How smaller businesses can harness the power of the Industrial Internet of Things
Crain’s Cleveland Business (subscription required): Nick Barendt, executive director of the Institute for Smart, Secure and Connected Systems, said that one important element of an interconnected future is the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). “There’s lots of noise around the marketplace, so it’s hard for small organizations to know where to begin,” he said. “There’s also a perception that these solutions are expensive, which used to be the case. Now (the technology) costs less than adding a new employee to the shop floor.”