The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) offers enormous potential for manufacturing and process enterprises alike, allowing these companies to generate insights that promise to transform efficiency and productivity.
But, like anything else, the IIoT doesn’t come without its challenges. In fact, many manufacturing operations rely on production systems that may be years (or decades) old, and it is expensive and unrealistic to expect them to ditch it all and create an entirely new infrastructure from the ground up.