While the Internet of Things has been an active presence in the technology world for several years now, the practical use of IoT in business operations has been less than obvious to many.

However, with the increasing deployment of Industrial IoT in manufacturing and industrial operations, the practical and vital importance of IIoT is becoming apparent to all.

This guide — and the accompanying file — from TechRepublic Premium will help you when comparing software tools for IIoT.

From the guide:

COMPARISON FACTORS

When comparing IIoT software, platforms and solutions for decision-making purposes, stakeholders will want to consider several common key factors, features and parameters.

The mix and importance of these characteristics will be determined by the needs and requirements of the organization and the processes involved, but many of these features will be consistent across any deployed solution.

360-Degree connectedness

Provides seamless communication and integration between diverse industrial devices, machines and systems.

Edge level execution

Collects, stores, transforms, enriches, analyzes and acts upon data at the edge. This enables critical business processes to run at the edge for low latency execution and business continuity.