Middleware Software Patterns

The Industrial Internet requires real-time detection and reaction if it is going to work in time-critical environments, such as controlling machinery on a production line or monitoring the status of medical equipment connected to patients in a hospital. Therefore, the applications in the operations and management domain must receive notification of any change in status—crossing a predetermined threshold—immediately. This is also desirable in the world of the consumer IoT; however, with so many sensors to monitor, how can we do this?