As a general rule, we can define a platform as a set of tools that allows to build more complex systems. IoT platforms facilitate the development and deployment of IoT systems, allowing end users to focus on what is most important to them: operating their business.

As a general rule, we can define a platform as a set of tools that enable more complex systems to be built. IoT platforms facilitate the development and deployment of IoT systems, allowing users to focus on what is most important to them: operating their business.

IoT Edge Computing has the potential to transform the energy industry through its ability to process large amounts of data in real time ultimately improving the operational safety and efficiency.

Edge Computing technology has emerged as one of the hottest new technology proposals; data does not need to be fully centralised, instead some of it can be processed on distributed computers called Edge Nodes, that is, in the same place where the data is being generated.

The mission of PLATOON project is to develop a Big Data platform to optimise the entire energy system from generation, distribution and consumption with disruptive technologies such as the IoT Edge Computing.

Disrupting technologies like IoT, AI, or Edge Computing have come to enhance SCADAs and PLCs. Proper co-existence and integration of product, human and processes, between OT and IT, will be the key for the industrial sector to jump on board with the fourth industrial revolution.