What Enables Digital Twins?

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome to a new year with The Digital Enterprise Society podcast.  Today Thom Singer and Craig Brown revisit one of the hottest topics from the Digital Intersect Conference in Detroit and in today’s constantly evolving digital landscape. They are joined by Robert Baillargeon, Chief Product Officer at SodiusWillert for a conversation about navigating configurations, managing the digital twin, and maximizing the effectiveness of digital threads. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On today’s podcast, you will learn:</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>What is the market demand for interoperable systems?</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The demand is great- bringing data together to make better decisions is the main request across the industry. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Integration is essential, as well as keeping metadata and preserving security and access controls.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Interoperable systems aim to get people the data they need when they need, but only people who are allowed to can see it. </span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>An overview of RESTful</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">RESTful is an interface that two computer systems use to exchange information securely over the internet. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">It allows people to interact, but it doesn’t address context or configuration. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The current challenge addresses how different microconfiguations build up into an enterprise configuration. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Industry standards need to build configurations in a way