White Papers

These Original, Influential Publications Are Produced by Our IIC Working Groups

Business

• Synchronized and Business-Ready Microgrid
  Outlines an approach to address operational challenges faced by existing electric grids by integrating communications and control technology directly to the grid
  -From the IIC Testbed Working Group
• Industrial Internet Investment Strategies: New Roles, New Rules
  Traditional investment models simply don't work. As one Venture Capital executive told us, IoT is turning the Venture Capital model upside down
  -Industry IoT Consortium Thought Leadership Task Group
• Industrial Analytics: the Engine Driving the IIoT Revolution(ENGLISH) (JAPANESE)
  Discussion and research to speed up the development and maturity of Industrial Analytics, am indispensable technology
  -From the IIC Industrial Analytics Task Group.
• The Business Viewpoint of Securing the Industrial Internet – an Executive Overview
  Highlights the need for every organization across every industry to secure their IIoT systems and to deploy best-practice security solutions immediately
  -From the IIC Marketing Security Task Group
• Beyond Digitization: The Convergence of Big Data, Analytics and Intelligent Systems in Oil & Gas
  Focuses on the evolution of next generation "digitalized" industrial assets. The convergence vision where enterprise-wide analytics will drive all elements of industrial operations
  -From the IIC Energy Task Group

Edge Computing

• Trusted and Transparent Asset Tracking on the Edge
  -An Industrial Internet Consortium Tech Brief
  
• Tech Brief: Virtualized Programmable Logic Controllers
  A paradigm shift toward industrial edge and cloud computing. Describes the integrated, edge-based architecture, implementation considerations, a look into the future, business considerations, and related IIC presentations.
  -From the IIC's Edge Computing Task Group
  
• Distributed Computing in the Edge
  Describes a framework for distributed computing in the edge that brings computation, networking and storage closer to data producers and consumers for the IoT
  -From the IIC's Fog Computing Task Group and Distributing Computing Task Group
• Tech Brief: Decentralized Identity for Edge Computing
  Describes how to create a unified, interoperable and tamper-proof device identity registry on top of the blockchain by introducing DIDs and VCs into the lifecycle of IoT devices
  - From IIC Member IoTex
• Tech Brief: Augmented Reality and the Edge
  Examines the juxtaposition of the IoT edge with AR technology. Three main classes of AR technology are considered: AR headsets, AR on smart phones and spatial AR that projects light directly onto physical reality
  -From IIC Member SAS
• The Edge Computing Advantage
  Demystifies edge computing, discusses its benefits, explains how it works, how it is realized. and the future opportunities and challenges it presents
  -From the IIC's Marketing Working Group
• Introduction to Edge Computing in IIoT
  Provides practical guidance on edge computing, architectures and the building blocks necessary for an edge computing implementation. Defines edge computing architectural functions and highlights key use case considerations
  -From the IIC's Edge Computing Task Group
• Our Collection of Edge Computing Publications
  This collection supporting the IIC effort to guide best practices in edge computing
  -From the IIC merger with the OpenFog Consortium

Industry

• Impact of Distributed Ledgers on Provider Networks
  Analyzes the operational impact of peer-to-peer distributed ledgers on the service provider network.
  - From the IIC Distributed Ledger Tiger Team
  
• MILS Architectural Approach Supporting Trustworthiness of IIoT Solutions
  Describes the details of the MILS architectural approach, which has emerged as a strategy for cost-effective construction of systems requiring dependability with high assurance
  -From the IIC Trustworthiness Task Group
• BizOps for Digital Transformation in Industries
  Defines commonly appearing features of BDXI processes of firms, of creation of solutions achieved by integrating OT and IT, and proposes several IIC initiatives to help guide BDXI processes
  -From the BizOps for Digital Transformation in Industries (BDXI) Contributing Group
• Tech Brief: Digital Transformation in Manufacturing: Key Insights &Future Trends
  Tackles digital transformation, which promises to disrupt manufacturing processes and improve business outcomes in the next decade
  -From the IIC Manufacturing Industry Leadership Council
• Digital Transformation in Industry
  Provides a general overview of digital transformation (DX) in industry and the types of better outcomes that organizations seek when they embark on DX journeys
  -From the IIC Digital Transformation Working Group
• Distributed Ledgers in IIoT
  Investigates distributed ledger characteristics, key drivers for implementation, current deployments, future opportunities, challenges, standards, and practical guidance on how distributed ledgers may be deployed in IIoT systems
  -From the IIC Industrial Distributed Ledger Task Group
• Implementation Aspect: IIoT and Blockchain
  Provides an overview of typical IIoT use cases and how blockchain can be used
  -From the IIC Industrial Distributed Ledger Task Group
• Enabling Digital Transformation with IoT Performance and Properties Measurement (Exec Summary)
  Investigates the need for measuring various aspects of an industrial DX solution at various stages of its lifecycle and how measurements are essential to manage it
  -From the IIC Digital Transformation Working Group
• Digital Twins for Industrial Applications
  Provides practical guidance on digital twin, including the definition, benefits, architectures and the necessary building blocks to implement one
  -From the IIC Digital Twin Interoperability Task Group
• Industrial Networking Enabling IIoT Communication
  Briefly introduces the IIC IINF, an IIC foundational document intended to be used to select the appropriate solution for IIoT communication
  -From the IIC Networking Task Group
• Key Safety Challenges for the IIoT
  Highlight four key safety challenges for the IIoT, explains why the current safety frameworks and approaches are inadequate, and recommends how the greater IIoT community should address them
  -From the IIC Safety Task Group
• Smart Factory Applications in Discrete Manufacturing
  Explores some of the key challenges and best practices that you should consider as you evolve your Smart Factories
  - From the IIC Smart Factory Task Group

Testbeds

• Usage of Standards in the Smart Factory Web Testbed
  Describes the usage of the principal pivotal standards in the IIC Smart Factory Web Testbed. Provides guidance in the deployment of the three main SFW standards, OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA), AutomationML, and OGC SensorThings API
  -From the IIC Testbed Working Group
• Time Sensitive Networking for Flexible Manufacturing Testbed - Characterization and Mapping of Converged Traffic Types
  Describes application traffic types that are found in industrial and process control systems and supported in the IIC's Time Sensitive Networks for Flexible Manufacturing testbed
  -From the IIC Testbed Working Group
• Smart Manufacturing Connectivity for Brownfield Sensors Testbed - Initial Deployment - Report after Completion of Phase 1
  The Smart Manufacturing Connectivity for Brownfield Sensors Testbed addresses the discrete manufacturing domain where PLCs typically govern local control loops of sensors and actuators
  -From the IIC Testbed Working Group
• Time Sensitive Networking for Flexible Manufacturing Testbed - Description of Converged Traffic Types
  Describes application traffic types that are supported in the IIC's Time Sensitive Networks for Flexible Manufacturing Testbed, including different types of critical control traffic and other traffic that may be in a manufacturing network.
  -From the IIC Testbed Working Group
• Applying the Industrial Internet Reference Architecture to the Smart Grid Testbed
  Representing an emergent microcosm of the larger power grid, a microgrid is a strong solution for addressing some of the problems outlined above and presents an ideal Industrial Internet demonstration project for the power sector
  -From IIC Members National Instruments, RTI and Thingswise

Member Industry White Papers

• Smart Business Blueprints
  -Contact Software
• Protecting Industrial Control Systems From Advanced Cyber Threats
  -CSA Group
• Engaging and Empowering Patients through Effective Clinical Trials
  -TCS Life Sciences
• Reimagining the Life Sciences Value Chain with the Internet of Things
  -TCS Life Sciences
• Reaping the Benefits of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT)
  -CSA Group
• Protecting Connected Devices Against Cyber Attack
  -CSA Group
• The Evolving World of "Connected Things": Envisioning IoT Data Marketplace
  - Tata Consultancy Services
• World Economic Forum Report: Industrial Internet of Things: Unleashing the Potential of Connected Products and Services