According to research from GE and Accenture, executives across the industrial and healthcare sectors see the enormous opportunities of the Industrial Internet and in many cases are deploying the first generation of solutions. The vast majority believe that Big Data analytics has the power to dramatically alter the competitive landscape of industries within just the next year and are investing accordingly. Yet challenges around security, data silos and systems integration issues between organizations threaten to delay Industrial Internet solutions that could offer distinctive operational, strategic and competitive advantages. Spurred on by board-level direction, surveyed executives feel a sense of urgency in moving more briskly toward the Industrial Internet future.
Published in early 2015, this paper presents the results of a survey fielded in China, France, Germany, India, South Africa, the UK and the United States that explored the state of Big Data analytics and how it is being viewed across multiple industries, including power generation and distribution, oil and gas, manufacturing and mining. Companies represented had revenues in excess of $150 million, with more than half of them having revenues of $1 billion or more.
Information presented includes:
- Moving from today’s implementation to tomorrow’s strategies
- Big Data analytics in the healthcare industry: A diagnosis
- Becoming an Industrial Internet value creator