Take a look here and read through what Robert Bieber (Product Owner at Phoenix Contact Smart Business GmbH) has to say about business opportunities and beginnings of the Industrial Internet of Things for small to medium-sized companies.
In this article, he talks about the big topic of smart data usage, which goes far beyond simply collecting and storing data. For said data use, among other things, it only takes a “small test balloon” to explore the possibilities of what is possible with the Industrial Internet of Things Platform Proficloud.io.