Making Processing Connections Via Cloud Computing

This month’s column will explain the importance of cloud computing and the internet of things (IoT) and the role they play in food processing. I wish to thank my co-author, Dan Voit, CEO of Blentech Corp., for contributing to this column.

Cloud computing in its broadest sense is the use of server systems, distributed across the Internet, to collect, process, and analyze data from multiple devices. It is a broad definition, standing in contrast to the simple local computer systems on which w…