Customized manufacturing is a major trend across all manufacturing verticals--from food and beverage to automotive. But the industry vertical that has likely been impacted most by this trend is electronics. Think about your electronics devices--from your computer to your tablet to your smartphone--and the various configurability options offered by the supplier. Now consider IT electronics, such as servers, and the amount of configurability offered by suppliers of these technologies to address various business demands. That's the level of complexity faced by Foxconn on its production lines in the company's Kutna Hora, Czech Republic, facility which produces HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise) IT systems.

In my previous blog, I wrote that employees these days are hungry for a more dynamic, collaborative workplace experience, one that provides pervasive access to productivity tools so they can work wherever they choose. Create a Great Employee Experience.) Next, we need to consider that work activities flow across not only different workspaces, but also different systems and devices. One minute you need some private office space and a bit of peace and quiet to hammer out a spreadsheet on a PC. Next minute you're in a conference room using your laptop to practice delivery of a presentation and getting feedback from a group of colleagues.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) today announced new offerings to help customers ramp up, optimize and scale artificial intelligence (AI) usage across business functions to drive outcomes such as better demand forecasting, improved operational efficiency and increased sales. PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts the global GDP to grow 14 percent – the equivalent of $15.7 trillion – by 2030 as a result of AI, with increased labor productivity and consumer demand being the most impactful business outcomes.(2) However, while AI holds great promise, current adoption rates are low. According to Gartner's 2018 CIO Agenda Survey, four percent of CIOs globally have implemented AI, while a further 46 percent have developed plans to do so.(3) "Global tech giants are investing heavily in AI, but the majority of enterprises are struggling both with finding viable AI use cases and with building technology environments that support their AI workloads. As a result, the gap between leaders and laggards is widening," said Beena Ammanath, Global Vice President, Artificial Intelligence, HPE Pointnext.

NEWSBYTE: Enterprise technology and IT services company HPE has revealed a new product and service portfolio that it hopes will help organisations across different sectors deploy artificial intelligence (AI). The company said it wants to help businesses exploit AI by making existing business processes more efficient. "Global tech giants are investing heavily in AI, but the majority of enterprises are struggling, both with finding viable AI use cases and with building technology environments that support their AI workloads," said Beena Ammanath, global VP for artificial intelligence at HPE Pointnext. "As a result, the gap between leaders and laggards is widening." HPE Digital Prescriptive Maintenance Services, delivered by HPE Pointnext, is a product that prescribes and automates actions, with the aim of preventing industrial equipment from failing, as well as optimising productivity. It aims to capture all relevant data sources in the enterprise, including real-time and batch data from IoT devices, data centres, and the cloud.