Architectural approaches for success

In this section, we will look at the need for an Industrial Internet-centric architectural approach to be successful in delivering the business outcomes. Just as civil engineers and building architects use blueprints to incorporate best practices in their work in a reusable way, reference architectures for IT systems have been extensively defined and used to prevent the reinvention of the wheel again and again.

Here, we will focus on reference architectures for IoT and more specifically on emerging reference architectures for the Industrial Internet and IIoT projects. To fully understand such reference architecture, a familiarity with system design principles, enterprise architecture, security frameworks, and networking architecture will be highly useful.