Understand the importance of the maintenance as a profit center

 

We need to understand the importance of the maintenance as a profit center where processes are managed and optimized, instead the idea of maintenance where invoices are paid.

 

Insecurity of Smart Things, cyber attacks and vulnerability of the IoT

Billions of smart things connected, are they really secure?

Smart things such as telephones, televisions, cars, medical equipment, smart homes, etc… have taken a leading role in today's market, the aim of these devices is to provide a better product and customer service.

Approximately 6.4 billion smart things are connected, only in the United States there are 25 devices connected to the network per 100 inhabitants. People use these devices on a daily basis without realizing that they can be victims of an information theft attack at any time.

Cyber attacks to the Internet of Things

Funding of millions of dollars destined to the Smart Manufacturing technology

DOE has destined  $ 70 million in the development of smart manufacturing



Smart Manufacturing funding



In September 2015 DOE announced up to $ 70 million in funding for the Clean Energy Manufacturing Institute, which is focused on the development of smart factories. The magnitude of this investment can give us a clear idea of ​​the value that is having in the industry the implementation of this type of technologies, becoming the new way forward.

How to implement the IIoT in my industry?

Some companies want to implement the Industrial Internet of Things systems but they don’t know how to do it, the purpose of this article is to give a brief description of a framework that could make easier the task of implementing IIoT systems. This industrial architecture framework was developed by the Industrial Internet Consortium in the article IIRA.

ISO / IEEE / IEEE 42010: 2011 standard as a reference for the construction of the IIoT framework

In order to implement the IIoT we need to establish a framework that facilitates the implementation of this complex task. In order to define this framework, it is recommended to use the ISO / IEC / IEEE 42010: 2011 standard. This system facilitates the evaluation of the IIoT system and the effective resolution of the concerns of individuals, teams or organizations interested, known as "stakeholders".
This framework is divided into the architecture frame and architecture representations. In the architecture frame can find the pointviews, the model kinds and the concerns. In the architecture representations we can find the views and the models.

ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011 Framework

Industrial Internet of Things and Security, What do you need to ensure?

Industrial Internet if Things and CyberSecurity

Industrial Internet of Things possibilities

Industrial Internet of Things

The Industrial Internet of Things allows extensive use of data through quantitative analysis, statistics, predictive models to manage decision-making and business actions. This analysis of the information facilitates the decision making either by the specialized personnel or automatic decisions that the system executes with the authorization of the personnel.
The ecosystem formed by the IIoT offers the following advantages in the Industry:

Industrial Internet of Things, Operations Technology (OT) combined with Information Technology (IT)

The first industrial era started with the invention of the vapor machine that took important part of the industrial revolution allowing the movement of pumps, trains, marine engines, etc. The second era began with the discovery of electricity and other sources of energy. The third era corresponds to the use of computers in the industry. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is considered as the fourth industrialization era.