The Industrial IoT Blog
IIoT Insights by Henry Costa
Tag: Integration
The process of connecting systems, applications, and data so they work together. It enables consistent information flow and coordinated operation across industrial environments.
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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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The Five Things That Surprised Me About Industrial Data
Read more: The Five Things That Surprised Me About Industrial DataIf you’ve spent years in manufacturing IT, you know that industrial data isn’t just “data.” It’s messy, stubborn, and full of surprises. When I first started connecting machines and systems back in the SAP xMII days, I thought the challenge…
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What Vendor Documentation Won’t Tell You About IIoT Integration Complexity
Read more: What Vendor Documentation Won’t Tell You About IIoT Integration ComplexityIf you’ve ever flipped through vendor documentation or attended a software demo, you’d think IIoT is plug-and-play: connect a few devices, map some tags, and watch the dashboards light up. But after two decades living in the trenches — from…
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From Web Pages to the Shop Floor: My Jump Into Manufacturing
Read more: From Web Pages to the Shop Floor: My Jump Into ManufacturingI still remember the first time I walked into a real factory, not just as a visitor, but as someone expected to connect those noisy machines to SAP. I came from years of web development — building e-commerce and government…