Special feature Infrastructure around the world is being linked together via sensors, machine learning and analytics. We examine the rise of the digital twin, the new leaders in industrial IoT (IIoT) and case studies that highlight the lessons learned from production IIoT deployments. Element Analytics is launching Element Unify, a platform that's designed to meld data from operations and information technology systems to advance the industrial Internet of things. The launch from Element Analytics, a startup that has raised $40 million in venture funding, aims to fill data gaps that prevent analytics within industrial enterprises. Element Analytics is also notable since it is focused on metadata, data quality and adding context to siloed information.