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A Slippery Slope Between Collaborative Robotics and Human Workers

As companies shift towards relying more on intelligent robots in their work flows, the concern for human job replacement and

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IPCs Sponge Up Software

Without competitive software, even the most advanced industrial PC (IPC) hardware will be left behind in the industrial IoT. As

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National (Software) Instruments: The Biggest Product News & Announcements from NIWeek 2018 – Part 2

In Part 1 of our NIWeek 18 blog, we featured an overview of some software-focused product announcements from National Instruments: LabVIEW 2018,

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National (Software) Instruments: The Biggest Product News & Announcements from NIWeek 2018 – Part 1

The VDC embedded team was recently in Austin, Texas to attend NIWeek 2018 – National Instruments’ 24th annual conference. For

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Will E-commerce Democratize the Proximity Sensor Market?

Direct sales over the internet currently generates less than 2% of the revenue for proximity sensors, photoelectric sensors, and limit

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At IoT World, the Edge Comes to the Center

In the early days of the IoT, many industry participants had assumed that nearly all IoT device data and sensor

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AWS Showcases Ever-expanding IoT Portfolio at AWS Summit London 2018

AWS showcased its constantly-evolving services portfolio at its 2 day AWS Summit London, a regional conference supplementing its annual flagship

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Leading Leuco Dye Manufacturer Shutdown Causes Significant Disruption in Direct Thermal Paper Market

The market for thermal paper and labels experienced a production hiccup starting 2017 as Chinese authorities temporarily closed Connect Chemicals,

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The IoT & Embedded Technology Beat: with Alexander Bufalino of 1NCE

This interview is part of an ongoing series VDC conducts with IoT and embedded solution providers to share views on

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About Mitch

Mitch Solomon

President

Mitch has spent years supporting senior leaders of operational and industrial technology companies as well as private equity investors that participate in the space.  He is an active member of the Technology and Innovation Council at Graham Partners, a leading industrial technology focused private equity firm, and serves on the advisory boards of OptConnect (a top IoT connectivity provider) and DecisionPoint (a rapidly growing operational technology systems integrator).  Mitch has worked closely with a wide range of industrial technology clients on a diverse array of growth opportunities and challenges including applications of AI, c-suite recruiting, strategic planning, new market identification and entry, product strategy, competitive positioning, revenue retention, value proposition identification and messaging, sales strategy and execution, and board presentations. Mitch holds a BA from Northwestern University and an MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.