Industrial Internet Consortium

IIC + OpenFog = great news for the IoT market

The merger of the OpenFog Consortium and the Industrial Internet Consortium is a win/win/win for end users, Consortium members, and the industry overall. Both consortia share a pragmatic approach of developing specifications and testbeds and aligning the interests of a diverse set of stakeholders from throughout the broader community. Read more →

Initial Implementation Completed by Smart Manufacturing Connectivity for Brown-Field Sensors Testbed

On the 26th of November, the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) announced the publication of results for the Smart Manufacturing Connectivity for Brown-field Sensors Testbed. The testbed demonstrates a retrofit solution for brown-field manufacturing cells that allows for higher-level IT systems to retrieve a high volume of sensor data to enable advanced analytics and machine learning algorithms. Read more →

IoTSWC 2018 Recap

On October 16th, IIoT industry stakeholders from throughout the world met in Barcelona, Spain for the fourth annual IoT Solutions World Congress. With 300 exhibitors and a Congress boasting 400 top-level speakers, the 2018 IoT Solutions World Congress explored the latest industrial IoT innovations to bring visitors the necessary cutting-edge expertise and strategies to capitalize on IoT.  Read more →

Securing the Internet of Things: Energy and Utilities

As new technologies and innovative solutions enter the picture, companies are working to modernize existing power infrastructures and deliver secure, reliable and affordable energy to end consumers. One significant driver of this transformation is the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT-connected devices have the potential to not only deliver cost savings to energy and utility enterprises, but also provide more value-added services to consumers. Read more →

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 →

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 →

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 →