Making smart manufacturing in Biopharmaceutical a reality
Digital or disappear The biopharmaceutical industry is facing its watershed moment. From expiring patents to the competition of global companies that manufacture drugs at 1/4th the cost (and sometimes even cheaper), the challenges keep mounting. Biopharma companies are still heavily dependent on their legacy factories. The existing factory structure is not always optimized to produce drugs faster while reducing waste and facing brutal Asian discount competition.The biopharma industry is…
Observability: DevOps meets green IT
At the Atos Tech for Climate summit during the 2023 global climate congress in Sharm el Sheikh, an emerging IT concept was presented and discussed: observability. Although originally designed to facilitate continuous improvement in DevOps, observability holds great promise for reducing IT energy consumption and thereby the emission of greenhouse gases in data centers and at the edge. What is observability? In control theory, the term “observability” describes the ability to draw…
Mapping the future of technology
For many years now, businesses have been facing increased digitization of their activity. It was a lot about converting physical documents into digital documents; scanning, classifying and storing were the keywords. The business digitalization: clear benefits but risky journey Now, we find ourselves in the business digitalization era. It is a much more fundamental transformation of business models with digital processes, automations, and a reinvention of the end customer experience to become…
Data sovereignty: Is it time to rethink your cloud strategy? Part 2
In the first installment of this series, we looked at the drivers and fundamentals of sovereign cloud, plus a few of the key requirements and tradeoffs that must be considered when developing a cloud strategy.There’s no “one size fits all” solution when it comes to sovereign cloud, so this blog post will examine a few of the options available — with the…
The Metaverse: Promising technology or speculative bubble?
Virtual worlds have been in the news a lot in the last few months. Where skeptics see only a fad, others imagine a true technological revolution that will transform not only industrial processes and work meetings, but also our way of learning and being in the world.The trend continues unabated. Since the resounding announcement of Facebook (renamed Meta in October 2021 in reference to the metaverse) announcements and investments…
Long-term vision, short-term shocks: navigating the global energy crisis with digital solutions
It’s clear that the risks of maintaining a secure and affordable energy supply have been seriously exacerbated by the war in Ukraine. While the long-term vision for a decarbonized future remains the same, in the short term, there are shocks that governments, the energy industry and energy users must endure while accelerating the energy transition.Given their reliance on energy…
The three pillars of mainframe transformation: Manage, migrate and modernize
When it comes to business decisions, three is a powerful number. “Two” on the other hand makes all decisions binary and simply provides either/or options. A larger number of choices can muddy the waters by offering too many undifferentiated categories. Given the alternatives, “three” is an ideal way to dissect a situation and frame a strategy.A perfect case in point is what to do about…
Data monetization for sports: a true game-changer
During the pandemic, a huge shift to digital fan engagement was amplified across sport as physical attendance became difficult or impossible. Now, as venues reopen, sports organizers must orchestrate captivating events and find essential new revenue streams – all while meeting the significant challenges of ensuring the safety of spectators. Sports’ golden assets One important asset is increasingly available to help meet these complex demands – the ever-growing…
6G Networks: Casting their shadows before (Part 2)
In the first installment of this series, we looked at the path that technology will take to reach 6G mobile networks, as well as some potential use cases for 6G networks. Now, we turn our attention to the technology, efficiency and sustainability changes we can expect once 6G becomes a reality. New network technologies – Starting today In its primer 6G Explained, Nokia lists six network technology areas…
The PLM journey: Connecting PLM with real-world maintenance operations
The purpose of this blog post is to take you on a journey in the public transportation sector and show how you can unleash the true power of your maintenance process within a PLM system. I will elaborate on the challenges and how you can resolve them by combining PLM with a digital twin approach to bridge the gap between the real and the virtual…
Digital twins demystified: how to turn three digital threads into limitless business value
In business, we’d all like a crystal ball: given the events of the last two years, with the arrival of the pandemic and disruption of supply chains, the ability to manage uncertainty is more important than ever. This goes a long way to explaining why digital twins are in such demand.A digital twin is a live, evolving digital replica of…
To the metaverse, yes, but far beyond
Every two years, the Atos Scientific Community reports on future technology-related business trends, in a sense, inviting readers to engage in thought experiments with a purpose: to be prepared now for what’s coming within the next four years. Our latest report, “Unlocking virtual dimensions” was released April 4. The thought experiment There is nothing particularly new in the concept of “virtualizing” compute infrastructures, storage and networks. Indeed, such approaches…