Industry IoT Consortium

Through advances in control and robotics research, we can reliably deploy drones on manual or pre-planned trajectories. In the near future, we will even be able to anticipate collision avoidance and formation flights in commercial drones. A fleet of drones will be able to self-pilot itself to capture video several hours a day in smart cities and industrial sites, thereby collecting massive amounts of video data. To manage this volume of video data in real-time, drones need fog networks.... Read more →

What are the economics behind the emerging market for fog computing? Fog computing enables advanced digital deployments in AI, IoT and 5G, and also creates new business models from new services. Yet there are additional economic factors at stake. In this article, we take a look at the network economics pricing policies and incentive mechanisms for networked or computing systems.... Read more →

According to the FAA, last year more than 670,000 drones were registered in the U.S. alone. Drones – also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – are poised to transform key industries by providing cost-effective new services. While drones are really cool, so are all the ground support elements and software algorithms needed to make the operation of a large fleet safe and efficient. Many of these elements require local intelligence. That’s where fog computing and fog networking come in.... Read more →

The US power grid is a machine on a truly gigantic scale. And it is also inherently distributed and decentralized: there is no single central controlling authority, rather a set of connected, interacting organizations that make energy management decisions in their own scope but coordinate with each other. The power grid is also changing: from the radial model where the power generated in large power plants is distributed to consumers to a model where customers are both producers and consumers of energy. These properties make the power system a prime target for fog computing applications.... Read more →

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is driving the addition of more connected devices. Cybersecurity is critical to the success of IIOT. The demonstration illustrates how the IIC’s recently released Industrial Internet Security Framework can be applied to solve this challenging problem. Mimicking a real-world, multi-vendor, distributed environment, the demonstration integrates existing Hannover Messe demos from 24 IIC and Plattform Industrie 4.0 member companies into a single security solution. It spans multiple booths at Hannover Messe and remote sites around the world.... Read more →

Three of the main goals of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)community are (1) clarify the rich but often confusing landscape of IIoT connectivity, (2) set a stable long-term foundation for IIoT interoperability and architecture strategy, (3) provide practical, useful and tangible guidance for IIoT connectivity requirements assessment, technology evaluation and selection. The ‘Industrial Internet Connectivity Framework’ (IICF), published by the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) in February 2017, accomplishes these goals.... Read more →

by Dr. Stan Schneider, CEO, Real-Time Innovations, Inc. The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) is “ground zero” for the Industrial Internet of Things. It’s the largest of the Internet of Things (IoT) consortia with over 250 members. No other organization approaches its respect or potential to drive the next industrial revolution... Read more →

By: Hussain Ahmed – OEM Segment Program Manager, Schneider Electric, & Eric Vatonne - HVACR Pumping OEM Segment Leader, Schneider Electric This blog originally appeared as a Schneider Electric Blog on March 14, 2016. Scarcity of water resources, growth in urban population, environmental regulations and process inefficiencies are all contributing... Read more →

By Cheryl Rocheleau, Verticals Marketing Manager at the Industrial Internet Consortium. As the world of traditional manufacturing fuses with digital manufacturing, organizations are tapping into a level of technical orchestration never attainable before. Symphonies of systems facilitate real-time interactions between machines, assets, systems and things. This is the Smart factory... Read more →

By Roger Pilc, EVP, Chief Innovation Officer at Pitney Bowes The following blog post was submitted by Roger Pilc, Chief Innovation Officer, Pitney Bowes and originally appeared on the GE Digital Industrial Internet blog. The Internet of Things (IoT) is already a familiar concept for many consumers. Common devices now... Read more →