Industrial Internet Consortium

A real world, multi-vendor, single security solution on display in Hannover Messe

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 →

The IIC Testbed Program: Strategy, Goals, and a Call to Contribution

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 →

In the Technology Race, Your People Remain Your Best Bet!

There is a great deal of discussion and articles out there around the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and its promises: Smart connected technology is radically revolutionizing the industrial landscape at an unprecedented pace, and the fact that a fully smart plant will be achievable in our lifetime makes it even more exciting! Read more →

How IIoT and “Smart Pumping” can Contribute to Solving the Global Water Crisis

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 →

Smart Factories: a Symphonic example of the Industrial Internet in Action

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 →

Innovation at Every Level: The IoT and other Transformational Developments

By Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman & CEO of Schneider Electric. This blog post originally appeared on the Schneider Electric site at http://blog.schneider-electric.com/smart-cities/2016/04/06/innovation-every-level/. The way we currently manage energy is unsustainable. Three megatrends are provoking an important increase in energy demand: Urbanization, industrialization, and digitization. Today we still depend on unsustainable CO2-emitting... Read more →

Building a Business Case for the Industrial IoT

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 →

Industrial Internet of Things - IIOT enabled “Connected Care” solutions can save Lives!

By Jayraj Nair, Head - IoT Practice, Infosys In 1999, a seminal study was conducted by the Institute of Medicine that estimated up to 98,000 patients were dying in hospitals per year due to preventable medical errors. Since then additional studies have found that this number could be much higher,... Read more →

Exciting new partnership - SAP and Bosch partner on an IoT Testbed

By Tanja Rueckert, EVP IoT & Customer Innovation Unit, SAP SE SAP provides Internet-of-Things Applications following guidance from Plattform “Industrie 4.0” and Industrial Internet Consortium As announced by Bosch @Bosch ConnectedWorld, SAP is working with Bosch and other international partners to combine the technical standards of Germany’s “Platfform Industrie 4.0”... Read more →

Cooperation Among Two Key Leaders in the Industrial Internet

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and Plattform Industrie 4.0 announce their joint interest and activities with plans to conduct technical meetings to further explore each’s reference architecture, identify mappings, differences and enhancements on both sides, discuss common testing, and work together for the benefit of interoperability of systems from the different domains. Read more →