Industry 4.0: The Industrial Internet of Things

Explore the current state of the production, processing, and manufacturing industries and discover what it will take to achieve re-industrialization of the former industrial powerhouses that can counterbalance the benefits of cheap labor providers dominating the industrial sector. This book explores the potential for the Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), and Smart Factory technologies to replace the still largely mechanical, people-based systems of offshore locations.

Industry 4.0: The Industrial Internet of Things covers Industry 4.0, a term that encapsulates trends and technologies that could rewrite the rules of manufacturing and production.

What You’ll Learn:

• What are the Industrial Internet and Industrial Internet of Things
• Which technologies must advance to enable Industry 4.0
• What is happening today to make that happen
• What are examples of the implementation of Industry 4.0
• How to apply some of these case studies
• What is the potential to take back the lead in manufacturing, and the potential fallout that could result

Who This Book is For:

Business futurists, business strategists, CEOs and CTOs, and anyone with an interest and an IT or business background; or anyone who may have a keen interest in how the future of IT, industry and production will develop over the next two decades.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Industrial Internet
Chapter 2: Industrial Internet Use-Cases
Chapter 3: The Technical and Business Innovators of the Industrial Internet
Chapter 4: IIoT Reference Architecture
Chapter 5: Designing Industrial Internet Systems
Chapter 6: Examining the Access Network Technology and Protocols
Chapter 7: Examining the Middleware Transport Protocols
Chapter 8: Middleware Software Patterns
Chapter 9: Software Design Concepts
Chapter 10: Middleware Industrial Internet of Things Platforms
Chapter 11: IIoT WAN Technologies and Protocols
Chapter 12: Securing the Industrial Internet
Chapter 13: Introducing Industry 4.0
Chapter 14: Smart Factories
Chapter 15: Getting From Here to There: A Roadmap