- [Instructor] The Software-Defined Product, or SDP,
is both the heart, and the brain, of the IoT Product.
It is the virtual representation of the physical product.
And, in this case, when I say IoT Product
I mean a discrete product, a system,
or an environment.
The Software-Defined Product is one of four
main components of the IoT product.
The Software-Defined Product sits between the
interior data source, the Hardware-Defined Product,
and the exterior data source, the external systems.
All three are connected by the Network Fabric.
The Software-Defined Product consists of two components,
the Cyber Model and the Application.
The Software-Defined Product is a simulation
of the product's functionality.
It represents, along with the analytics,
all of the IoT product's value.
The Software-Defined Product is also sometimes called
the Digital Twin because it is the virtual equivalent
of the physical product.
Similar to a Software-Defined Network,
we abstract the physical hardware
into a software version that allows us
to reorganize it and focus on what matters.
The Software-Defined Product is almost like
the brain of a robotic vacuum,
like a Roomba or a Neato.
While at its core, it's still a vacuum,
all the intelligence has been centralized into the brain.
That is the Software-Defined Product.
The Software-Defined Product is a key source
of differentiation between the IoT product
and the connected product or smart product.
It is this virtualization of the physical
into the digital that gives it its power.