As Industrial IoT matures, most of the components in the IIoT stack have become commoditised. Things like hardware, OSes, drivers, protocols, databases e.t.c But yet, many organisations still develop custom interfaces for these components, instead of adopting standards. And in cases where there is adoption, there lacks an industry-wide consistent approach to standardisation. To understand the importance of standardisation for IIoT and how vendors and end-users should engage standards, I had a conversation with Claude Baudoin. Claude is the co-author of a recently published whitepaper on Global Industry Standards for IIoT by the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC). He is the owner of cébé IT & Knowledge Management LLC, advisor to the OMG, IIC, and senior consultant at the Cutter Consortium. Here's the outline of our conversation in the video linked below: ✔️ Importance of Standardisation for IIoT ✔️ Phases of a Standard Life Cycle ✔️ Standards Engagement Strategy  ✔️ Identifying areas for standardisation ✔️ Adapting Open Standards to an Industrial Architecture ✔️ IIoT Connectivity Standards  ✔️ Standards related to IIoT Security ✔️ Barriers to Agreeing on Standards and How to avoid building new silos ✔️ Building IIoT Solutions Vs Buying Off-The-Shelf Solutions ✔️ IIC in IIoT Standardisation ✔️ cébé