In 2020 there will be at least 10 billion devices connected to the network in the world: is it possible that they are all fundamental?
Obviously not, and it is precisely for this reason that the subset of the IIoT (Industrial Internet of Thing or Internet of Important Thing) must be extrapolated from the IoT.
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The SENSITIVITY of the data, its INTEGRITY and above all its AVAILABILITY assume different values in one case or another: being able to communicate with a toothbrush or with a lifting station (or a production line, or a turbine, etc… ) obviously has a different weight.
General Electric, which was the first to coin the term Industrial Internet, knows well which needs must be satisfied in one case or another: look at the infographic.
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Applications related to the Internet of Things are increasingly widespread, to the point that each of us owns, or often wears, at least three devices connected to the network and capable of autonomously exchanging a series of information. The potential and scenarios that open up in this area are extraordinary and, in many ways, still unpredictable.
Beyond personal uses, however, it is interesting to highlight how the IoT is also declining in the so-called IIoT, or in the Internet of Things aimed specifically at the industrial sector and high-level applications, where the data exchanged between connected objects must always be available and reliable.
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An emblematic example of this approach is represented by its use in production sites. Instead of installing dozens of dedicated thermometers, it is possible to use a single measuring instrument, then leaving each piece of equipment with the task of acquiring and using the data according to its needs or as a fundamental element for activating automated processes.
Attention is thus focused on the effective application function, with a great availability of shared information and with the possibility of extending the useful life of an object, increasing its availability.
As evidence of the growing interest in the IoT also in the industrial field, the Industrial Internet Consortium was born, which sees founders of absolute importance in the industrial field, such as AT&T, Cisco, GE, Intel and IBM. A fact that confirms the forecasts of IDC and Gartner, according to which in 2020 there will be between 26 and 28 billion IoT devices, against 9 billion today.
And you? Are you ready for the IIoT revolution?