Local digital transformation is often directed by trends and direction occurring overseas. The EU has a reasonable amount of effort in the area. Cognizant tells us that “Globally, utilities are the beneficiaries of advances in digital technology and analytics. Some of... [read more]
The Water Services Association of Australia recently completed a report titled “Harnessing the Digital Economy”. That report identified benefits, challenges and risks associated with digitalisation, these included; Benefits Efficiencies within each business unit... [read more]
Traditionally “physical” communications layers within the water sector have included radio and mobile technologies, connecting SCADA and corporate systems. In more recent time private VPN’s and optical fibre networks have provided communications between sites. WSAA... [read more]
Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles were developed for military use in the Gulf War. Up to recent times they have been larger devices aimed at both being unmanned and having a long time aloft. More recently they have been developed for a broader range of operations and... [read more]
Digital twins are a digital replication of a current asset, supply chain or process. They are an advancement on current models and simulations in that they operate in parallel to the real process, mirroring the asset, supply chain or process in a digital world. “They... [read more]
Cognitive computing has an aim to solve complex problems characterized by uncertainty and ambiguity, which in other words means problems that are only solved by human cognitive thought. While machine learning and artificial intelligence can be seen as being a... [read more]
