Brett Parker SAP - The Fourth Industrial Revolution is now a reality PT 1

Our society has lived several moments throughout history in which the application of a technology has meant a radical change in the way of producing, in such a way that it has completely transformed the quality of life of societies. In the first three industrial revolutions, technologies (steam, electricity and transistors) impacted productive capacity by reducing the constraints of force and automation. And greatly enhancing the manual capacity of the human being.

The fourth industrial revolution differs from the previous ones in that for the first time it focuses on breaking the barriers of knowledge through the application of the Internet of things or IOT - to sensorize and connect, thus capturing the data of any process - and the technologies of artificial intelligence or AI- to extract information and knowledge from the data, thus enhancing decision-making capacity and human intelligence.
Therefore, what does this revolution allow? To mention some of the use cases that emerge from the application of IOT and AI, we could talk about robots capable of learning, autonomous vehicles, preventive anomaly detection, predictive maintenance, immersive virtual reality, etc.

All this is allowing all kinds of industries and productive sectors to improve their processes, so that they are more efficient, safe and can even predict the needs of your business to a better extent.
Sectors such as energy, aerospace, mining, petrochemical or automotive are immersed in the transition to a completely digital industry. For Telefónica, in this process, IOT is a pillar of the business to connect objects safely and efficiently, to which the development of data technologies has been added for a few years. For us, it is a priority to be the strategic partner in the digital transformation of our clients, because this way we help to evolve the current industrial processes and make them more agile and efficient.