IIoT Survey - SDK Question Title * 1. Where are you based? Europe Middle East/Africa APAC North America South America Question Title * 2. What industry are you in? Oil & Gas Mining Water & Waste Water Pulp & Paper Pharmaceutical Building Automation Power & Renewable Energy Discrete Manufacturing Equipment Vendor Integration/Contracting Services Other Question Title * 3. What is your role in the company? Executive Engineering Operations IT Other Question Title * 4. Do you think the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) (or Industrie 4.0) will impact your business in the next five years? No, not at all Maybe Yes, absolutely No, not at all Maybe Yes, absolutely Question Title * 5. How do you expect the IIoT to benefit your business? Not at all Very much Operational cost reduction Operational cost reduction Not at all Operational cost reduction Operational cost reduction Operational cost reduction Operational cost reduction Very much Optimize asset utilization Optimize asset utilization Not at all Optimize asset utilization Optimize asset utilization Optimize asset utilization Optimize asset utilization Very much Improve uptime/reduce downtime Improve uptime/reduce downtime Not at all Improve uptime/reduce downtime Improve uptime/reduce downtime Improve uptime/reduce downtime Improve uptime/reduce downtime Very much Improve customer experience Improve customer experience Not at all Improve customer experience Improve customer experience Improve customer experience Improve customer experience Very much Improve worker safety Improve worker safety Not at all Improve worker safety Improve worker safety Improve worker safety Improve worker safety Very much Improve worker effectiveness Improve worker effectiveness Not at all Improve worker effectiveness Improve worker effectiveness Improve worker effectiveness Improve worker effectiveness Very much Other Question Title * 6. What is your company's IIoT implementation strategy timeline? Have a strategy with a 1-2 year horizon Defining a strategy in 2016 Have an informal strategy Do not have an IIoT strategy yet Don't know Question Title * 7. What are you doing with the IIoT today? Already benefiting from IIoT Currently implementing IIoT strategy Actively planning and considering limited adoption/pilot projects Wait-and-see approach/Information gathering Don't know Question Title * 8. What role do you think OPC Unified Architecture (UA) plays as an IIoT enabler? OPC UA is a key enabler for secure, open connectivity in the IIoT world Know about OPC UA, but time will tell what role it will play in the IIoT Have not heard of it ... what is OPC UA? Data connectivity (via OPC UA or other standard) is not relevant to our company Question Title * 9. If you are a device vendor (devices, software, controllers, etc.), are you looking to enable your products with OPC UA connectivity? Otherwise, please skip this question. Yes No Don't know Question Title * 10. If you answered yes to question 9, will you develop OPC UA connectivity in-house or use a 3rd party Software development Kit (SDK)? Otherwise, please skip this question. Have in-house developers with OPC UA expertise In-house developers will use 3rd party SDK to add OPC UA connectivity Will contract OPC UA development Don't know Question Title * 11. Which of the following OPC UA benefits are most relevant to you? Secure data connectivity Simplified infrastructure Faster setup/integration Access to richer data context More reliable data connectivity Future proof investment Other (please specify) Question Title * 12. What do you see as the greatest barriers to adopting IIoT? Do not see clear business value behind it Security concerns Difficult and expensive to migrate existing infrastructure Lack of in-house experience Other (please specify) Question Title * 13. Are you using classic OPC today? Yes No Don't know Question Title * 14. Are you using OPC UA based connectivity today? Yes No Don't know Question Title * 15. If you are using classic OPC solutions today, are you interested in starting to gradually migrate your systems to OPC UA? Yes No Don't know Question Title * 16. What’s the biggest question you have about OPC UA or IIoT/Industrie 4.0? Question Title * 17. What IIoT related events do you plan to attend in 2016? Question Title * 18. Where do you get most of your information about IIoT and OPC UA? Please provide website URL, publication, etc. IIoT OPC UA Question Title * 19. If you would like to receive the results of this survey, please submit your name and email address. Name Email Address Thank you for filling out our IIoT survey! We appreciate your input. Done
