Technologies such as IoT, analytics, and intelligence have dramatically transformed manufacturing, enhancing process efficiencies and unlocking substantial value. It’s on complex shop floors, such as those of automotive, consumer goods, and steel manufacturing that digitalization can truly support manufacturers in optimizing their operations and enhancing the level of automation in their production processes. However, while...Read More

The highly competitive logistics market has companies striving to make smarter decisions by predicting, sensing, and responding to current market conditions. Adoption of advanced solutions such as Real-time Location Systems (RTLS) are creating a new paradigm called Logistics 4.0. RTLS enables logistics, transportation, and warehousing businesses to lead with the competitive advantages of agility, customer...Read More

There’s a lot of talk about cybersecurity and preventing the bad guys from getting in. But what do you do when they do break through and how quickly can you recover? That’s cyber resilience. Cyber resilience is measured by your ability to continue operations when a cyber incident occurs, and it will. On average it...Read More

Malicious behavior will get worse before it gets better. Why? Because … Ransomware is a persistent threat that is never going to let up. Your critical infrastructure is increasingly at risk due to remote/hybrid work and data everywhere. State-sponsored cybercriminals have the bank accounts to get even more malicious. Cyberthreat actors are attempting to influence...Read More

Technologies have changed how we work, and many are designed specifically to improve our work outputs. When it comes to these changes, real-time location services (RTLS) is one of the most disruptive. More than just changing manufacturing, it’s revolutionizing every aspect, from the factory floor to your bottom line. In this blog, we take a...Read More

When it comes to planning your budget, you may be overlooking one area that could dramatically impact your bottom line—asset and inventory management. There’s a lot of hidden costs associated with lost, obsolete, expired, and damaged items, including the capital used to initial purchase the inventory, finance and interest charges, insurance, and handling costs. As...Read More

Everyone knows that a ransomware attack is one of the top cybersecurity threats an organization can face. The potential damage is not just the direct associated recovery costs—which increased 241% between 2019 and 2020—it’s also the impact on the company’s reputation and brand. As a small, and completely virtual business ourselves, i-Virtualize understands the challenges...Read More

This question was top of mind back in March of 2020 as company offices scrambled to keep their workforce moving, schools struggled to set up make-shift home classrooms, and manufacturers wrestled with maintaining employee safety and staying productive. Many are facing these hurdles again with rolling shutdowns as each new variant of the coronavirus spreads,...Read More

Endpoint security, firewalls, malware detection, multi-factor authentication are all standard practices in mitigating threats and attacks, but as hackers become more sophisticated, the possibility of a breach is compounded. It’s no longer enough to secure your perimeters and block infiltration once on your network, it’s about how you recover from an attack. Cyber resilience is...Read More

With almost every role within organizations using their mobile devices to do their jobs, there are bound to be situations that create vulnerabilities. Hackers are taking advantage of these security gaps with mobile-specific attacks targeting those devices, making mobile device security 2021’s fastest growing cybersecurity category. And what’s the leading attack type—ransomware. There will always...Read More