The Industrial IoT Blog
IIoT Insights by Henry Costa
Tag: Manufacturing IT
Information technology systems used to support manufacturing operations and decision-making. They manage data, applications, and integrations between shop floor systems and enterprise platforms.
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SAP MII End of Life. What Comes Next for Your Career?
Read more: SAP MII End of Life. What Comes Next for Your Career?When I first started with SAP xMII back in 2005, I never imagined I’d see the day the platform would be sunset. Yet here we are. SAP MII, the tool I built a big part of my career on, is…
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Equipment Connectivity: The Unglamorous Work That Makes Everything Possible
Read more: Equipment Connectivity: The Unglamorous Work That Makes Everything PossibleIf you’ve ever walked into a modern factory and seen dashboards glowing with real-time data, robots humming along, or operators using tablets to check production status, you’ve seen the shiny side of smart manufacturing. But behind all that magic, there’s…
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What to Keep in Mind When Designing a New IIoT Strategy
Read more: What to Keep in Mind When Designing a New IIoT StrategyIf there’s one thing I’ve learned from two decades in the trenches of manufacturing IT and IIoT, it’s that a good strategy isn’t about chasing the latest technology or ticking off a checklist. It’s about making real improvements—connecting machines, data,…
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How I Moved from Building Websites to Building Connected Factories
Read more: How I Moved from Building Websites to Building Connected FactoriesIf you’d told me back in the late ‘90s that I’d end up designing IIoT architectures for global manufacturing networks, I probably would have laughed and said, “First, let me get this JavaScript working.” My path from simple websites to…