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Gartner® has published its 2026 Emerging Tech Impact Radar for Internet of Things in Manufacturing. The report analyses 10 emerging technologies and trends...

The long-term vision for industrial operations is compelling: equipment that monitors itself, diagnoses its own failures, and initiates corrective action —...

If you’re running an AIoT initiative, the following questions probably sound familiar. Your devices are connected. Data is flowing. So why is it still hard to...

From data collection to intelligent action: how the convergence of AI and IoT is driving the Age of Zero-Touch Industries and why the window to act with...

There is a fascinating, slightly intoxicating idea circulating through executive suites right now: Vibe Coding or AI-assisted development . Armed with a...

Industrial manufacturers are evolving beyond basic chatbots to integrate Generative AI as a core operational asset—bridging the expertise gap, reducing...

How AI Eliminates Fragile Transformation Logic in Modern IoT Pipelines There’s a hidden cost in almost every IoT project, and it rarely shows up in the initial...

Stop Feeding IoT Telemetry Directly Into Your LLM Right now, there is a massive push from enterprise leadership to connect overarching AI orchestrators—like...

Generating Custom IoT Widgets Using Natural Language There’s a moment every engineering team hits when building their first AI-powered IoT application. It...

As AIoT adoption accelerates, many teams are taking a seemingly simple approach: pointing AI agents or LLMs directly at AIoT platform APIs like Cumulocity. The...

Why Distributed Intelligence is a Matter of Survival for Modern OEMs Processing data at the source – how distributed intelligence secures proprietary IP and...

MQTT for Scalable, Secure, and Flexible Device Communication Large-scale IoT deployments often bring unnecessary complexity. Devices must be configured,...

The S7-300 is dead. Long live the S7-300. October 2025 marked the “beginning of the end” for a titan of industrial automation. Siemens officially began...

Building for Millions of Devices, Not Dozens As IoT adoption matures, scaling is no longer an aspiration; it’s a survival requirement. Connecting thousands of...

Evaluating an AIoT platform is more than a feature comparison. Your team needs to understand how the platform can deliver on your operational goals and whether...

Designing for AIoT Scale with MQTT MQTT was originally designed to solve a relatively simple problem: reliably collecting data from remote devices and...

Protecting Millions of Devices, Not Just Connections As IoT expands from thousands to millions of devices, every connection becomes both valuable and...

Why MQTT is the Backbone of AIoT Engineering For software engineers, the ideal protocol provides a precise specification that eliminates ambiguity while...

Introducing the New Cumulocity MQTT Service The future of IoT demands more than just connectivity; it demands scalability, security, and developer freedom....

Connecting operational signals with service execution - so technicians arrive informed, prepared, and ready to fix the issue on the first visit. Connecting IoT...

AIoT turns connected equipment into decision-ready systems – and Cumulocity helps manufacturers operationalize AI from edge to cloud. Industrial IoT has...

In complex IoT deployments, raw sensor data is only the starting point. A solar inverter might report that it’s generating 25 kW, but on its own, that number...

Learn how the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act is redefining industrial cybersecurity – and how Cumulocity empowers global manufacturers to stay ahead. The...

Mechanical engineering is undergoing structural change: the focus is no longer on owning a machine, but on its demonstrable performance. Pay-per-use shifts...

In the world of Industrial IoT, we’ve long relied on traditional sensors to measure temperature, pressure, and vibration. Now, a powerful new data source is...

We’re standing at the threshold of what Amy Webb and Sam Jordan call “ The Era of Living Intelligence ”—a new technology supercycle where AI, robotics,...

Have you ever wished you could know exactly what’s happening with a machine, a building, or even an entire city without being there? Imagine having a perfect,...

This is Part 2 of the CRA compliance guide. If you haven’t read Part 1: Understanding Requirements and Planning Your Journey , we recommend starting there to...

This is Part 1 of the CRA compliance guide. In this article, we explore the regulatory landscape and practical compliance strategies. For technical...

The Problem You get the call: a critical asset at a remote substation is down. The next OT engineer is a thousand miles away. The plan? Have them connect via...

Connected products are no longer a niche. They’re embedded in everything from factory floors to hospital wards. But as we race ahead with digital innovation,...

I recently sat down with Christof Kerkmann from Handelsblatt to talk about the future of Cumulocity and the role AI and IoT is playing in the next wave of...

Enterprise usage of edge computing is growing, and the requirements of Edge AI only makes the needs stronger. According to recent research from Gartner 1 , the...

The promise of Unified Namespace, short UNS, is intoxicating: imagine every sensor, every machine, every system in your organization speaking the same data...

Leveraging AI and IoT for enhanced Asset Performance Management Novel solutions for asset performance management are transforming industries, driven by...

The rise of connected equipment has expanded the threat landscape for industrial operations dramatically. Organizations will deploy tens of billions of IoT...

Supercharging IoT with Agentic Systems: The Model Context Protocol (MCP) TL;DR The Model Context Protocol (MCP) enables AI agents to directly interact with IoT...

We all know that small things can have a big impact. For the operators of conveyance equipment, those small things include debris that get stuck to the...

Perceptions of industrial IoT have evolved dramatically over the past few decades, from an overlooked lab experiment to an overhyped magic bullet for...

Demo Overview SAP Asset Performance Management (APM) is our solution to help S/4HANA and EAM customers develop maintenance strategies and manages asset health...

For equipment makers, the value of building smart connected products is clear: IoT helps you gain insights into how your products are used, predict when...

Recently, Microsoft caused a stir by seemingly announcing the imminent deprecation of its IoT Central platform. This sparked concern when an alarming message...

We are pleased to announce that the Cumulocity platform is now available in China as-a-service (SaaS) on Tencent Cloud’s infrastructure. Customers can connect...

Countering commoditization with servitization and new flexible pay per use models —all equipment manufacturers are chasing the new holy grail. As the Chief...