IoT gateways: Industrial automation's path to Industrie 4.0

摘要

The ever-expanding Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), sometimes referred to as IoT for applications beyond industrial automation, brings a vast communications infrastructure to the process, factory, and building automation industries; one that is far beyond anything these industries have typically used. With cloud communications services available from several companies spread across the planet-including Microsoft, Amazon, and others-it has never been easier or more cost-effective to connect even the smallest and least expensive devices to a network-and not just to a local network, but to one that spans the globe.