downtime, become predictive and lower overall costs?

10:53 - Q: What concerns me is risk is getting lost in a lot of the APM definitions that are out there. I’m happy to hear you include that.

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In this in-depth interview with Sid Snitkin, ARC’s vice president of cybersecurity services, Phil Neray of CyberX describes the IIoT and ICS threat landscape; best practices for securing industrial networks; and why responsibility for OT security has now shifted to the CISO’s organization.

Founded in 2013 by cyber experts with a track record of defending critical national infrastructure, CyberX is the only industrial cybersecurity company to have been awarded a patent for its ICS-aware threat detection analytics and machine learning technology.

Purpose-built for the specialized protocols and devices of IIoT and ICS environments, CyberX’s agentless platform enables organizations to continuously auto-discover unmanaged devices and monitor their OT networks for destructive cyberattacks such as WannaCry, NotPetya, TRITON, and LockerGoga.

Additionally, by integrating with customers’ existing IT security stacks (Splunk, IBM Security, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, RSA NetWitness, ServiceNow, etc.), CyberX enables organizations to more effectively manage IT/OT risk and leverage scarce security personnel across both IT and OT.

Sabyasachi Chandra (Saby), Utilities Segment Head, North America, TCS discusses upcoming trends and business problems faced by Utilities in North America

Saby shares that how unlike other businesses, Utilities have started late in embracing digital and it is only since last 10-12 years that significant transformation are happening in this industry. As TCS works with number of Fortune 500 Utilities, a number of key trends have been observed. An important change is the need to make grid more resilient by capturing and utilizing real-time data to make it more intelligent. Hence Utilities are investing in Grid Modernisation. Another interesting change happening in North America geography is that retail energy market is opening up and now consumers can decide their energy retailers especially in states like Texas, Maryland, New York. This shift has made consumers more important stakeholders and hence energy retailers are working towards enhancing consumer experience. With Transactive Energy coming into play, third significant change that is been observed is that Utilities are re-thinking their business strategies by exploring new innovative business models to generate more revenue channels. While consumer, grid and new energy are changing what becomes more important is cyber security, especially considering the new regulations.

Saby explains the role TCS plays to help Utilities embrace the Digital Transformation and Emerging Energy Value Ecosystem. TCS partners closely with CXOs of Utilities and help them create strategy for their short term and long term plans. TCS is engaged in phase zero which means at the time the new initiatives are being conceived. TCS is addressing the transformation changes with its corporate strategy of Business 4.0. Business 4.0 is based on 4 business pillars of embracing risk, leveraging ecosystem, mass personalization and enhancing value. The 4 technology pillars focus on cloud, automation, intelligence and analytics. This entire framework helps Utilities in their Digital Transformation journey and helps them become the Utility of Future. Saby goes ahead and shares multiple examples to showcase how Business 4.0 is making Utilities embrace the change.

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The intersection of smart cities, infrastructure and cybsersecurity

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Growth Through Innovation and Services – Ramesh Nuggihalli, COO, NovaTech – ARC Industry Forum 2019

Ramesh Nuggihalli of NovaTech Industries interviewed by ARC's Harry Forbes

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