Blockchain

Description Blockchain is a technology that provides for decentralised secure record keeping. There is no need for a central authority to maintain records and the changes that are made to them are transparent and only possible with the consent of the other participants in the network. How blockchain works is complex but its advocates argue …

The Cloud

Description The cloud is software or services that are provided over the internet from remote computers rather than on a local computer or other device. These might include storage and retrieval of data, hosting of software programs, such as corporate business systems and data processing and analysis. Cloud services and use have greatly expanded in …

Social Media

Description Social media is any tool that enables people to share content and communicate with each other. It is used for social and organisational purposes and can take place synchronously and asynchoronously. A wide range of social media tools exist today and enable collaboration within and between people in organisations. Social media is now used …

Autonomous Vehicles

Description Autonomous vehicles are able to physically move from one location to another, safely, without the need for human guidance. Autonomous vehicles have been used in industry for many years and advances in technology are now raising the possibility of self driving cars and trucks that will have a dramatic impact on human transportation and …

3D Printing

Description 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing is the creation of a physical object by a computer controlled machine that adds, connects or forms materials. Shapes can be created that were difficult to produce in the past as part of a manufacturing process. It is also used to create parts for machines where parts …

Digital Twinning

Description Digital twinning is the creation of a digital version of a real asset or process in an organisation. For example a production line or a processing machine. The digital twin is often connected to the real asset with sensors that enable conditions on the asset to be analysed and understood in the digital twin. …

Mobile Technologies

Description Mobile technologies are technologies that enable the user to be connected to the internet and engage in communications and sharing of data without a wired connection. Mobile technologies enable business to be conducted remotely and data to be gathered and shared with remote objects and people. Mobile technologies are used for a myriad of …

Augmented and Virtual Reality

Description Augmented reality is the use of information technology to complement the real environment. There are many ways in which this might be done, including the use of overlays on views of the real world using cameras of smartphones or displays on glasses that a user views the world through. Virtual reality is the creation …

The Internet of Things

Description The internet of things is the connection of objects (machines, sensors, vehicles, wearable devices and many more) to the internet and the sharing of data between them, with each other and with computers that enable that data to be processed. In the workplace this can include machines sharing data that enable processes to be …

Automation and Robotics

Description Automation and robotics is the replacement of human tasks with computer software or machines. Automation is the replacement of the human tasks, robotics is creating and using the machines that do this. Automation and robotics are common in many organisations today and are advancing rapidly. Improvements in artificial intelligence and in the capabilities of …