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The Undiscovered Country: The Future of Industrial Automation

The Internet of Things (IoT), and specifically the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), has the promise and potential to be the most influential and disruptive influence on automation systems since the advent of microprocessor based Distributed Control Systems. Early architectural styles are emerging for IoT in which ubiquitous sensing is coupled to cloud-borne Data Analytics and Storage systems. While these are certainly viable for a broad-class of IoT solutions, e.g. Smart Grid and Consumer-grade Appliances, this article considers how these architectural styles should be adapted to create IIoT architectures for major classes of industrial automation systems: Continuous Process automation, Discrete Manufacturing Systems, SCADA systems, and combinations of these three. Additionally, the question of how the conventional Purdue model for automation systems, and today’s installed base, fits with new IIoT architectures is examined.

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