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View from the Top “Within four years there are going to be 200 billion devices connected to the internet, and the ability to get them to talk to each other, to create value, and to create machine-to-machine communication is going to be one of our focus areas,” said Skryseth.

Hege Skryseth

President Kongsberg Digital and

Chief Digital Of? cer at Kongsberg petencies of the vast Kongsberg reach, with one eye on the and data handling and analytic technique … that is the technol- present, the other scanning for future trends and competen- ogy push. The market pull is the ever evolving needs of our cus- cies. tomers to improve their operations. While the maritime indus- “We’re all about turning data into tangible, valuable action- try is traditional, don’t underestimate the younger generation able information that our customers can use,” said Cadet. To entering the workforce have grown with these technologies.” start the Kongsberg Digital team sees three major areas of con- As in all industries there are always pioneers, market leaders cern, or as they term them ‘Value Creation Levers,’ including: which are long-term player, not averse to invest in promis- • Condition Based Maintenance ing newstechnologies ? rst. Kongsberg, with its global foot- • Performance Management (ie. fuel ef? ciency), and print and Norwegian pedigree which seemingly has maritime • Decision Support technology cooperation woven into its DNA, predictably has “I think there is currently a good combination between tech- found willing partners in its new endeavor. “We are working nology push and market pull,” said Cadet. “The tech is at a now with early adopters and innovators,” said Cadet. Two he stage where it is ready in terms of communication, data storage could mention include:

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