FOREWORD

In our lead feature this month , Theresa Bui , Director of Internet of Things ( IoT ) Strategy at Cisco , discusses collating data from connected machinery to drive business transformation in manufacturing .

Given her 15 years of experience in application security , enterprise SaaS and network communications , there are few people better placed that Bui to identify the key challenges faced by businesses in the manufacturing sector when it comes to data and IoT .

In the piece Bui states : “ As people become more sophisticated in their deployment , have more pieces of connected machinery and are partnering with equipment manufacturers or outside vendors , this idea of who gets to see the data is going to become paramount . It will grow in complexity and , in some ways , technology raises awareness of the ability to do that .”

It ’ s a piece of manufacturing insight you won ’ t want to miss .

Elsewhere , we bring you a pair of cracking company reports from Kuhn Krause and Kontron Canada , while out top 10 this month looks at the world ’ s biggest manufacturers .

In addition , we catch up with Star Rapid , a low volume manufacturer specialising in metal 3D printing , to discuss how the company is making a name for itself in a changing sector .

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