A Practical Framework To Turn IoT Technology Into Operational Capability
The latter describes the second challenge in
turning IoT solutions into operational
capability as discussed above.
The I2OC framework provides a mechanism
to describe the unique integration and
orchestration for each scenario or use case
as an independent IoT business application.
Framework to Agree on Integration of
Heterogeneous IoT and Business Data
This is done in a visual, model-driven
approach where business applications are
constructed through a drag-and-drop user
interface where data from IoT sources are
integrated with analytics and business
workflows and applications.
In 2009, Patrik Spiess 18 et al. presented a
vision for SOA-based integration of IoT in
enterprise
service.
“...
[F]uture
infrastructures will be service-oriented. As
such, new functionality will be introduced by
combining services in a cross-layer form, i.e.,
services relying on the enterprise system, on
the network itself and at device level will be
combined. New integration scenarios can be
applied by orchestrating the services in
scenario-specific ways.”
In their approach, Spiess et al. use web
services as the primary integration
technology to allow networked devices that
are connected through middleware to
directly participate in business processes.
Data protocols for OT, IT and business
applications have evolved since Spiess
Figure 5 - A visual, model-driven approach connects IoT data sources to analytics and business workflows
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