Data has been called "the new oil." And like oil, it needs to be extracted, processed, and delivered before it has value. Customers have told me how overwhelming the process is when thousands of devices at the network's edge transmit over multiple protocols and report the same data differently (e.g., metric v English measurements). And even after you've solved those problems, movingallInternet of Things data to the cloud for analytics tends to be too costly, especially over cellular networks.

The trick is securely moving therightdata to the cloud, in a consistent format.

I'm happy to announce that Cisco and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have collaborated on an integration between AWS IoT Core and Cisco Edge Intelligence software. Cisco Edge Intelligence, which runs on our award-winning industrial gateways, provides a complete solution to movethe data that mattersfrom the industrial edge to the AWS Cloud-simply, securely, and at scale.

Toppling the barriers to converting edge data to insights

For a real-world view of the problem we're solving, imagine you're monitoring factory-floor robot vibration, vehicle telemetry, or wind turbine speed for preventive maintenance. To get the right data to the cloud you need to answer these questions:What data matters and which is irrelevant? How can I transform data from different vendors' IoT devices so it's consistent-for example, all temperatures in C