HomeGeorge DickinsonIHS AnalystMotionHelping Soft Starters Compete with Variable-Speed DrivesBeyond the impact of a poor global economy, soft starters have been steadily losing growing to VSDs, which have increased functionality.ControlIndustrial PCs: The Brains of Industry 4.0?As the intelligent system used to make data-based decisions, greater use of industrial PCs is needed to truly achieve a connected factory.HomeSay Goodbye to Your Hard DriveConsumer technologies have been the biggest drivers of new industrial technologies over the past several years, but now the long-trusted solid state drives in industrial computers are poised to spread rapidly beyond industry. This also means that your solid state drive industrial computers will be getting much more memory capacity in the near future.ControlThe Future of the Industrial PCWith continued influence from the consumer market, industrial PCs will need more than just the latest processor to differentiate themselves.