Case Study BECKHOFF Collaboration Accelerates the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 Driving Innovation in the Factory by Consolidating Systems with PC-Based Control Technology The number of connected devices that can share data is growing exponentially, with estimates of up to 75 billion devices being connected to the Internet by 2020. 1 Commonly referred to as the Internet of Things (IoT), this rapid proliferation of connected devices represents a transformative change for the industrial sector, most notably through the convergence of information technology (IT) and operation technology (OT). The dramatic growth in connections, including those among new devices and legacy infrastructures, has also triggered an unprecedented spike in data volumes. That data represents

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