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Siemens is on the pulse of groundbreaking innovations. In step with that objective, the Thought Leadership Team at Siemens Digital Industry Software provides podcasts, blogs, articles and white papers based on the knowledge of engineers and experts in their field. We discuss what Siemens is doing in many industries while forecasting the landscape of innovative technologies.

Our team focuses on emerging technologies in the next two to five years that Siemens is investing in and for which we are developing solutions.

Featured posts

Shop floor role model

July 23, 2024

As industrial manufacturers strive to cut costs, enhance production lines, and make operations more sustainable, they have begun to embrace…

By Bianca Ward
3 MIN READ

Addressing new challenges with IT/OT convergence

July 16, 2024

Digitalization creates new paths of opportunity for companies as they strive to tackle labor shortages, rising operational costs, and many…

By Bianca Ward
3 MIN READ

How AI is streamlining industrial application development

July 11, 2024

As industry continues to grow smarter and more connected, the need for new and more complex applications to support this…

By Spencer Acain
3 MIN READ

Latest posts

Siemens’ advantage with connected vehicles

November 13, 2017

You’re not imagining things: traffic on roads is getting worse. Congestion records continue to be broken all over the United States and the world, and the problem won’t get better on its own.
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By Ed Bernardon
5 MIN READ

Manufacturers: get ready for the algorithms

November 6, 2017

The latest biological research suggests that all animal life on Earth is best described as meat-based algorithms. From the fruit fly to the killer whale, animal behavior is the result of survival log…

By alastairorchard
7 MIN READ

Engineering our way out of the skills gap

November 2, 2017

 
A few years ago when I took on my current role, one of our industry analysts asked me if there really was a skills gap. He had seen conflicting reports.
Even recently, MIT’s Technology R…

By Dora Smith
5 MIN READ

The benefits of becoming a digital machine shop

November 1, 2017

Information already drives the machine tool industry to a certain extent, but in today’s digitalized world, managing and sharing knowledge is fast becoming a critical competitive advantage.
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By Sashko Kurciski
4 MIN READ

Generative design helps design teams innovate faster

October 25, 2017

We all know what happened when high-performance computers armed with artificial intelligence competed in chess, Jeopardy and Go. They beat humans who were the reigning grand champions.

Few…

By TParrella
5 MIN READ

Are machine shops at risk of becoming the next Blackberry?

October 23, 2017

Blackberry. Blockbuster. Kodak. Business history is rife with companies that once led their respective industries, but that have fallen behind or ceased to exist.

The common thread in thei…

By Sashko Kurciski
4 MIN READ

Autonomous flying drones could prove to be a lifesaver

October 19, 2017

Rwanda is located in central east Africa and is known as the “Land of a Thousand Hills” due to its many peaks. The country is ranked 149th in the world in terms of area, but its rugged terrain and li…

By Indrakanti Chakravarthy
14 MIN READ

Digital disruption: the greatest thing since sliced bread

October 17, 2017

We recently held our annual industry analyst conference in Boston. The conference gives us an opportunity to communicate our vision and strategy to analysts, customers, partners and trade journalists…

By BobJones
4 MIN READ

How will connected vehicles shape future roads?

October 12, 2017

If you think the roads are becoming more and more crowded, you’re right. Traffic congestion is at an all-time high all over the world, and a number of American cities are experiencing record-breaking…

By Ed Bernardon
6 MIN READ