The Industrial IoT Blog
IIoT Insights by Henry Costa
Tag: Architecture
The structure and design of systems, components, and data flows. It defines how technologies work together to meet performance, security, and scalability needs.
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The Five Questions Every IIoT Architect Must Answer
Read more: The Five Questions Every IIoT Architect Must AnswerEvery IIoT project I’ve worked on — from small pilot sites to global rollouts spanning 30+ manufacturing facilities — eventually comes down to the same five questions. I used to think architecture was about picking the right protocols or drawing…
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Kafka or MQTT for Data Streaming from Edge to Cloud?
Read more: Kafka or MQTT for Data Streaming from Edge to Cloud?If you’ve ever had to pick between Kafka and MQTT for streaming data from the plant edge up to the cloud, you know it’s not a simple “one size fits all” answer. I’ve lived through this choice in real projects…
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Is Sparkplug B Essential for IIoT Data Streaming?
Read more: Is Sparkplug B Essential for IIoT Data Streaming?Let me start with the short answer: No, Sparkplug B is not a “must” in every IIoT data streaming project. But it’s also not a technology you can ignore if you care about scalable, plug-and-play data flow in modern industrial…