Composable architecture for manufacturing: Industry 4.0 or red herring?

John Leonard
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Composable architecture: Smart factory or red herring?
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Composable architecture: Smart factory or red herring?

A modular swappable approach to infrastructure sounds good, but for manufacturers practical applications are still limited

Composable architecture is a term that was coined by Gartner a couple of years back. It describes the mix-and-match combination of 'packaged business capabilities' (PCBs) in contrast to the end-to-...

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