Results, Insights and Best-Practices from IIC Testbeds: INFINITE Testbed
First Responders: The outcomes of the early phase of First Responder has delivered an end-toend, integrated solution covering connectivity, cloud and enterprise analytics. The testbed team has:
� Validated primary requirements of reliability and robustness for mission critical applications. � Identified areas for further development � Built a better understanding of First Responder requirements
SPARKS: This use case required a solution that securely collects and stores data from Internet Protocol( IP) enabled meters. At the enterprise analytics end, the testbed team has developed machine learning algorithms for anomaly detection and these machine learning algorithms can be applied to other areas such as monitoring Operational Technology( OT) elements.
6. OTHER FINDINGS AND SURPRISES
The progress of the INFINITE testbed has been influenced by the maturity of the IIoT conversations among business executives. The testbed team have found that everyone has heard of [ industrial ] IoT and a lot of organizations are still developing an understanding how it will affect them. Industrial IoT is complex and will affect many functions within organization, not just the IT and technology functions. The INFINITE team have found that the technology complexities and risks are a deterrent for many organizations. The vision for INFINITE is to simplify the technology so that organizations can focus on business innovation.
One of the unexpected, big surprises that Donagh and his team found was that the initial conversations have been exclusively technical, but more and more there is a gradual move toward discussing the business benefits and organizational transformation required for IIoT. The identification of these business benefits will help the transformation of the conversations necessary for IIoT adoption.
Donagh also explained that a lot of interest can be categorized as‘ early stage’ and that there are many iterations of discussions and meetings before a use case is defined and deployed on INFINITE. Customers are excited and see the benefits of IIoT. INFINITE simplifies the technology complexity and makes available an ecosystem of key domain specialist skills so that customers can focus on innovation. The INFINITE team are building up a knowledge base of common questions and challenges that organizations face across all sectors.
7. PLANNING
When the INFINITE testbed was proposed, the many use cases described above were not yet imagined. With the evolution of the INFINITE partnerships and ecosystem and through the promotion of INFINITE at various trade shows and events, a lot of interest was generated across many sectors resulting in many discussions and meetings about IIoT challenges, new ideas, proposals, use cases and proof of concepts
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