The IIoT Cloud Billows Out

The cloud is already shaping the way business will use IT infrastructure and computing power in decades to come. But the burgeoning Industrial Internet of Things is about to supercharge the cloud.

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) isn’t new, nor is enterprise’s adoption of the public cloud infrastructure. But the combination constitutes a potent force that promises to supercharge Industry 4.0. Today’s IIoT platforms use the cloud to fulfill two requirements: collecting and analyzing data from IoT devices, and managing those devices.

USA-based Red Hat develops open-source technologies for IIoT platforms and cloud solutions. Lis Strenger, with the firm’s IoT and Emerging Technologies says:

Companies often turn to the cloud in the early stages of designing an IoT solution because it’s relatively quick and cost-effective to set-up a cloud back-end to receive and analyze data from pilot projects.

As IIoT projects grow, the cloud is practical because it offers easy scalability; if you want to grow the project, you just pay for more cloud storage. The same applies to managing IIoT devices and sensors, which can run into thousands of dollars on a single project.

IoT on the railways, Courtesy of Mubaloo

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