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1. What’s your company’s role in the IoT industry?

A: System integrator

B: Industrial equipment builder

C: End customer

D: Software developer

2. What is the purpose of data analytics in your company?

a. To predict maintenance for equipment or devices

b. To utilize big data for business or services

c. To discover how to enhance product lines or product designs

d. To receive requests from customers

3. What is the current data analytic solution in your company?

a. We already have data analysts

b. No idea

c. We use 3rd party software partners to help

d. Our Engineers can do it

e. We plan to use a cloud solution like Azure Machine Learning

4. What is the biggest challenge of IoT devices/ data connection in your company?

a. Finding the right sensors, include connection interface (Wifi, BT, Lora, RS485, USB…) and data formats (Modbus, OPC, CANbus, XML, Json….)

b. Integration of data from different equipment, devices and sensors

c. Connecting data with the cloud/ backend

d. Not sure which data needs to be collected

e. Not clear about the data structure from the sensor to the cloud

5. What are the key functions of your edge computing setup?

a. Data collection and connection with the backend

b. Data conversion and integration

c. Data pre-processing and light analytics

d. Data flow control and re-action

6. As far as your company is concerned, what would you most appreciate in an IoT solution?

a. A variety of SDK tools and ready-to-use software modules for development.

b. Flexible access to IoT analytical services like Azure Service

c. Provision of a total solution from the sensors and edge computers to a fully developed cloud service