Best of Hannover Messe 2015: Top 5 Takeaways
A new digital era of business is truly here. Read about the top 5 takeaways from this years Hannover Messe industrial fair.
Microsoft Industry Blogs: Manufacturing and mobility
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Manufacturing at the 2026 inflection point: How Frontier companies are entering the agentic era
Microsoft is powering manufacturing’s 2026 inflection point—turning AI from pilots into orchestrated, end‑to‑end intelligence.
Connected cars drive IoT innovation at Hannover Messe 2015
Excitement is building here at Microsoft and across the manufacturing community with Hannover Messe 2015 (the world’s largest exposition for Industrial and Automation IT) right around the corner on April 13-17, in Hannover, Germany.
Five reasons to meet with Microsoft at Hannover Messe 2015!
IoT is driving digital business transformation across the industry, and at the event, Microsoft will showcase a strong set of examples that demonstrate how we are helping customers leverage IoT to build on existing systems and infrastructure for big impact.
Design from anywhere: the promise of mobile computing for design engineers
Design engineers today, are facing a new set of pressures: there is a fundamental shift from designing single purpose products to creating solutions.
Join Microsoft at Hannover Messe for a journey to a connected and digital enterprise!
It’s the time of year again, when industry leaders from around the world pack their bags and travel to Hannover, Germany from April 13-17 for one of the world’s largest industrial fairs of the year: Hannover Messe 2015.
Microsoft Cloud helps Ford and Lincoln owners keep tabs on their car
In today’s mobile-first world, cloud technology on our mobile devices has clearly transformed our personal lives. On the business side of things, a recent Harvard Business Review study sponsored by Microsoft, where manufacturers were among the top three industry respondents, found that cloud, mobile, big data and social technologies are also having a positive impact.
Accelerate your product innovation with IoT and social listening
Earlier this week, I held a webcast with our manufacturing customers to share ideas about how they can better design for customers’ needs.
Microsoft’s Power BI: manufacturers cash in on their data
As we know, one of the biggest ways manufacturers can continue to innovate and stay ahead is through their data. An IDC survey, commissioned by Microsoft, showed that the manufacturing industry has the most to gain—a whopping $371 billion— from big data’s potential.
Driving connected-car innovation: the future is now
It’s an exciting time to be in the automotive industry. Technology innovations connected by the Internet of Things (IoT) have now made it possible for automakers to truly revolutionize how they engage with consumers, changing the relationship between them and with the car itself.
The new digital dealership: thoughts from NADA 2015
Well, it’s a little more than a month after the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Convention and Expo 2015, which brought in more than 23,000 people from 53 different countries.
Rockwell Automation uses data in faster, more innovative ways, cuts costs by 90 percent
Industrial manufacturers are certainly recognizing the urgency to do more with their data. In a recent global study from GE and Accenture across eight industrial sectors, 66 percent of surveyed executives believe they could lose their market position in the next one to three years if they do not adopt big data, and 88 percent reported that big data analytics is a top priority for their business.
Connected marketing, sales and services: the Internet of things, people and services
Last month, we talked about the transformation of the industrial technology platform and discussed that by connecting smart products and using big data, customer analytics, and social technologies, manufacturers are gaining a deeper understanding about how customers are using their products.