Industrial Internet Consortium Teams Up with IoT Acceleration Consortium to Promote IIoT Strategies

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), the global, member supported organization that promotes the accelerated growth of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), has announced that it will collaborate with the IoT Acceleration Consortium (ITAC) to further the development of Internet of Things (IoT) in numerous industries. The partners said the goals of the cooperation are to promote the digital economy by preventing fragmentation and to harmonize various aspects of IoT.

Joint activities will include:

• Identifying and sharing best practices
• Collaborating on test beds and research and development projects
• Realizing interoperability by harmonizing architecture and other elements
• Collaborating on standardization
• Other activities to which both parties agree

“We were delighted to sign the Memorandum of Understanding with the IoT Acceleration Consortium,” said Dr. Richard Soley, Executive Director, IIC. “Both consortiums share mutual goals and we look forward to working closely with ITAC on testbeds and research and development projects to advance the adoption of the industrial Internet.”

The IIC is also partnering with IoT Evolution to produce the Industrial IoT Conference, collocated with the IoT Evolution Expo, along with Object Management Group (OMG). The event, taking place February 7 to 10 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, will focus on the IoT technologies and solutions specifically related to manufacturing and industrial applications.

The Industrial IoT Conference will investigate critical issues faced by companies looking to integrate IoT solutions into their manufacturing processes.

Conference themes include:

• Harnessing sensor data for manufacturing insight
• Interoperability - devices, standards and architectures
• IIoT's impact on manufacturing workforce and required skillsets - Got Skills Gap?
• IT's role in the IIoT - selecting an IoT platform
• Role of new distributed computing architectures to support IIoT
• Security and privacy concerns
• Industrial Controls of legacy systems.
• Gateway functions on factory Floor
• Business Model transformation

Be sure to register now to find out how your business can tap into the IIoT.