The concept of the Internet of things is becoming more popular

The Swiss research company Berg Insight has calculated the existing base of wireless Internet devices of things in industrial automation and claims that in 2014 their number was 10.3 million units. Analysts of the company are confident in the further growth of popularity of this category of devices and believe that by 2020 their number will reach 43.5 million. The report says that Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are the most common technologies in the automation of production, whereas cellular communication is usually used for remote monitoring and communication between enterprises. At the same time, the growth of the popularity of Ethernet-based networks in the automation of production is one of the main reasons for the popularity of Wi-Fi.

The report says that the market leaders in providing devices supporting Wi-Fi 802.15.4 for industrial automation are companies such as Emerson, Honeywell, GE and Yokogawa. At the same time Siemens, Cisco, Belden, Moxa, Schneider Electric and Eaton are the main suppliers of Wi-Fi devices, and Eaton, GE and Sierra Wireless are important suppliers of cellular devices for industrial automation.

"Large multinational corporations are beginning to systematically develop and implement better solutions to maximize the benefits of the Internet concept of things in every part of the organization." IT / OT convergence, smart industries, Industry 4.0 and the industrial Internet of things are part of the development of industrial automation. , wireless communication, energy collection, 3D printing, large amounts of data and cloud solutions together with seamless information exchange between devices, systems and people paves the way for improving productivity, flexibility and efficiency in the development of the value chain, "said Johan Svanberg, senior analyst at Berg Insight.