Pro and cons of the proposed platform

The platform we have proposed in this chapter has highlighted several important concepts about I-IoT and data processing. Let's take a look at some of its advantages and disadvantages.

Pros are as follows:

• The data is stored locally or in an on-premise cloud that is vendor-agnostic
• We can use a federated architecture to grant the right ownership of the intellectual property
• We can plug in new applications, avoiding the limitation of a specific technology
• Reliability can be improved by configuring multiple nodes of Docker instances

Cons are as follows:

• Edge management is completely missing here. This includes features, such as patching, security, or certificate renewal which are normally supported by a vendor.
• The current solution doesn't include an Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). A...