IoT Expo 2026 Day 1: Driving Efficiency With Autonomous Operations
IoTNews, Wednesday, February 4th, 2026
Enterprise leaders seeking reduced overheads are turning to autonomous operations to drive efficiency across distributed assets.
The 'lights-out' factory concept is decades old, but edge computing, reliable connectivity, and improved data governance now allow plant managers to move past isolated pilots.
Sessions during day one of this year's co-located IoT Tech Expo Global and Edge Computing Expo demonstrated that although the technology for autonomy is ready, the organisational structures and security frameworks to support it are not.