Cloud computing applications will be widely used in the field of automation

Industrial automation is the use of automated production lines to engage in industrial production, and through the sensor network electronic equipment for real-time data, and through the network transmission to the control center for specialized processing. In the future, with the further development of production automation, the data generated per second will be more and timely data processing will be the main link in the process of automation.

In the field of industrial automation, as applications and services migrate to cloud computing, the main patterns of data and computing positions have been changed, leading to disruptive changes in the field of embedded devices, and what will be the trend of industrial automation?

As enterprises connect more and more embedded devices, deploying these systems through a cloud architecture is arguably the most economical approach. In the field of industrial automation, typical IT components, such as manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and Production planning systems (PPS), are clearly suitable for use in cloud architectures. Discrete servers that work for only some devices or manufacturing processes do not need to be deployed in an industrial automation environment if they can be implemented as cloud services and therefore run more efficiently.

In the field of industrial automation, as applications and services migrate to cloud computing, the main patterns of data and computing locations are changed, leading to disruptive changes in the field of embedded devices. In particular, cloud computing, in addition to its impact on the IT architecture (from fixed client server architectures to distributed architecture with local and global computing), also affects the machine-to-machine communication in the embedded cloud computing domain.

As an automated tool and application, cloud computing has become a viable option that has shifted from skepticism to widespread acceptance over the years. From this subversion, we can see that cloud computing can provide a lot of benefits for many market segments. In the field of industrial automation, for example, as embedded products and systems become more intelligent and networked, cloud computing also brings a significant increase in efficiency, mobility, business productivity, and functionality.

Cloud computing can provide complete systems and services rather than individual "boxes" or devices, so it can also provide many benefits including reducing costs, improving production and process quality. In this process, the main transition point is from the isolated embedded domain into the enterprise, the use of cloud computing to achieve higher business intelligence, so as to improve decision-making and improve cost and use efficiency.

In the report "Manufacturer Cloud computing", 44% of the manufacturers are implementing cloud computing or evaluating the deployment of cloud computing. Nearly 23% of manufacturers have started to use cloud computing services. Manufacturers are most interested in cloud computing, not surprisingly, cloud computing can significantly reduce the cost of it hardware and software.