Five largest IT companies - AT & T, Cisco, GE, IBM and Intel - officially announced the creation of a consortium of Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC). The association is committed to develop cross-sectoral standard for mutual organization of the entire mass of the devices for the Internet Things. As has been repeatedly pointed out, by 2020 may appear up to 50 billion connected to the web all kinds of devices. In this connection, will grow problems of hardware and software compatibility. This can be avoided by creating a rigid system with real certification stands, not relying on only recommendations.
Membership dues for joining the consortium IIC will be $ 50,000 , $ 2.5 thousand for institutions and $ 50 million for those who want to sit in a chair the governing board. By the way, who have an extra $ 50 million, four places in the Governing Board remain free. Two of them will be given to merchants, and one of the remaining two will go to the representative of science and of any startup.
In the near future 20 representatives of the companies organizing the consortium will discuss basic questions to determine the highlights to create the future standard. There will be also a working group, which will deal with security. Total provided to develop five key areas: energy, health, industry, transport and state administrative structure. Related Products :
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