As early as the end of 2012, General Electric proposed that industrial equipment should be integrated with IT technology. In 2013, General Electric officially introduced the concept of the Industrial Internet of Things revolution. This is also the first time that the Industrial Internet of Things has been formally proposed.

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11 issues of the Industrial Internet
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1. Who first proposed the Industrial Internet?
General Electric (GE).
As early as the end of 2012, General Electric proposed that industrial equipment should be
integrated with IT technology.
In 2013, General Electric officially introduced the concept of the Industrial Internet of Things
revolution. This is also the first time that the Industrial Internet of Things has been formally
proposed.
GE, General Electric Company
"An open, global network will connect people, data and machines," said Jeffrey R. Immelt,
chairman, and CEO of General Electric.
In 2014, five giant companies, namely General Electric (GE), AT & T, Cisco, IBM, and Intel,
announced the establishment of the Industrial Internet Consortium IIC in the United States.
2. Is the Industrial Internet and Industry 4.0 the same thing?
Basically it can be understood as different expressions of the same idea.
Industry 4.0 was proposed by the Germans.
At the beginning of this century, there were many financial crises around the world, and the
economies of all countries were hit hard.
Especially in the high-tech industries favored by the capital market, the bubble was the biggest
and suffered the most. On the contrary, industry, and manufacturing industries have shown good
resistance to the crisis.
As a result, countries began to pay more attention to industrial manufacturing.
Under this premise, Germany officially launched the Industry 4.0 strategy at the Hannover Messe
in April 2013. Its main purpose is to improve the competitiveness of German industry,
consolidate its leading edge, and take the lead in the new round of industrial revolution.
It can be seen that the Industrial Internet and Industry 4.0 were proposed at the same time, both
aiming at comprehensively upgrading the industry to meet future challenges.
3. Is the Industrial Internet the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
No.
The fourth industrial revolution is an industrial revolution with graphene, genes, virtual reality,
artificial intelligence, quantum technology, controlled nuclear fusion, clean energy and
biotechnology as technological breakthroughs.
The Industrial Internet is an upgrade of the structure and mode of the existing industrial system.
It is a fusion of industrial systems with computing, analysis, sensing, and connection technologies,
and ultimately promotes a close connection between raw materials, equipment, workers,
production lines, suppliers, channels and even users.
The Industrial Internet uses technologies related to the Fourth Industrial Revolution (such as
artificial intelligence).
4. What is the relationship between the Industrial Internet and the Industrial Internet?
The English name of the Industrial Internet is the Industrial Internet. Industrial means were both

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industrial and industrial.
There is some controversy in the industry's understanding of the Industrial Internet.
The Internet includes the consumer Internet and the industrial Internet. The Industrial Internet in
a broad sense (that is, what everyone says) is actually the Industrial Internet.
In the narrow sense, the Industrial Internet is just a branch of the Industrial Internet.
The national and government levels are mainly based on the name of the Industrial Internet
(even the competent authorities are called "Ministry of Industry and Information Technology"),
but the actual direction is more general.
In any case, the Industrial Internet is closely linked to all walks of life, not just industry.
5. Is the Industrial Internet "Industrial + Internet"?
wrong.
The Industrial Internet is a digital, information and intelligent transformation of the entire
industry.
It first uses connection (communication) technology to realize the connection of the elements of
the entire process of industrial production, and then uses computing technology to store and
calculate data, dig out the value of data, optimize the production process, and open up weak
links, thereby achieving efficiency improvements, productivity improvements, and costs Decline,
profit growth.
To be precise, the Industrial Internet is a combination of the "Industrial Technology Revolution"
and the "ICT (Information and Communication) Technology Revolution", not the "Industrial +
Internet".
6. The word OT is often seen on the Industrial Internet. What is OT?
As mentioned earlier, the Industrial Internet is the product of a combination of industrial
technology and information and communication technology.
Information and communication technology, namely IT and CT. IT, Information Technology. CT,
Communication technology.
And OT is industrial technology.
It actually refers to those industrial environments and equipment on the factory floor, including
mechanical arms, sensors, instruments, monitoring systems, control systems, and so on.
The Industrial Internet is the comprehensive integration and upgrade of IT, CT, and OT. It is not
only a network but also a platform and a system, which realizes the ubiquitous connection and
integration of all elements of the industrial production process.

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7. What is the relationship between the Industrial Internet and edge computing?
From the perspective of network technology, the industrial Internet environment has two special
requirements, one is extremely high reliability, and the other is extremely low latency (or
deterministic latency).
The evolution of industrial automation technology has made the operating speed and precision
of industrial equipment for more than ever. If the network cannot achieve low latency, it will not
be able to meet the needs of many industrial scenarios.
To reduce latency, the Industrial Internet introduced edge computing.
The so-called edge computing is to pull apart of cloud computing far in the cloud and sink it to
the factory or workshop (closer to the terminal). In this way, the distance between the terminal
and the computing power is reduced, thereby reducing the delay.
Architecture model of the Industrial Internet
With edge computing, data bandwidth issues between factories and the cloud can also be
effectively addressed. A large amount of data can be processed locally without having to go to
the cloud.
Edge computing also provides a new ecology.
Just as Internet companies develop apps based on cloud computing, in the future, there will be
platforms based on edge computing. The platform opens public interfaces to developers, and
developers develop apps for factory users based on their needs. This is ecology.
8. Must the industrial Internet use 5G?
not really.
5G is the latest upgrade of communication technology. It has features such as large bandwidth,

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ultra-low latency, and massive connections. However, 5G is not a necessary and sufficient
condition for the Industrial Internet.
There are hundreds of thousands of industries and thousands of scenarios.
In some scenarios, there may not be too many mobility requirements, using optical fibers or even
network cables is sufficient. In some scenarios, there may not be many requirements for
bandwidth and latency, and LTE or NB-IoT is sufficient. In other scenarios, customers may not
want data to enter the operator's network, or considering cost factors, they may not want to use
private network technologies such as Wi-Fi or even LoRa.
The essence of the Industrial Internet is not connectivity, but computing. The operating system,
platform, data, and applications of the Industrial Internet are the most critical parts.
5G is not a panacea, it will coexist for a long time with many communication technologies. The
landing of 5G in the industry will be a long process.
9. What is the relationship between the Industrial Internet and artificial intelligence?
Artificial intelligence also serves the scene.
After the industry gradually realizes digitization, a large amount of data will be generated and
data flow will be formed. Data flow not only helps data mining analysis but also promotes the
implementation of artificial intelligence scenarios.
For a simple example, when a high-speed camera performs a quality inspection on a product, it is
very inefficient to view the picture by manpower alone. If AI is introduced and it is trained with a
large amount of image data, it can replace manual work and improve detection efficiency.
To a higher level, if AI is introduced into the factory management process and unified
coordination of supply, production, logistics, sales, and other links, inventory will be greatly
reduced, production resources will be optimized to the extreme, costs will be reduced, and
profits will be achieved.
In other words, some factories become unmanned factories, and even the factory director may
be AI in the future.
With the continuous evolution of artificial intelligence, the industrial Internet system will realize
self-perception of working conditions, self-learning of processes, self-execution of equipment,
and self-organization of the system.
This is the highest state of intelligent manufacturing.
10. How fast will the Industrial Internet advance?
The Industrial Internet is a fast and slow process.
It is said to be fast because if you want to engage in the Industrial Internet, there are already
existing cases in many industries, and there are many solutions that can be directly referenced.
You can get started quickly.
It is said to be slow because of the thorough implementation of the Industrial Internet is an
extremely long process.
It is not a commodity, not some kind of hardware or software. You can use it immediately after
you buy it, and you can claim to be a successful practitioner of the Industrial Internet.
It is a reconstruction of the existing enterprises. Your entire production process, management
system, organizational structure, and operating model must change accordingly. Moreover, not
only you have to change yourself, your upstream supply chain and downstream distributors must

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also change. Otherwise, your digitization is useless.
The Industrial Internet requires both a large amount of investment and the follow-up of the
company's soft power. The quality and abilities of your employees also need to be able to
support your transformation intent. If people do n’t use it, or if the corporate culture does n’t
accept it, then no matter how much money you spend, it ’s a waste of money.
11. Who are the players in the Industrial Internet?
The main players of the Industrial Internet are the following categories:
First, there are Internet companies. Internet companies like Ali and Tencent are important
promoters of the Industrial Internet.
With the experience and strength accumulated in the consumer Internet, such companies can be
said to know the Internet best. The consumer Internet is currently playing almost the second half,
a red sea, so they hope to open the market in various industries and obtain new points of profit
growth.
However, the completely different gameplay of the Industrial Internet and the Consumer Internet
may change their minds.
The second category is the traditional industrial giants.
These giants are a group of people who know the industry best. For example, Sany Heavy
Industry, Haier, Gree and so on. They know the industry very well. At the same time, they have
been engaged in informatization and digitization for a period of time, and they have learned a lot.
The third category is the operators.
Operators, as the builders of infrastructure, are not willing to be reduced to pipelines, so they are
actively committed to developing industry solutions and leveraging the enterprise market. The
fierce competition in the mobile phone mobile communications market and the sharp decline in
profits are also important reasons for spurring operators to increase investment in the B-end
market.
The fourth category is the equipment vendors.
To put it plainly, the main thing is Huawei.
Huawei has more experience in the B-end market than Internet companies. In view of Huawei's
rapid progress in chips, operating systems, databases, and ecology, it has become a force to be
reckoned with in the Industrial Internet.
The huge industrial Internet market is a huge cake. In the fierce battle for cakes, no one knows
whether an inconspicuous force will rise and become a dark horse.
For developers, I recommend focusing on opportunities in niche areas. Industrial Internet, the
industry is the core, and black technology of information and communication is empowerment.
In-depth study of the industry, reasonable use of science and technology, to find their own
first-principles, and to seize opportunities in the future to achieve rise.