Alan Griffith is Principal Consultant for Cambashi. His focus is to understand how engineering and manufacturing organizations use technical software applications to meet their business needs, and to assist the software companies who develop and market those applications with their market planning. He has a particular interest in the impact of cloud computing and the industrial Internet of Things (IoT) on digital transformation. Alan has applied information technology to engineering and manufacturing enterprises for more than 30 years, holding development, marketing and management positions with both user and vendor organizations, working in positions involving business analysis and PLM/CADCAM technology. He has an Engineering degree from Cambridge University and qualified as a Chartered Engineer and PRINCE2 project manager. Alan Griffith is an opinion columnist for the CEOWORLD magazine. Follow him on Twitter or connect on LinkedIn.