As a key link in the promotion of the industrial Internet industry, the construction of platform ecology is related to the effective development of the whole industrial Internet. The practice of the past two years has proved that the global industrial Internet platform market continues to maintain an active and innovative development trend, the driving ability of the industrial Internet platform to the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry is gradually emerging, and the industrial ecology of the industrial Internet platform is beginning to emerge, which is transforming from the concept stage to the landing stage.

From the perspective of industrial Internet industry alliance, there are five main business focus directions of industrial Internet platform ecology in our country at present:

one. Connectivity and edge computing platform: focusing on access management and edge computing of industrial devices and systems, providing traffic entry for other platforms;

two. Cloud service platform: extended from the traditional cloud computing service platform, it provides storage, computing and network services in the form of public cloud, private cloud and hybrid cloud.

Three. General Paas platform: IT integrates microservices, containers and other infrastructure frameworks and software development tools to realize IT resource allocation, application scheduling and development and deployment management in the cloud environment.

Four. Industrial data analysis and visualization platform: provide massive data analysis, development trend prediction and visualization presentation functions to enhance the value of industrial data insight;

Five. Business Paas platform: Based on the experience and knowledge of design simulation, production optimization, management and operation, it provides various professional business components and preset solution templates to support the rapid construction of customized chemical industry apps for specific industrial scenarios.

From the perspective of the evolution trend of the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain of the platform ecology, the entire industrial platform shows the characteristics of the market pattern from the middle of the high concentration to the two ends of the gradual fragmentation. The market of cloud services and general Paas technology platforms in the middle is mainly occupied by IT giants. The connection and edge computing, data analysis and visualization, and business Paas platforms at the upper and lower ends will form a certain aggregation trend in specific professional fields. The user-oriented field implementation integration and industrial Saas services market will be deeply segmented due to different scenarios and requirements.

In the upstream of the industry chain, open source technologies such as microservices and containers have become the key support for platform construction. In the downstream of the industrial chain, the system integrator opens up the "last kilometer" of the platform solution deployed in the user's site.

At the same time, traditional subjects and emerging forces are actively carrying out the layout of industrial Internet platforms. Industrial giants build comprehensive competitive advantages by building integrated service capabilities, industrial enterprises can protect the core competitive advantages of their original business fields with the help of the platform, and start-ups build differentiated competitive advantages by relying on cutting-edge technologies or market gaps.

Although the situation is good, there are still many problems to be broken through and solved in the industrial Internet platform. For example, many platforms still need to greatly improve the ability to actually solve the production and operation optimization of manufacturing enterprises, and it is also necessary to constantly explore the application mode and path, and accelerate the innovation and breakthrough of business models, especially to achieve a better balance between the investment in platform construction and the market return. To support the sustainable development of the platform.

Overall, the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry is the general trend, and the supporting role of the industrial Internet platform for the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry will be more and more strong. The problems encountered in the current platform development are more the continuous trial and error and correction in technology, application and business in the early stage of the industrial outbreak, which will continue to promote the industrial Internet platform to mature and improve.