June 19, 2019
The latest general meeting of the IICA in Sydney, which took place at Strathfield Golf Club in mid-April, featured a presentation by Manny Romero, the director of ETM Pacific, who explained how the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is changing the control system environment.
Romero began by addressing the inherent woolliness of the concept of IIoT, which can cause a great deal of confusion. “One of the easiest ways
to explain IIoT is starting with what IIoT is not,” Romero said. “It’s not a technology. It’s not a protocol. It’s not a standard. IIoT is not dominated by any one vendor. It’s not going to replace control systems by any means. And it’s not the same as Industry 4.0, which is another very popular term these days.”
So, then, what is the Industrial Internet of Things? Romero explained that it is a new paradigm – “SCADA for the masses” – which gives anyone the means to design and build a control system, regardless of technical knowledge and experience. “It is a new ecosystem that introduces new types of technologies, new types hardware and software, and which brings the online cloud into the industrial space. It also introduces new business models and new revenue streams,” he said.
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