Red HatOn the way to the Factory Edge
The chances of success for digitization concepts à la Industry 4.0 depend largely on the underlying IT infrastructure. Key components for this are factory edge concepts and open hybrid cloud architectures.
The Industrial APP Marketplace from OWL is the topic of the presentation by Sascha Heymann, Fraunhofer IOSB-INA.apps for Industry 4.0 applications will be purchased on online marketplaces in the future. An open community from business and science in OWL is working on what a solution based on open source developments could look like. The focus on openness, interoperability and open source gives end users the greatest possible benefit in their day-to-day work. It does not matter whether they are machine operators, machine builders, system integrators or APP developers.
The Industrial APP Marketplace establishes a manufacturer-neutral marketplace for I4.0 components for buying and selling industrial hardware, software and services. Unlike conventional virtual marketplaces, the Industrial APP Marketplace is a platform for offering and searching for hardware, software and services and is open to everyone. APPs are generally understood to be modern software applications with a modular structure and a user-friendly web browser interface, but in the context of an Industrial APP Marketplace they also include services and solutions. A participant in an Industrial APP Marketplace can take on four roles: the role of APP user, hardware developer, APP developer or integrator.