The future of manufacturing entails IT and OT walking hand-in-hand

Nearly every industry has experienced dramatic shifts since the start of the Industry 4.0 revolution, when modern technology solutions started chipping away at once-traditional physical processes. Banking is done from our mobile phones, hiring new talent occurs on social media platforms, and doctors’ visits are done over video conferencing. In no uncertain terms, technological advancements have drastically changed so much of our world. Both the Internet of Things (IoT) and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) can be thanked for many of these improvements that have impacted our daily lives and how our businesses operate. IIoT, specifically, amplifies integration across the industrial sector so that machines used on the factory floor have a foundation of connectivity that wasn’t previously possible.