The Industrial IoT Blog
IIoT Insights by Henry Costa
Tag: Compliance
The act of meeting regulatory, legal, and internal requirements. In manufacturing, it ensures processes, systems, and data follow defined rules and standards.
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IIoT Total Cost of Ownership: Cloud, Licenses, and the Hidden Costs
Read more: IIoT Total Cost of Ownership: Cloud, Licenses, and the Hidden CostsLet’s talk about the real cost of Industrial IoT. Not the version you see in vendor slide decks, but what actually impacts your budget once you move beyond a pilot and start scaling. If you are working on IIoT initiatives,…
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Building Your IIoT Solution Portfolio: From Platform to Practice
Read more: Building Your IIoT Solution Portfolio: From Platform to PracticeIf you are building an IIoT portfolio as a consulting company, the challenge is very different from running IIoT inside a manufacturing enterprise. You are not optimizing a single environment. You are selling outcomes to many clients, across sites, industries,…
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IIoT Risks: What Manufacturers Need to Watch Out For
Read more: IIoT Risks: What Manufacturers Need to Watch Out ForWhen you start connecting machines, systems, and people across a factory, you open up a world of opportunities — but also a minefield of risks. I’ve spent years helping manufacturing teams roll out machine connectivity and IIoT platforms, from the…
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Foundations: Key Differences Between IoT and Industrial IoT (IIoT)
Read more: Foundations: Key Differences Between IoT and Industrial IoT (IIoT)I get asked a lot about the difference between IoT and IIoT, especially from folks who are new to manufacturing or are coming from IT. It’s a fair question. On the surface, both involve connecting “things” to the internet, collecting…
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IIoT Journey: Edge-First, Cloud-Second
Read more: IIoT Journey: Edge-First, Cloud-SecondI want to talk about why, after two decades in Industrial Smart Manufacturing, I’ve become a strong believer in an “Edge-First, Cloud-Second” approach for connecting plants, machines, and people. This isn’t some theory — it’s the result of real projects,…