Sharmila Annaswamy

Senior Analyst

Sharmila is part of the industrial IoT analyst team. She has a background in engineering and experience in market research focused on factory automation and advanced manufacturing technologies.

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Soft PLCs: Revisiting the industrial innovator’s dilemma

Oct 27, 2021

In short Software based PLCs (programmable logic controllers) may pose an innovator’s dilemma to the incumbents of the industrial automation world and threaten their hard-PLC business.Our most...

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What are smart factories? 7 misconceptions and a definition

Sep 1, 2021

Key Insights Factories are becoming more intelligent, flexible, and sustainable through the power of technology, data, and the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT Analytics researched how 80 of the...

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Cloud MES: How manufacturing software is migrating to the cloud

Mar 3, 2021

In short Enterprise software, such as ERP, is increasingly moving to the cloud; Cloud adoption for manufacturing software, such as MES/MOM, is much lower but accelerating. 29% of manufacturers in a...

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Soft PLCs: The industrial innovator’s dilemma

Dec 9, 2020

Update October 2021: IoT Analytics published a more recent blog on: Soft PLCs: Revisiting the industrial innovator’s dilemma. In short Software is increasingly replacing hardware in industrial...

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Sharmila Annaswamy

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Soft PLCs: Revisiting the industrial innovator’s dilemma

What are smart factories? 7 misconceptions and a definition

Cloud MES: How manufacturing software is migrating to the cloud

Soft PLCs: The industrial innovator’s dilemma

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