Ken Rollins, technology architect for digital engineering/edge at Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), said government agencies seeking to accelerate technology modernization efforts and better use data to address complex challenges should consider adopting digital twins.
“Digital twins require the foundations of a digitally transformed environment and its elements of data management, agile development, DevSecOps and container-based orchestration,” Rollins wrote in an article published on Carahsoft.com.
“Digital twins focus on bringing data from the physical world into the digital arena, gleaning insights through artificial intelligence and then displaying those insights visually for users,” he added.
An agency looking to use digital twins should understand its status when it comes to technology and the goals it intends to achieve by assembling a cross-functional team of experts in security, artificial intelligence models, data management and hardware and non-technical individuals that can help come up with a common framework for the adoption of such a technology.
When implementing a digital twin, The Digital Twin Consortium’s Capabilities Periodic Table could serve as a tool to identify capability requirements that need to be considered in developing and running a digital twin. These include data services, intelligence, integration, trustworthiness, management and user experience.
According to Rollins, the periodic table could help organizations identify areas where they might need to enhance capabilities while keeping them from overlooking any key components.
The tech architect discussed how the company works to help organizations take an individualized approach to digital twin adoption through its expertise and partnerships with various vendors, including NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA), Telit Cinterion, Cognex, XMPro and Claroty.
