Summary

There are a lot of moving pieces, but moving toward a well-defined architecture can help you make sense of it. In this chapter, we outlined how the process involves building something from nothing and laying out the steps for deploying initial sensors, processing data, and providing basic visualization to our end users. We also used this opportunity to build upon a data lake structure within AWS as we added new data sources, processing, and features.

With that, we have also wrapped up Part 1 of this book, providing an overview of Industry 4.0 and the digitization of industry. This exciting new area aims to give the next generation of value through better management and optimization of industrial environments and systems. Our focus in Part 1 was on the basics of industrial IoT, with a lot of emphasis on why digital integration can be significant and how we might approach our goals from a more holistic perspective.

In the next chapter, which is also the beginning of Part...