Industrial IoT

Industrial IoT Landscape Q4 2026: The Plant Floor Is Becoming Software

The Industrial IoT Landscape Q4 2026 maps vendors and open source from edge to cloud in four categories, explains the…

6 hours ago

Unified Orchestration in Manufacturing: From Shop Floor to Cloud

Factories do not lack automation. They lack coordination between automations. This post maps unified orchestration to manufacturing and logistics: data…

2 months ago

Edge to Cloud and Back: Four Data Movement Problems, and Why One Technology Never Solves All of Them

Edge to cloud is not one integration problem. It is four: telemetry going up, control going down, sites syncing sideways,…

3 months ago

ARM CPU for Cost-Effective Apache Kafka at the Edge and Cloud

ARM CPUs often outperform x86 CPUs in scenarios requiring high energy efficiency and lower power consumption. These characteristics make ARM…

3 years ago

Green Data, Clean Insights: How Kafka and Flink Power ESG Transformations

This blog post explores the synergy between Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles and Kafka and Flink's real-time data processing…

3 years ago

The State of Data Streaming for Energy & Utilities

The evolution of utility infrastructure, energy distribution, customer services, and new business models requires real-time end-to-end visibility, reliable and intuitive…

3 years ago

A cloud-native SCADA System for Industrial IoT built with Apache Kafka

Industrial IoT and Industry 4.0 enable digitalization and innovation. SCADA control systems are a vital component of IT/OT modernization. The…

4 years ago

OPC UA, MQTT, and Apache Kafka – The Trinity of Data Streaming in IoT

In the IoT world, MQTT and OPC UA have established themselves as open and platform-independent standards for data exchange in…

5 years ago

Apache Kafka for Industrial IoT and Manufacturing 4.0

This post explores use cases and architectures for processing data in motion with Apache Kafka in Industrial IoT (IIoT) across…

5 years ago

Apache Kafka and MQTT (Part 3 of 5) – Manufacturing 4.0 and Industrial IoT

Apache Kafka and MQTT are a perfect combination for many IoT use cases. This blog series covers the pros and…

6 years ago