TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS
One final aspect affecting scalability is communi- cation and expectation management within the enterprise. The challenges posed and costs incurred by interoperability, security, data quality and scalability concerns are often not well understood — and not budgeted for — by leadership or by technical staff that may be asked to add IoT deployment and support to their existing responsibilities. Setting up robust internal IoT education programs, as well as supporting these programs from industry associations, seem critically important.
Stay on the offense with IoT
The “monsters” presented are not meant to keep users away from on-farm IoT. Instead, we hope to draw attention to them to help adjust expectations, avoid surprises and tackle scaling solutions based on the current state of the art. While undoubtedly there is active research in both academia and the private sector on how to make IoT technology more robust, user-friendly and easier to maintain and scale, a lot can be done with what is available today.
That being said, not all technology is created equal. Select technology that is based on standards, is built with interoperability in mind and follows industry standard best practices regarding security. We suggest putting processes in place to perform automated data quality assurance and understanding the maintenance logistics and power requirements (and your ability to deliver power throughout the season) of the devices you have in the field. Following these recommendations will go a long way toward successful, scalable IoT deployment.
Diganta Adhikari, PhD, is the global head of on-farm IoT for Syngenta Digital.
Andres Ferreyra, PhD, is a data asset manager for Syngenta Digital.
John Fox is a global cloud architect for Syngenta Cloud and Compute.
Srikanth Ganesan is a cloud security and strategy lead at Syngenta Information Security.
Divya Sundaram is the head of IT risk, governance and compliance at Syngenta Information Security.
Managing the growth of IoT programs within the enterprise is key.
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