Big Data & IoT
BEYOND THE
SMOKE AND MIRRORS
The human brain is a wonderful thing that works tirelessly from the day we are born until the day we die, only
stopping on special occasions – like when presenting in front of large audiences. We’ve been studying the
brain for many centuries, but we still know relatively little about the trillions of connections that make it work.
Creating a road map of the brain is a bit like trying to map out the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). IIoT is
a concept that has intrigued industry for several years now, but much like the human brain, is not yet fully
understood, as Martyn Williams, managing director of Copa Data UK, explains.
T
o gain a better
understanding of the
Industrial Internet of
Things (IIoT) universe, we
need to look at specifics.
We need to understand how hardware
and software, communication
protocols and the human connection
come together to support a stable
and flexible interaction that enhances
production, control and efficiency in
industrial environments.
Machines-to-machines
Every time you form a new memory,
new connections are created in the
brain, making the system even more
complex than before. Similarly, IIoT
relies on many-to-many applications
or groups of nodes to accomplish one
single task. The plural of ‘machine’
is important when discussing IIoT
because it highlights the complexity of
the system.
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