西门子-边缘技术漫游指南 从价值链到价值无界 A Hitchhikers Guide to EDGE-Technology From value chain to value unchained

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FromValueChain

toValueUnchained

AHitchhiker’sGuidetoEDGE-Technology

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AHitchhiker’sGuidetoEDGE-Technology

Thiswhitepaper(FromValueChaintoValueunchained-aHitchhikersGuidetoEdgeTechnology)representsthecurrentstateofworkoftheInterest-Group“EDGE“ofDigitalIndustriesWorlde.V..

ItinvitesEDGEinterestedpeople,implementersandthoughtleaderstodealwiththetopicofEDGEComputingwithfocusonIndustry4.0.Generallycomprehensibleinsightsenableawell-foundedbuild-upofknowledge.CharacteristicsofanEDGEsystemwillbeexplained.TheparticipantsandtheirroleswithintheEDGEEcosystemaredefined.

However,thefocusisontheapplicabilityofEDGEtech-nology,theadvantagesandaddedvalueitcanofferapplyingcompanies.

ThewhitepaperwascreatedbyagroupofauthorsfromtheEDGEInterestGroup.Eachanexpertonthesubject,theybringtogetheravarietyofdifferentperspectives.Theirindividualviewsarealsoreflectedinthedifferentwritingstylesofthiswhitepaper,whichisexplicitlynotintendedasatrainingdocument.Rather,theauthorswanttooffersuggestions,motivateyoutodealwiththetopicandgiveyouconcretetipsforgettingstartedwithEDGEComputing.

Asanindependentandopencommunity,DigitalIndus-triesWorldsupportscompaniesontheirdigitaljourney.ThiswhitepaperillustratestheincreasinglyimportantroleofEDGEComputing

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Index

EDGE–Thelinkbetweencloudandfieldlevel 4

WhatisEDGE? 6

CharacteristicsofanEDGESystem 7

ArchitectureandcomponentsofanEDGE-System 12

ParticipantsinanEDGEEcosystem 15

BusinesstransformationwithEDGE 17

Businessasusual:

Valuechain*ed-valuecreationinsequentialsteps 17

Businessunusual:

Valueun*chain*ed 19

FromUseCasetoBusinessScenario–AJourney 22

Explicitapplicationscenarios 25

Frombusinessscenarioto“smart“businessmodels 28

Challenges 30

beforetheapplicationofEDGEtechnology.................................30

ChallengesintheimplementationofEDGE-Technology...........32

Howtogetstarted? 34

Outlook 36

CalltoAction 37

Authorsandcompaniesinvolved 40

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EDGE–

Thelinkbetweencloudandfieldlevel

OT

OPCUA

PartyBigData

Security

ERP

PLMMES

3rdPartyBigDataSecurity

ERP

PLMMES

AssetManagementIoTCloud

EDGE

&control

Field10110110

Machinelearning

Intelligence

NLP

Application

MonolithicPyramidThetwoworldsofITandOTEnd2EndSoA

Managementlevel

Fieldandcontrol

level

ERP

PLM

MES

SCADA

PLC,DCS

YesterdayToday

NearFuture

Sensorsandactuators

Machinelearning

3rdIT

ConvergenceofITandOTto(I)IoT

Dataisthefutureofindustry–thisisprovenbythefastdevelopmentoftheInternetofThings(IoT)inrecentyears.Dataisthekeytomoreproductivity,efficiency,betteruseofresourcesandmuchmore.Buthowcanyouhandlethegrowingamountofdataanduseittoyouradvantage?Howcanindustrialcorporationssucceedinthedigitaltransformation?WithEDGEcomputingasthelinkbetweenproductionandthecloud.

Figure1-Thetransformationofthe“automationpyramid“

Inrecentyears,cloudcomputinghasestablisheditselfasoneofthebasictechnologiesfordataprocessingandanalysisintheIndustry4.0.Buttransferringdatatoacentraldatacenterandplayingitbackoftentimesbecomesabottleneck.Thedatavolumesincreasecontinuously,thebandwidthoftheconnec-tionislimitedandmakestimelyutilizationdifficult,datamustbeconvertedandsecurity-relevantaspectsmustbetakenintoaccount.Addingtothisaretheoftenhighcostsfordatatransferandstorage.

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EDGE.Thelinkbetweencloudandfieldlevel

ClosingthegaptotheCloud

EDGE-Computingcanclosethisgap.Inmostcases,itisnotneces-sarytotransferallthedatathataccumulatesinmachinesandplantstothecloud.The“EDGE“(ofthecloud),ofproductioncanbeequippedwiththeappropriatedevicesandcomputingpower,andtheproductiondatacanthusbecollected,processedandevaluateddirectlyatitspointoforigin.Theresult:transmissionbecomesunnecessary,andperformanceandproductivitycanbeincreaseddirectlyinproduction.Secureandcost-effective,sincethedataneverleavesthecompany.

EDGE-Computingoffersaneasy-to-implementplatformforcentralsoftwareanddevicemanagementaswellasforcentral(software)updates.EDGE-Devicescanbeconnectedeasilyinanexistinginfrastructureforadministrationandmaintenance-efficiently,securely,andcost-effectively.UsableEDGE-Appsareavailableontheplatformandappdevelopers,systemintegrators,machinebuildersoruserscanexchangeappswitheachother.

Thus,EDGEclosesthegaptothecloudandenablesend-to-endverticalintegrationattheOTlevelaswellashorizontalintegra-tionattheITlevel.Datacanbeusedquicklyandeasilyandmadeavailableforautomation.Evendatathatpreviouslyremainedunused.

EDGE-Computingopensupenormouspotentialforindustry.Companiescanbemadefitforthefuturebybecomingmoreagile,efficient,andflexible.

Futuretechnologiessuchasartificialintelligenceormachinelearningmoveclosertothedatasource.Newbusinessmodelssuchas“pay-per-use“or“data-drivenbusiness“aremadepossible.

Incombinationwithcloudcomputing,EDGEenablesindustrialcompaniestocombinethebenefitsofboth“worlds“tomeetmarketdemandsforflexibilityandresponsiveness.

Whenusedtogetheralltheseadvantagescanbeexploited:

》Intelligentdataanalysisacrosstheentireproduction》Optimizedplantutilizationandmaintenance

》Loweroperatingcosts

》Increasedproductivity

》Increasedflexibilitybyselectingthebestcomponentsfrombothworlds

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ButwhataretheimportantaspectstoconsiderwhenintegratingEDGEandcloudsystems?Whichparticipantsareimportantinanedgeecosystem?Whatdoesthearchitecturelooklike,whichcomponentsareneeded?Theanswerstothesequestionsaswellasbusinessscenariosfordifferentstakeholders,challengesoftheEDGE-Systemandconcretesolutionapproachesareprovidedinthefollowingchapters.

WhatisEDGE?

Theanswertothisquestiondepends,assooften,ontheviewpointoftheobserver.Dependingontheperspec-tive,ontheknowledgeandwealthofexperience,andontheexpectations,awidevarietyofviewsandaspectsemerge.Inthefollowing,thecharacteristics,architec-ture,elementsandplayersofanedgeecosystemwillbedescribedascomprehensivelyaspossible:

It’suser

management

It’sfield&cloudintegration

It’snewbusiness

(models)

Shiftof

functionality

It’sdecentralpre-processing

It’smachinelearning

It’sasset

management

It’sdata

analytics

It’sreal-timecapabilities

It’sabout

bandwidth

It’ssecurityhardening

It’spredictivemaintenance

It’sabout

latency

EDGE

computing

APPLICATIONS

TECHNOLOGY

BUSINESS

USER

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Figure2-EDGE-Computing-LinkingtheCloudandFieldLevel

MovingtowardsEDGE-Computing

shiftof

functionality

EDGE

Computing

Figure3-DifferentviewsonanEDGE-System

EDGEComputing-LinkingtheCloudandFieldLevelLimitationsofusingcloudtechnologiesalone...

》Physicallimits(latency,bandwidth)

》Legallimits(datasovereignty,liability)

》Economiclimits(costintransmissionandstorage)

WhileEDGEcomputingenablesnewfunctionalenhancements

suchasanalytics,datapre-processing,anddistributedintelli-

gence,andenablestheshortinnovationcyclesfamiliarfromIT.

WhatisEDGE?

Characteristics

ofanEDGESystem

1.Lowlatencyandfastresponsetimes

WithoutEDGE,alldatamustbesenttoandprocessed

intheCloud,whiletheresultsneedtobesentback.Withpre-processingontheEDGE,thispathiseliminatedinfavoroflowlatencyandfastresponsetime.Findingsfromdataanalyticscanbeprocesseddirectlyduringthemanufacturingprocesswithoutanylossoftime.

2.Cybersecurity

WithEDGE-Computing,sensitivedataremains

“in-house“.ThisresultsinahigherlevelofITsecurity,

asallsecuritymeasures(e.g.accesscontrols,videosurveillanceandotherphysicalsecuritymethods)remaininthehandsofthecompany.Cloudapplicationsarepubliclyaccessibleandthusneedtobesecuredfurther/stronger-withnoguaranteeof100%protection.

3.Architectureandcomponents

ofanEDGEsystem

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TherequirementsfortheIoTsystemsofthefutureare basedonatechnologicalinterplayofcloudandEDGEanddependontheexpectationsofmanagement.Onlytogetherwill

therequiredopenness,modularityandscalabilityforacompeti-tivearchitecturebecreated.TheEDGE-Systemperformsrelevantandcriticaltasksdirectlyatthesensororthemachinecontrollerandalsocollectsthedatadirectlyatthesocalled“pointoftruth“.

Inthisway,theintelligencerequiredfortheprocessisoptimallyandpurposefullydistributedtodevices(EDGE)andcloudappli-cations.Thisarchitectureisdescribedindetailinthesection

ArchitectureandelementsofanEDGEsystem

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4.CentralSoftware-

andDeviceManagement

IneveryEDGE-System,alargenumberofdevices

(“EDGE-Devices“)areusedonthemachinesandplants.Acentralmanagementsystemthereforeplaysadecisiverole,throughwhichenduserscanperformallthenecessarymanagementtasks.

Inadditiontocheckingtheonlinestatus,thisalsoincludesthecentralanalysisoferrormessagesandlogfilesofthedevices.Inaddition,updatescanusuallybemanagedviathecentralmanage-mentsothatalldevicesontheEDGE-Systemcanbeprovidedwithupdatesfortheoperatingsystem,theruntimeenvironmentandindividualcontainersorsoftwarepackages.ThisensuresITsecurityandincreasestherobustnessoftheapplications.

WhatisEDGE?

5.Costsavingsfor

datastorageandtransmission

Fordatatransmissiontothecloud,bandwidthanddata

storagemustbecreatedandpaidforinthecloud.ResourcesthatcanbesavedbyusingEDGE.

6.Openness

DuetothelargenumberofinterfacesofanEDGE-

System,its“openness“playsadecisiverole.When

implementingandadaptingsoftwareinterfaces,manufac-

turersandsoftwareprovidersmustnotclosetheirmindsorevenrelyonproprietarysolutions.Thiswouldbindtheuserfirmlytoasingletechnicalsolution(lock-ineffect).Openness,ontheotherhand,offersfreedomforinnovations,furtherdevelopedbyacommunity,traceableinmaintenanceandcare,andthusincreasedITsecurity.

7.PointofTruth

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AccordingtoanestimatebytheInternationalData Corporation,theglobalvolumeofdatawillincrease byapproximately27%annuallyfromaround33zettabytes(ZB)in2018to175ZB(1zettabyte=1billionterabytes)in2025.AccordingtotheGermanEconomicInstitute,anincreasingnumberofdigitalapplicationsincompaniesnotonlyusedata,but“simultaneouslygeneratesnewdataandthusenablesnewdigitalapplications-akindof“digitalperpetuummobile“that

produces“analmostinconceivableamountofdata[...]“.

Today,the“SinglePointofTruth“(SPOT)isalreadythedreamofeveryproductordatamanager.Itisnotonlycrucialthatdataexistonlyonceandinasinglestoragelocation,towhicheveryauthorizedparticipanthasaccessatanytimeandfromanyaccesspoint.Inthefuture,theauthenticity,synchronicityandconsistencyofthedatasourcewillbecomemuchmoreimportant-notonlyfortime-criticalapplications,butalsoforbusiness-rele-vantprocessessuchastheinsuranceorownershipclassificationofevents.Becauseassoonasdataistransferred,aggregatedorinterpreted,theserequirementsareusuallynolongermet.

Thesolution:Dataisreadatthetimeofitscreationandtherelevantstatementfortherespectiveapplicationisdeliv-ereddirectlyatthedatasourceonthebasisoftheorig-inaldataandinatamper-proofmanner.ThisispreciselythetaskperformedbyanEDGE-Node,whichreadsthedatadirectlyattheprocessandmakesitavailabletoallauthorizedparticipantsbeforeaggregation,transmissionandfurtherprocessing.Everystakeholder,fromtheoper-atortotheserviceproviderandtotheinsurer,canthusaccessthedatarelevanttothematanytimeandensure

itsauthenticity

WhatisEDGE?

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WiththehelpofanEDGE-System,dataiscollecteddirectlyatthesourceinrealtime.Datapre-processingthustakesplacewithoutdelay,anddecisionscanbemadeunderrealconditions.Thisminimizestheriskofdatabeingalteredormanipulatedduetohandoverpointsandtransmissionlinks.Thetruthofthedataisatthepointofcapture-thepointoftruth.

8.Heterarchy

-fromrigidtoagilesystemarchitectures

Hierarchyisafamiliarprinciplethatweencounterevery-

whereinlife.Theclearstructuresprovideorientationandstability.

Incontrast,theterm“heterarchy“isratherunknown.Yetmostofourenvironmentisorganizedheterarchically:Fromnaturewithitsinterconnected,interactivesystemstosocialgroups,muchisdynamicallyinterwoven-withoutbeingchaotic.Heterarchyisalsoanorderingprinciple,butitismoreopen,adaptableandsituation-orientedthanahierarchy.

Inspiredbythesynergiesofinterdisciplinarycollaborationinscienceanddrivenbytheincreasingconvergenceoftechnolo-gies,businessisalsoincreasinglydiscoveringtheflexibility,effec-tiveness,andefficiencyofcollaborative,open,andagilesystemarchitectures

see6.Openness

.

The“Agile“approachisderivedfromsoftwaredevelopmentandisbasedonaniterativeandadaptiveapproachwheretheoverallpackageisbrokendownanddeliveredinindependentmodules.Heterarchicallyorganizedteamscanreactquicklytochanges.

Thatiswhyheterarchicalstructuresarebecomingestablishednotonlyinsoftwaredevelopmentorprojectmanagement(SCRUM),butalsoinmodernmanagement–wheretheybecomethebasisofagileorganizations.Inaworldcharacterizedbyincreasingvolatility,uncertainty,complexityandambiguity(abbreviatedVUCA),agilityisbecominganessentialprerequisiteforfuturegrowthandsurvival,especiallyforgloballyoperatingcompanies.

Inthisenvironment,linearvaluechainswiththeirhierarchicalsystemarchitectures,suchastheautomationpyramid,reachtheirlimits.

Thesection

“FromUseCasetoBusinessScenario“

showswhyEDGEisthekeytoovercomingtheselimitsbytransformingrigidhierar-chicalarchitecturesintoheterarchical,agilesystems.

WhatisEDGE?

9.Flexibilization¶llelizationoffunctionality

Thereareseveralreasonstoincreaseflexibilityinmanufacturingwithregardstoexternalrequirementsfromcustomersaswellassuppliers.Rigidsupplychainsincreasetheriskthatplanscannotbemet.Insomeindustries,therearealsotrendstowardsbatchsize1,“masscustomization”,withproductlifecyclesshorteningatthesametime.

Onewaytoshortendevelopmenttimeandthustime-to-marketforfasterresponsestorapidlychangingrequirements,istoincreaseparallelizeddevelopment

andatthesametimereduceteamdependencies.Clearinterfaces,bothtechnical(standardizedAPI)andorganizational(functionalaswellascultural),makeanimportantcontribution.However,theintegrationeffortofparallelcomponentsandtestsmustnotbeneglected.Cross-functionalandheterogeneousteamshelptofindrobustsolutionsandtoleavefamiliarpaths.Anotheroptionistoformpartnerships.Partnerscancontributeveryspecializedexpertiseorfinancialresources,theprojectriskisspreadoverseveralshoulders,andtheresultingnetworkmayopenupabroaderchanneltocustomers.

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Valuestreamscanalsobeviewedasnetworksinsteadoflinearchains.Thisway,auxiliaryprocessesbecomemorerelevantandvaluestreamsandpartnershipsarestrengthened.

10.Accessibility

Remoteaccesstomachinesiswidespreadandfurtherontherise.IncreasinglyinexpensiveormorepowerfulhardwareandgrowingfieldsofapplicationwithInternetconnectionsofthemachinesaswellasthesimplificationandstandardizationofthesoftwarecomponentsareloweringtheentrythresholdmoreandmore.

Inadditiontoaccessintheeventofmalfunctions,machinestodayshouldcontinuouslyprovidetherelevantdataandalwaysbeuptodate.Thisway,theincreasinglydynamicandflexibleoperationofthemachinecanbemonitoredandrespondedtoquickly.Applicationsthatareonlymadepossibleefficientlybythecomprehensiveconnectionofdatafrommachinesare,forexample,OEE,CO2footprintofproducts,productioncostsandproductionduration,analysisperproductvariantorrootcauseanalyses.

Insomecases,itisnot,ornotwithouthigheffort,possibletoforwarddatatothecloud.Nevertheless,different

peoplefrompossiblydifferentcompaniesaretoworkwiththedataoraccessthemachinesonanadhocbasis.

AnEDGE-Infrastructurecouldsolvethosechallenges.Itsstan-

dardizedinterfacesandruntimeenvironmentsformanyparallel

scenarioslowerthebarriertoentryandenablefastaccessand

reactions.

WhatisEDGE?

11.NewBusinessModels

Howdo“smart“and“digital“orecosystem-basedbusi-

nessmodelsdifferfromtheclassic“one-off“transactionmodels(goodsformoney)?

“Smart“businessmodelsalsoconsistoftheelementsandmech-anismsdefinedabove.Inthiscontext,“smart“primarilystandsforthedevelopmentandprocessingofdatawhichcannowbeleveragedtoapreviouslyimpossibleextentandqualitythroughso-calledIoTtechnologies.Sincedigitaltransformationusuallychangesmorethanoneelementofthebusinessmodel,alargenumberof“smart“variationsemerge.

“Abusinessmodeldescribeshowanorganizationcreates,

deliversandincreasesvalue.Thistypicallyincludes[customers/segmentsandrelationships],thevalueproposition,thevaluearchitecture[withkeyactivities,resourcesandchannelsplus]partnernetwork,andtherevenuemodel[incl.coststructures].“

–Osterwalder&Pigneur

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Thechallengewithnewbusinessmodelsisusuallytheso-called“InnovatorsDilemma“,alsoknownasthe“HenandEggProblem“:Withoutscaling,noinnovationcanreachitsfullfinancialand

functionalpotential.Butwithoutfullpotential,aninnovationdoesnotscalebecausetheeffortisgreaterthanthebenefit.Thewayoutofthisdilemmastartswithaparadigmshift,describedinthesection

“FromUseCasetoBusinessScenario“

.

12.ParticipantsinanEDGE-Ecosystem

Thecharacteristicsalreadymentionedenablethehandlingofcompletelynewusecases,theuseofnewtechnologies,andthestrongerdovetailingofITand

OT.However,sincethisrequirestheinvolvementofalargenumberofcontributors,thisinevitablyresultsingreatercomplexityofindividualsolutions.Toensurethatthiscomplexinteractioncanrunreliablyandcanbescaled,new(distinct)rolesmustbedefined,includingtheirrightsandobliga-

tions.Thisishowcollaborationcanberegulated.Theserolesaredescribedindetailinthesection

“ParticipantsinanEdgeEcosystem“.

ArchitectureandcomponentsofanEDGE-System

EDGE@Work–(r)evolutionaryTransformation

Theblueprintofaforward-lookingEDGE-Technologyismainlycharacterizedbyamulti-role/userandservice-ori-entedapparchitectureforlow-costembeddedtargetsystems.Coupledwithgreaterdegreesoffreedom,itprovidestheopenness,modularity,andscalabilitytointeractwiththesystematdifferentlevels

Thisresultsinfundamentalnewpossibilitiesforagilecollabora-tion,bothwithinteamsandwithexternalpartners.

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TherelevanceandcompetitivenessofanEDGE-Architectureessentiallydependsontheacceptanceofthemarketparticipantsandonthesizeandqualityofitscommunity.Becauseofthecomplexityofanoverallapplication,thesuccessfulimplementa-tionofanEDGE-Technologybyasinglecompanycannotsucceed.

ThisalreadystartswiththeselectionoftheoperatingsystemfortheEDGE-Architecture,wheretherequirementsfrombothdomains,EDGEandcloud,mustbetakenintoaccount.Firstandforemost,thisoperatingsystemshouldallowahighdegreeofcustomer-specificdevelopmentandhaverobustreal-timeprop-erties.Here,Linux,withitshighprevalence,varietyofavailablevariantsandthepossibilityofcreatinghardenedsystems,has

establisheditselfasthedefactostandardinindustrialautoma-tion.

IndustrialEdgeHub

1Appfromrepository

ExchangeofEDGEdatatoITcloudsystems

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Productiondata

2

Industrial

EdgeManagement

AOn-Cloud

BOn-Premise

Managedevices,apps&security

App

programming

Cloudlevel

Factorylevel

App

dashboard

6

Distributionof

apps/securityupdates

Connectandextractdata

IndustrialEdgeDevice

IndustrialAutomation

Edge

App

4

3

1

Figure4-WorkflowsintheIndustrialEdgeArchitecture

ArchitectureandcomponentsofanEDGE-System

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Basedonthis,theEDGE-Architecturehasnomanufacturer-spe-cificrestrictionsandthereforenolock-ineffect.Itcanbedesignedcompletelyopenandoffersthepossibilityofarbitraryuseofindividualapplications.Inaddition,thearchitectureallowsthedevelopertofreelychooseaprogrammingenvironment.Thusthedevelopercanfocusonbringinginhissoftwaredevelopmentexpertise.Hecanfallbackonexistinglibrariesoropensourcepackages.Inaddition,self-developedapplicationscanbeofferedonthecorrespondingEDGE-Marketplace,creatingcompletelynewbusinessmodels.

Future-orientedEDGE-Technologyisextremelyservice-ori-ented.Comparedtotraditionalmonolithicsystems,aso-calledmicro-serviceformsthesmallestfunctionalunitofanEDGE-Ar-chitecture.Incombination,theseMicro-servicescanbeusedtocreatecomplexapplications.Micro-servicesarescalableintheirscopeandcomplexityandusuallyrequireahighdegreeofdomainknowledgeduringtheircreation.

Inthemeantime,containerizedapplicationshavealsobecomewidespreadasanabstractionofmicro-services.Createdintheappropriateprogrammingenvironment,thecontainerhasanapplicationinterface(API)throughwhichthefunctionsareaddressed.TheorchestrationandparameterizationofthecontainersisusuallycarriedoutviatheEDGE-Operatingsystemandusesvirtualizationtechnologiesforthispurpose.

ThenewfoundfreedomtochooseanduseanappisamongthegreatestbenefitsofanEDGE-System.Atthesametime,however,thisfreedomalsorequiresastronglyanchoredlegalandorga-nizationalregulatoryframework.Thearchitectureprovidesthenecessarystandardizationforthecreationanduseofinterfaces.Thecommunitysupportstheirusewithbestpracticeexamplesandthuscreatesasmartentryfornewusers.

Inadditiontotheone-timeprocessofprogramminganapplica-tion,itisvitaltotakeitsmaintenanceovertheentirelifecycleintoaccount.Incontrasttoothermarketsegments,componentsinindustrialautomationareoftenoperatedfordecades.Thisraisesthebasicquestionofresponsibilityforsoftwareupdateswhere/asannualreleasecyclesgenerallyapplyaspartoftheprogressivemergingofITandOT.Thepotentialriskofmalwareandvulnerabilitiesinthearchitecturethereforeplacethehighestdemandsonrobustnessandsoftwarequality.

Userscanrelyonthequalityofthecorecomponentsofthearchi-tecture.Theyarewidelyusedandfollowthestandardsofasecuredevelopmentprocessformaximumsecurityandrobustness.Thesameappliestothestabilityandavailabilityoftheappinterfaces.Incompatibilitiesshouldbeavoidedinordertokeepthedevelop-menteffortlow.

ArchitectureandcomponentsofanEDGE-System

TheindividualappsofanEDGE-System

areorchestratedviaacentraldatalayer

thatregulatesdataexchangeandtask

runtime.Thisbackgroundservicesends

allconfigureddatatoasharedmemory,

whichinturncanbeusedbyallapps.

Dependingontheapplication,thiscan

alsobedoneinrealtime.

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AnotherfeatureofanEDGE-Architectureisthatitcoversallrequirementsforascalabledevicemanagement.Thebasisforthisisalreadyformedtodaybywidelyusedembeddedmulti-corearchitectures.DuetotherapidspreadofindividualEDGE-Devices,thetopicofdevicemanage-ment-e.g.viaDockerSwarm,KubernetesorWindowsCluster-isbecomingincreas-inglyimportant.

ConnectivityDataApp&ServiceEcosystem

Service

IndustrialEdge(Microservice-)AppArchitectureSoftwareArchitectureinanEcosystem

UI-