HPE's new converged IoT systems bring horsepower to the edge
The biggest names in data centers and clouds are now vying to dominate the emerging IT battleground in factories, vehicles and power plants.
The so-called industrial Internet of Things calls for data-gathering and analysis at the edge of enterprise networks, where conventional systems wouldn’t be efficient or hardy enough. IT stalwarts like HPE, IBM and Dell say they can now meet those requirements.
The challenge is to make sense of large amounts of data pouring in from sensors on industrial equipment and act on what the data reveals. It may alert companies to immediate problems or give long-term insights into how things are working. For example, IoT can tell enterprises when parts are getting worn down so they can replace them before systems fail.
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