“The Industrial Internet of Things [IIoT] is an evolution, not a revolution,” was the lead statement at the Schneider Electric SPS Nuremberg show in Nuremberg, Germany, Nov. 24, 2015. To support that claim, Clemens Blum, Schneider’s executive vice president of industry business, referred to the description of a Schneider 1999 Computerworld Smithsonian Award that talked about connected products and systems that operate as part of a larger system of systems and smart plants and machines, with embedded intelligence, that are integrated to enable the smart enterprise, improve efficiency and profitability, increase cyber security, and improve safety.

Rainer Beudert的机器解决方案营销总监随后讨论了智能机器以及它们如何适应不断发展的IIOT。他描述了一个智能机器的施耐德定义，因为直观地与运营商互动;有助于预测维护;最大限度地减少其环境足迹;并提供模块化，连接，插头和工作设置，自我意识，可重复使用的设计，数字移动和数据管理。它还提供有关状态，配置，条件，质量和功能的可用信息。

要了解有关施耐德的更多信息，以进一步进一步进一步的IIOR演变，请查看新闻发布会视频：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi7jnkh3ev0.