It's expected that 2019 will be the year, where investors move from IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) proof of concepts to extending pilots for industry 4.0 solutions, namely digital twin, predictive quality, and predictive maintenance. IT and OT (Operational technology) have been raising for the past few years, and integrating is converging as the goal. Many of the investors are taking their IT and operational data a step forward to enhance the accuracy and relevancy of the data-driven insights. Contextualization is the next step. The only way for the investors to reach accurate conclusions, measure the right data, is by integrating all the relevant OT data from the line or plant environment with context data of the business from the IT systems.

Capitalizing on technological advancements in industrial manufacturing, companies are taking bolder steps to improve growth and operational efficiency in 2019. It is expected that technology spend worldwide on the Internet of Things will reach $1.2 trillion by 2022. The companies are finding ways to solve the complicated problem of blending all production systems – IT and OT data, quality management, Production processes, and Business Intelligence into a single data model. The adoption of IoT services and devices is set to hit 20% higher in 2019. Here is an infographic on the top predictions and trends for IOT in the upcoming years.

The datapine report authored by Sandra Durcevic states that 2019 is the year of data discovery and data quality management. The report describes that the strategies in Business Intelligence will be customized which indicates a good success rate in adapting the Business Intelligence and analytics for their business. Artificial Intelligence: AI emphasizes the creation of intelligent machines that work and react like humans. Data discovery: For many companies, data discovery has seen a massive impact in recent years by the way the company uses manpower with curated data. This empowerment of users in the business is considered to be a recent trend at present according to the BI Practitioners.

Robots that can perfectly comply with the tasks and orders assigned by humans have always fascinated humans and driven them to innovate and invent better versions of Artificial Intelligence. Sky-rocketing breakthroughs in the field of AI have become a common occurrence whose advantages have touched every field from health care to Automation.