Industry 4.0 by Alasdair Gilchrist

Industry 4.0 by Alasdair Gilchrist

Explore the current state of the production, processing, and manufacturing industries and discover what it will take to achieve re-industrialization of the former industrial powerhouses that can counterbalance the benefits of cheap labor providers dominating the industrial sector. This book explores the potential for the Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), and Smart Factory technologies to replace the still largely mechanical, people-based systems of offshore locations.

Industry 4.0: The Industrial Internet of Things covers Industry 4.0, a term that encapsulates trends and technologies that could rewrite the rules of manufacturing and production.

What You'll Learn:

• Discover the Industrial Internet and Industrial Internet of Things
  
• See the technologies that must advance to enable Industry 4.0 and learn what is happening today to make that happen
• Observe examples of the implementation ofIndustry 4.0
  
• Apply some of these case studies
  
• Discover the potential to take back the lead in manufacturing, and the potential fallout that could result
  

Who This Book is For:

Business futurists, business strategists, CEOs and CTOs, and anyone with an interest and an IT or business background; or anyone who may have a keen interest in how the future of IT, industry and production will develop over the next two decades.

“In this framework, Alasdair Gilchrist tries to show the state of the art of Industry 40. … it is a good starting point for those readers wishing to be introduced to the world of smart factories.” (Francisco Rodriguez-Diaz, Computing Reviews, February, 2017)

Alasdair Gilchrist has worked as a professional technician, support manager, network and security architect for over 25 years in the domains of IT, Data Communications, Mobile Telecoms, and more recently Cloud/Sdn/Nfv technologies. He's overseen both agile Sdlc software development and technical network architecture design projects. He has worked in enterprise, cloud, fixed/mobile telecoms, and service provider networks, deploying and integrating technologies. He is well-versed in a variety of technologies and has authored a number of books on the subject.

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ISBN 13	9781484220467
ISBN 10	1484220463
Title	Industry 4.0
Author	Alasdair Gilchrist
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	APress
Year published	2016-06-28
Number of pages	250
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.