Industrial IoT platforms: Make versus buy

Posted on 10 Jun 2020 by The Manufacturer

Having made the decision to embrace the Industrial Internet of Things, manufacturers are soon confronted with an equally important decision – whether to connect these machines to an in-house IT platform or subscribe to a third-party, pre-built platform.

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is ushering in a new era – one focused on the use of data to create insights that deliver competitive advantage. IIoT is forecast to have a US$200bn market potential by 2021, according to Bain & Company. Challenged with reinventing themselves as digital enterprises, manufacturers have to make the decision…

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