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The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and the Edge Computing Consortium (ECC), a Beijing-based consortium of six leading Chinese entities formed to promote in-depth industry coordination, accelerate innovation, and boost the application of edge computing, announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU). The intent is to partner on shared interests of advancing the industrial Internet and edge computing. Under the agreement, the consortia will work together to maximize interoperability and portability for the industrial Internet.
Joint activities between the IIC and the ECC will include:
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Identifying and sharing IIoT best practices
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Collaborating on test beds and research and development projects
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Collaborating on standardization
The ECC and the IIC have agreed to meet regularly to exchange information and have targeted a joint workshop in Beijing on August 30, 2017, for ECC and IIC members to share use case information.
The IIC Liaison Working Group is the gateway for formal relationships with standards and open-source organizations, consortia, alliances, certification and testing bodies and government entities/agencies. The agreement with the ECC is one of a number of agreements made by the working group. For a list of current liaisons, click here.
Keywords: Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Edge Computing Consortium (ECC), Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), ARC Advisory Group.