Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation Guidance

Navigate the complexities of digital transformation with our comprehensive resources covering Industry 4.0, Internet of Things (IoT), and digitalisation strategies. We help organisations understand and implement transformative technologies that drive efficiency and innovation.

Our digital transformation content explores how businesses can modernise their operations, adopt new technologies, and create digital-first cultures. From IoT sensor networks to connected factories and smart manufacturing systems, we cover the technologies reshaping industries.

Learn about successful transformation journeys, change management strategies, and how to overcome common challenges in digitalisation initiatives. Whether you’re beginning your digital transformation or accelerating existing efforts, our resources provide practical guidance for leveraging Industry 4.0 technologies to remain competitive.

Social distancing - data versus information

Ruth Kearney
Archive
Jun 16, 2020
Updated Mar 4, 2026

Guest contributor on AIFightsBack last week was CEO of Mockingbird Consulting Matthew Macdonald-Wallace. Matt shared how the impact of COVID has produced opportunities that have taken them beyond their current client base of farming and AgriTech to include commercial and industrial sectors. He gave examples of IoT solution applications in customer flows for retail, ordering systems for restaurants and preventive maintenance in farms.

The Jazz Ensemble of Data Science with Novartis

Ruth Kearney
Archive
Jun 9, 2020
Updated Mar 4, 2026

Everyone is an expert and each one is allowed to do their own part separately but when we come together the magic happens. The team lead, along with Math and Stats person, the Data Visualisation, Storytelling team and domain experts all work in unison. This according to Ashwini Mathur, Head of Data Science at the Novartis AI Innovation Hub in Dublin is essential to delivering great data science.

Understanding the techniques behind AI in manufacturing

Steph Locke
Archive , Learning , Blog
May 22, 2020
Updated Mar 4, 2026

It’s no secret that the disruption of Industry 4.0 and the challenges presented by Covid-19 have been a push for manufacturers to evaluate digital transformation and consider going smart with AI in their factories. This article, adapted from the webinar shared below, is aimed at manufacturers who are interested in the techniques, data infrastructure and processes needed to support building internal data science & AI intellectual property.

The Historian and AI Webinar (AIFightsBack)

Steph Locke
Archive , Learning , Blog
May 15, 2020
Updated Mar 6, 2026

AI for manufacturing has huge potential. As well as clear AI use cases like robotics and automation, the wealth of data being consolidated into industrial time series via historian appliances presents an opportunity for further AI applications. Using the data being consolidated, we can build early warning systems for critical issues, optimise maintenance programs, and improve processes.

AI in Manufacturing (presentation, video, and quick guide)

Steph Locke
Learning , Archive
Apr 24, 2020
Updated Mar 4, 2026

Yesterday, we ran our first AI in Manufacturing webinar, in association with the Irish Centre of Business Excellence. You can grab the slides, read up on the topic, and/or watch the webinar below.

Augmenting Customer Services with Chatbots

Steph Locke
Archive , Learning
Apr 20, 2020
Updated Mar 6, 2026

Last week we kicked off our AIFightsBack series to help businesses understand how AI can be used to support a safe and productive business during COVD-19 and beyond. The slides and video are now available.

Announcement: AIFightsBack webinar series

Ruth Kearney
News
Apr 6, 2020
Updated Mar 6, 2026

It's been a very tough few weeks, and the world as we know it has changed forever. Our families, our communities, businesses and the global economy are all feeling the pressure of the COVID-19 virus. As with many other startups, we feel the impact of these volatile times and we plough on as much as we can. We remain hopeful that many great innovations came out of times of crisis; that is why we have created the AIFightsBack webinar series.

AI Winters and hype

Steph Locke
Archive , Blog
Feb 26, 2020
Updated Mar 4, 2026

This is not the first time AI has been all the rage in the business world. In particular, AI was big in the eighties with solutions called expert systems. Will AI be a passing fad now?

How IoT technology can be used to improve UK public transport

Steph Organ
Archive
Feb 25, 2020
Updated Mar 4, 2026

There is no shortage of possible applications when it comes to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the public sector, but while the UK government is investing heavily in AI in the private sector, what are they actually doing to implement it themselves? Some fear that governments using AI will result in a dystopian future of constant surveillance, but in reality, public sector applications of AI are far more pragmatic.

Sealing the gap in education poverty with AI & EdTech

Steph Organ
Archive
Feb 13, 2020
Updated Mar 4, 2026

Could education be the industry that has seen the least change over the years? While we’ve seen big changes in the accessibility of education, there is still a long way to go, and as pointed out by The World Bank, being in school is not the same as learning. Often pupils are unengaged, teachers are failing to hold everyone’s attention in class, and drop out rates and grades are proving that the one-size-fits-all approach to learning is outdated.

Digital Transformation