| |August 20217VOL 4 · ISSUE 05 - 05 · JULY 15, 2021When it comes to the deployment of connected technologies across industrial applications, we are well past the stage wherein we discuss its pros and cons. It's high time that organizations accept its inevitability, especially after the shop floor lessons taught by the pandemic. If Industry 4.0 was slowly heating up the market in an endeavor to popularize industrial automation, Robotics, and other data driven technologies like AI, ML and IoT, the pandemic soon became a powerful catalyst in the process.Today, the need for connected technologies, especially Industrial IoT, is more critical than ever before and it's most certainly the only way for the manufacturing industry to recover from the catastrophic effects of the pandemic. Be it redeploying employees, re-strategizing production, or a scaling of your business, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), which refers to the extension and use of the IoT in industrial sectors and applications, is essential in making the recovery possible.The concerns of small-scale manufacturers are largely around "whether it would suit my business and make a difference", not to mention the need for affordability of deploying IIoT. In truth, the IIoT technology has become so advanced today to fit into operations of any scale and size. IIoT couples Information Technology (IT) with Operational Technology (OT) and adds intelligence to manufacturing equipment, processes, and management, and it's a sure bet to improve your business regardless of its size. The benefits include improving machine and human performance in real-time, predictive maintenance and hence better lifecycle of equipment, deeper analysis of and insights out of data, minimizing downtime and costs, and much more. The evidence is plenty to suggest that IIoT is a crucial aspect of the future of Industrial operations and it has already become a basic requirement to even participate in the cut-throat market competition out there. This issue is an endeavor to shed more light on this inevitability.Do let us know your thoughts.Sujith Vasudevan Managing EditorConnected-Tech is Much More than a Key to RecoveryOffice Editorial queries editor@cioinsiderindia.comAdvertising Queriessales@cioinsiderindia.comBangaloreTel 080 46441103 To subscribeVisit www.cioinsiderindia.com/subscribe/ or send email to: subscription@cioinsiderindia.comCover price is Rs 150 per issueAshok KumarSales & MarketingGarima AnandGroup Art DirectorMagendran PerumalCirculation ManagerEditorial TeamShiwani PrakashKeerthana KantharajVaishnavi PradeepRajan Sarma Lakshmi GCIOInsiderNo. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugheshpalya, Bangalore-560017S.SivasankarVetrivel SVisualizerPublisher & EditorManaging EditorAlok ChaturvediSujith VasudevanPrinted and published by Alok Chaturvedi on Behalf of SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published at No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017.Copyright © 2021 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.Editorial
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