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OPC UA or Open Platform Communications United Architecture is an extensive server-client communication protocol, which is primarily used in OT

HTTP is the state-of-the-art web communications protocol and TLS is an added security layer which adds encryption

Apache Kafka is an open-source stream-processing platform, which allows for processing of large amounts of data feeds

MQTT is the de-facto standard for communication in the IoT

Unified Namespace is another word for event-driven architecture

Techniques and architectural patterns that have established themselves in the field of Industrial IoT.

The Industrial IoT is the interface between IT and OT

Data Historians are time series databases specifically for OT purposes

Retrofitting is the strategy used to enhance capabilities of machine. By adding sensors, the team can generate insights of a machine or a production process in an indirect manner, improving their initial capabilities.