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IIC sets up automation testbed for print industry with Fujitsu, IBM, RTI, Toshiba

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has established a ‘smart printing factory testbed’ in collaboration with Fujitsu, IBM, Real-Time Innovations (RTI) and Toshiba to develop technologies to help the printing industry automate production and maintenance processes. The IIC said the group is using the testbed to...

The IIoT intervew: “Edge computing is the death of the cloud as we know it,” says IIC

Where is the edge of the data network, where compute power increasingly resides? This is the question industrial operatives are asking, as they look to combine advanced connectivity technologies and analytics techniques to bring new intelligence to their systems and processes. It is the...

Where is the IIoT edge? Four points on the edge-compute continuum

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has mapped out a “continuum” of edge computing in industrial settings, with the ‘edge’ variously located at certain points of remove from the data source depending on the technical requirements of the use case. For simplicity, it summarises four...

IIC releases industrial-grade ‘cookbook’ for edge computing

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has issued a white paper with practical guidance on edge computing in industrial internet-of-things (IIoT) settings. The publication seeks to define edge computing architectural functions and drivers, highlight key use case considerations. The IIC paper, called IIC Introduction to Edge...

Industrial Internet Consortium expands TSN testbed

The Industrial Internet Consortium said that it is expanding its testbed for time-sensitive networking after completing five plugfests and receiving feedback from its members that the TSN testbed was the most strategically valuable. IIC is expanding its TSN testbed to Europe, after establishing the site...

Key takeaways from IoT Solutions World Congress

Partnerships, ecosystems and platforms took center stage as the IoT industry gathered at IoT Solutions World Congress in Barcelona this week. The organizers of Internet of Things (IoT) conference IoT Solutions World Congress, held in Barcelona between 25-27 October, have every reason to rejoice. The second...

Industrial IoT test beds in focus at IOT Solutions World Congress

A number of industry leaders at IOT Solutions World Congress highlighted the importance of industrial IoT test beds in making the Industrial IoT a reality. When the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) was founded two years ago, few believed in the industrial IoT test beds the...

CSA releases guidelines for securing IoT products

Amid growing concerns about IoT devices being used for cyber attacks, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) released a 13-step guide for securing IoT products. Internet of Things (IoT) devices were recently used in two massive distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) one against security expert...

IIC releases official framework for industrial IoT security

Securing the industrial IoT  The Industrial Internet Consortium, an organization formed to accelerate the industrial "internet of things," today published the Industrial Internet Security Framework, a common IoT security framework that addresses security issues in industrial systems. The IISF emphasizes the importance of five IIoT characteristics: safety,...

IIC releases official framework for industrial IoT security

Securing the industrial IoT  The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), an organization formed to accelerate the industrial internet of things (IIoT), today published the Industrial Internet Security Framework (IISF), a common IoT security framework that addresses security issues in industrial systems. The IISF emphasizes the importance of five...

Open systems to shape the future of smart cities

Open systems will be key to unlocking value from different verticals and applications in future smart cities. Provided we can agree on what openness is. Standards are a great way of ensuring interoperability in a mature and stable industry environment. In the case of smart cities however,...