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Flying through Fog: Why Fog Computing and Fog Networking is Crucial to Ushering in the Era of Commercial Drones

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According to the FAA, last year more than 670,000 drones were registered in the U.S. alone. Drones – also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – are poised to transform key industries by providing cost-effective new services. While drones are really cool, so are all the ground support elements and software algorithms needed to make the operation of a large fleet safe and efficient. Many of these elements require local intelligence. That’s where fog computing and fog networking come in.

W.I.F.M.? “What’s in it for me (WIFM)?” — Customer Focused Thinking and IIoT Innovation

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As vendors and systems integrators, we love to hear when our target buyers are interested. Especially when we think they should be – all the time! However, unless being noticed is the ultimate outcome, “interested” doesn’t pay the bills.With IoT, there are many “interesting” things we can do, but as organizations with finite resources, our intent is to move beyond “interested” and create products our target buyers “want” or maybe “need.”

Taking IIoT Encryption Protections to the Next Level

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It seems like every day we hear about damaging and costly cyberattacks resulting from pirated software, theft of digital Intellectual Property, stolen personal, financial and medical data, or malicious tampering of consumer IoT devices and connected industrial machine systems in the IIoT. What’s most alarming about these attacks is that many times hackers were able to exploit a vulnerability in the very protection mechanisms designed to secure them.

The IIC Hive of Activities

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The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is set to transform business models in all markets. Collaboration and mastery of new skills, such as those within IIoT, will be essential to business success. With over 260 member organizations, and growing, the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) is a hive of activity. And the hive provides a unique opportunity for collaboration and experiential learning not found anywhere else. Join us and find out what the “buzz” is all about!

Powering the New Energy World

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Today’s energy world is facing widespread transformation. The electricity and Oil & Gas sectors are taking note. This changing landscape accelerates our collective ability to lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the energy sector; at present, that figure is 40% of total GHG emissions. We are running out of time to bring down this number.

Grow Your Personal IIoT Network: IIC Connect – a New Member Benefit

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Efficient Networking. IIC Connect is like match.com for industrial companies. The concept is simple: you enter your profile and a quick description of what might interest you. Then everyone looks at the profiles and requests meeting; you accept the ones you like. We have some software that does automated scheduling. Then you have 20-minute sessions with your “dates”. It’s fast, easy, efficient, and fun!

Smart Grid & Fog: Taking Steps Towards a Prototype Software Platform for Fog Computing

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The US power grid is a machine on a truly gigantic scale. And it is also inherently distributed and decentralized: there is no single central controlling authority, rather a set of connected, interacting organizations that make energy management decisions in their own scope but coordinate with each other. The power grid is also changing: from the radial model where the power generated in large power plants is distributed to consumers to a model where customers are both producers and consumers of energy. These properties make the power system a prime target for fog computing applications.

A real world, multi-vendor, single security solution on display in Hannover Messe

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The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is driving the addition of more connected devices. Cybersecurity is critical to the success of IIOT. The demonstration illustrates how the IIC’s recently released Industrial Internet Security Framework can be applied to solve this challenging problem. Mimicking a real-world, multi-vendor, distributed environment, the demonstration integrates existing Hannover Messe demos from 24 IIC and Plattform Industrie 4.0 member companies into a single security solution. It spans multiple booths at Hannover Messe and remote sites around the world.