In any cloud offering, the application software stack is a key component. IIoT applications typically act upon the intelligence hidden in the data. In general, application software interfaces with the stream and batch analytics engines, machine learning models, and so on to generate control commands, business insights, and also data visualizations.
Enterprise information systems such as remote asset tracking, asset performance management, anomaly detection, and business intelligence systems are part of this application layer. By using a remote monitoring app, for example, an operator can keep track of a turbine's temperature and pressure states, receive alerts if these states exceed a certain threshold, and send control commands to operate the turbine within safety boundaries.
Today, many IIoT solution providers are offering platform-agnostic SaaS products running on the top of cloud platforms such as AWS and Microsoft Azure. These SaaS products essentially offer an abstraction...
