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Credit to Author: Jim Clark| Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 20:39:42 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"As industrial companies move further and further into digitization, the opportunities and benefits become apparent across the spectrum and up the technology stack.<\/p>\n

While there are parts of industry that have been connecting sensors<\/a> for operational efficiency for many years such as continuous process industries, the benefits of the digitization of industry are now available and recognized across the entire market. The increase in the number of connected points is exponential.<\/p>\n

We see this as an evolution in technologies that is driving revolutionary business opportunities \u2013 from 1987 with the world\u2019s first \u2018open\u2019 distributed control system \u2013 the Foxboro I\/A Series system, to 1997 when we launched the \u201cTransparent Factory\u201d concept, and with the introduction of EcoStruxure<\/a> in 2007 and System Platform<\/a> in 2009, we have always been a pioneer in this space.<\/p>\n

What has changed now is marginal cost of connecting, communicating and analyzing \u2013 a good example is the change in data transmission rates for mobile phones versus 10 years ago, and in the same vein the change in computing power versus 10 years ago.<\/p>\n

\"\"For industrial companies, this will lead to greater operational efficiency from end to end of the process (engineering to operation to maintenance) and across the value chain. These efficiency gains will come from the ability of the operation to react more dynamically to changing business conditions for better business results.<\/p>\n

The best connected products<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Industrial Internet of Things<\/a> starts with the best \u201cthings\u201d \u2013 the best connected products that help to improve operational efficiency and profitability for industrial companies.\"\"For machine builder OEM customers, we can see these benefits come into play from the smallest products. The humble pushbutton<\/a> can deliver greater efficiency, reliability, and connectivity across the complete machine life cycle through being:<\/p>\n