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DIGITAL DISRUPTION HAS transcended our culture to a level nothing short of ubiquitous . Integration is becoming standardised across our information management technologies , acting as a herald for changes to our industries as a whole . Transitions within the energy industry always challenge conventional views and entrenched modes of operation , presenting both the opportunity to evolve whilst trying to simultaneously manage the environmental implications of widespread decommissioning and even the failure of previous technologies to attain the projected levels of return on investment .
How is the industry shaking hands with emergent technologies ? To explore the diffusion of disruptive ideas , robotics and blockchain within the energy sector , we interviewed representatives of some of the industry leaders in each of these sub-sectors , providing an intriguing picture of both the pathways and obstacles that could shape its journey over the coming decade .
A holistic view – Tim Shire , KBC Increasingly software is now playing
“ TECHNOLOGIES LIKE BIG DATA , THE CLOUD , IOT AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ARE NOT JUST CHANGING THE BUSINESS , BUT ALSO RE-WRITING THE JOB DESCRIPTION OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENGINEERS ”
- TIM SHIRE , VP NEW SOLUTION STRATEGY AND LAUNCH , KBC
a leading role in technological developments , surpassing the impact hardware and new physical evolutions played out across industries on a holistic scale . One leader in this sector is KBC Advanced Technologies . They have supported the energy and chemical industries since 1979 across 23 global locations . We approached Tim Shire , VP New Solution Strategy and Launch to gain an understanding of the complex relationship between digital disruption and this sector ’ s requirements .
38 June 2018