Access to scalable data storage is
crucial because I often have no clue how
much data I really need to store. A gig?
A terabyte? What will my data storage
requirements be five years from now?
The cloud offers a very high degree of
flexibility that lets customers not have to
worry about these problems."
Oliver Opitz
VP, Wireless Connectivity and Sensors,
Würth Elektronik eiSos
Even further, the value of data lies in their inherent
flexibility to be applied in multiple contexts.
Unlike physical assets, which often have a single
use or limited set of uses, data can be analyzed,
manipulated, and applied in various ways to serve
different objectives. For example, machine behavioral
data initially gathered for predictive maintenance
can be repurposed to optimize energy consumption
or improve operational efficiency. This adaptability
of data allows businesses to be agile, enabling them
to pivot and innovate in multiple operational areas,
without collecting additional data.
While access to data is invaluable, a real challenge
with data management in the IoT is the extreme
difficulty in knowing how much data will be needed
and how to store it. Companies do not want to invest
in the data storage infrastructure necessary to host
their data, especially if they're uncertain about what
data they're storing and how much storage they'll
need.
Cloud connectivity offers a solution to this
problem by storing data in a centralized, off-site
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