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The Internet of Things has already transformed products, industries, and economies in many areas. It influences the relationship between customers and suppliers and the availability of goods and services. It impacts social systems and ecosystems—indeed, virtually every system we know. These profound changes in the environment for everyone who interacts directly or indirectly with the Internet of Things present both opportunities and risks.
Industry 4.0 is revolutionizing value creation.
A relatively tangible dimension of IoT development is Industry 4.0. Its impact on industrial production is of paramount economic importance and transforms both production processes and the products themselves. However, the organization of companies, their logistics, and distribution must also adapt to this new "culture." Industry 4.0 affects everyone involved in the value chain of an industrially manufactured and distributed product.
Flexibility is key.
To efficiently leverage the new opportunities offered by IoT and assess the risks this development entails, thorough preparation is essential. Flexibility within companies at all levels plays a crucial role. Strategic flexibility and openness from management to new business models and partnerships are now more important than ever. Within projects, agile adaptation to new requirements and conditions is becoming increasingly vital.
What does IoT mean for embedded project teams?
In engineering, it's crucial to design flexible system and software architectures and to increasingly view the development process as a learning and change process. As a training provider specializing in "Embedded Software Engineering," we are particularly concerned about the situation of development and project teams. What could IoT mean for them?
The flexibility of software is determined on the one hand by its architecture and on the other hand by the type and quality of its implementation (internal quality). Object-oriented programming, modeling, design patterns, but also programming principles such as clean code and standards such as MISRA are gaining even more importance in this context than they already should.
An important new aspect is security, specifically the protection against attacks and manipulation of an IoT system. With increasing complexity and simultaneous pressure to innovate, this is becoming ever more crucial., to think at the level of architectures, platforms, systems and technological ecosystems.
Get to know the toolbox beforehand
Anyone who wants to keep pace with this dynamic cannot afford to learn programming languages, methods, architectural design, project management, and the development environment through trial and error. Especially since many design flaws, poor internal quality, or unused but useful functions of microcontrollers and tools are often only discovered when it's too late, or when changes have to be made at a high additional cost or with significant time losses.
Expectations for IoT applications regarding reliability, performance, quality experience, and long-term availability are already extremely high. Anyone aiming to successfully complete their IoT embedded project within the defined budget and timeframe is ill-advised to use a trial-and-error approach. However, rapid project implementation is also crucial for gaining market recognition. While the competition is still experimenting, you can already launch your embedded project.
Our Training and consulting services among other things, we offer you the right know-how for the Internet of Things and future-oriented embedded software engineering.
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