Implementing value at the agile edge with PTC
Many organisations struggle to adopt and then effectively use edge technology as part of their IoT strategies. PTC is building on Microsoft technologies to address these challenges
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Every successful industrial internet of things (IIoT) program, whether in the plant or connecting to equipment deployed in the field, includes a thoughtful “edge” strategy, requiring decisions around how much of which data, acceptable latency and an approach to distributed computing.
Implementing the strategy is often constrained by uneven and insufficient capabilities among the fleet of assets being connected and is made worse as product designs change. Then, having constructed the best strategy and using the most thorough forward-looking analysis, changes in underlying technology components make maintenance incredibly difficult, particularly if the edge was developed in-house by a team that is no longer employed or an integration partner wh