The battle of the industrial Internet of Things begins! GE, Siemens, Kuka and so on staged a multi-hero struggle for hegemony
In 2016, many people are either on the way to industrial 4.0 or on the way to industrial 4.0.
In the coming year of 2017, more people are not doing the Industrial Internet of Things/IIoT cloud platform, or declaring that they are doing the Industrial Internet of Things/IIoT cloud platform.
GE Global Chairman Immelt has long said: "GE was a manufacturing company yesterday, waking up to become a software and data company." This statement is very vivid. IT's tremendous impact on industry pushes a new round of industrial change to two extremes: to create a larger industrial empire or to be abandoned by the times.
This year is much like the first year of IIoT Cloud Platform, according to the popular practice of labeling what is the first year of IIoT Cloud Platform. Now there are more than 100 IIoT cloud platforms of various sizes and sizes. Let's first pick a few big ones as representatives.