Industry IoT Consortium
By IIC Thought Leadership Task Group Co-Chairs: Edy Liongosari, Chief Research Scientist, Accenture Labs, and Mark Crawford, Director, Standards Strategy, SAP As of this publication date, there have been more than 50.5 million cases of COVID-19 worldwide and more than 1.2 million deaths[1]. The virus has been detected in nearly... Read more →
By Michael Thomas, SAS Systems Architect, SAS (Excerpted from IIC Tech Brief.) AR is the digital augmentation of the physical world. The term is most popularly applied to wearable headgear that projects the digital augmentation directly on the wearer’s view of reality. Commonly, this is achieved by projecting the augmentation... Read more →
Once recognized as slow to adapt to technology, the construction segment is now an industry on the fast track. By connecting start-ups with major industry organizations, the Industrial Internet Consortium's Smart Construction Challenge enabled implementations of the next-gen smart construction digital ecosystems.... Read more →
Disruptive technologies are transforming all industries into digital industries and repositioning them to reap the benefits of Industry 4.0. In the industrial context, digital transformation (DX) is primarily a business objective.The IIC has captured the many challenges and technological hurdles that accompany this journey along with guidance in their recently published white paper, Digital Transformation in Industry.... Read more →
We lost a beloved colleague earlier this week. I wanted to take this time and space to express our gratitude for having the great fortune to have known Brett Murphy in his too-short life and share how important he has been to us. Brett Murphy has been a member of... Read more →
Helder Antunes, Founder and Chairman of OpenFog Consortium, bids farewell to the organization.... Read more →
The volume of data being generated by genomics research per day is doubling every seven months – comprising critical dosage and formulation information along with trial safety signals. The current IT infrastructure is incapable of handling this flow, let alone store and share it securely. Having recognized this problem, organizations are developing cloud-based platforms as clinical and medical data repositories with embedded analytics capabilities.... Read more →
When I ask people what they think the Internet of Things (IoT) is all about, the vast majority will say “smart homes,” probably based on personal experience. If I say that it is also about industries making using of data from sensors, then most people’s immediate reaction is to think of manufacturing. Sensors have been used for a long time in manufacturing, and the concept of using data generated at the edge to monitor and run automated processes is well understood. This perception, however, is underselling the IoT.... Read more →
Differing viewpoints around ownership of the development and enforcement of endpoint security mechanisms has been an ongoing debate. Does it reside within the realm of IT or OT? IIoT has blurred traditional IT and OT infrastructure boundaries and added a level of confusion to the inevitable convergence of the two realms, particularly in regards to security. Both IT and OT need to understand the risks imposed by new or existing IIoT devices connecting to the Internet and the corporate network. And, both need to know how to track and manage these risks as a team.... Read more →
From the drilling site to the refinery, O&G operators deploy pushers such as pumps, compressors, and turbines to transport highly inflammable products across thousands of kilometers through uninhabited spaces and ecologically fragile areas. An unplanned or accidental breakdown can have a catastrophic long term impact on the surrounding environment. Monitoring and keeping pipeline assets under surveillance is however a routine but equally daunting and critical task for any enterprise.... Read more →