Cloud and IoT at the heart of manufacturing innovation
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 5:04 am
As factories, products and employees become increasingly connected, IT security is now at the top of the design priorities of manufacturing companies, with the aim of protecting data and systems and respecting regulatory compliance.
Overall, there is a strong alignment on innovation prospects among the three main company areas (IT, Marketing & Sales, and Customer Service), which see a strong need for greater data sharing and integration between the different business areas.
The cloud plays a strategic role in the evolution of IT infrastructures as it is essential for creating connected and data-driven environments. IoT technologies will also become shop increasingly important for innovating production processes and collecting and analyzing data with strategic impacts on business models.
IT, Marketing and Services
According to research conducted by IDC, Italian manufacturing companies demonstrate a shared need to improve customer satisfaction and experience, as well as overcome the lack of alignment between IT and business lines. Furthermore, in many cases, a corporate culture geared toward innovation is lacking.
Digital innovation will increasingly require collaboration and information sharing between different business functions. Companies will therefore need to adopt systems and solutions that enable this collaboration to avoid being left behind in the digital transformation.
Overall, there is a strong alignment on innovation prospects among the three main company areas (IT, Marketing & Sales, and Customer Service), which see a strong need for greater data sharing and integration between the different business areas.
The cloud plays a strategic role in the evolution of IT infrastructures as it is essential for creating connected and data-driven environments. IoT technologies will also become shop increasingly important for innovating production processes and collecting and analyzing data with strategic impacts on business models.
IT, Marketing and Services
According to research conducted by IDC, Italian manufacturing companies demonstrate a shared need to improve customer satisfaction and experience, as well as overcome the lack of alignment between IT and business lines. Furthermore, in many cases, a corporate culture geared toward innovation is lacking.
Digital innovation will increasingly require collaboration and information sharing between different business functions. Companies will therefore need to adopt systems and solutions that enable this collaboration to avoid being left behind in the digital transformation.