Now that we've considered some of the benefits of buy versus build by looking at what Industrial Internet applications can provide, it is time to take a closer look at the underlying architecture and considerations around key components. When we are deploying applications, much of this is under the surface. However, since you might choose to create a largely customized solution, and almost any IIoT deployment requires some degree of customization, understanding how to piece together the underlying architecture is required and is probably a big reason why you are reading this book.⌈
In Chapter 4, Mapping Requirements to a Functional Viewpoint, we described the information domain and the functional ...