The recent ARC Industry Forum, held in Orlando FL, described an “industrial Internet of Things” (IoT) as being close at hand. In fact, many of the technologies are already here, but some still need work to provide the services and security industrial operations need.
According to ARC’s paper, “Planning for the Industrial Internet of Things,” “Techniques for adding IoT’s ‘digital umbilical cord’ to existing industrial systems are coming to market. What’s lacking is broad recognition of what has become possible, and the vision to utilize these new technologies to transform industry.”