Monitoringnetwerk

Monitoringnetwerk is a Dutch term for a monitoring network, a system of interconnected sensors, devices, and software designed to observe conditions across a defined domain. It collects, transmits, stores, analyzes, and visualizes data to support situational awareness, trend analysis, and timely alerts.

Key components include sensors or software agents that generate data, communication networks and protocols, data ingestion and processing layers, time-series databases or data lakes, analytics and visualization dashboards, and alerting/incidence management mechanisms.

Architectures vary from centralized systems where data flows to a single repository to distributed or edge-enabled designs that process data near the source. Common protocols are MQTT, SNMP, RESTful APIs; data formats include JSON and InfluxDB line protocol; storage often uses time-series databases.

Applications span IT infrastructure monitoring, environmental monitoring (air, water quality), industrial process monitoring, and public health surveillance. A monitoringnetwerk supports proactive maintenance, capacity planning, and compliance reporting.

Challenges include data quality, scale, coordination among stakeholders, interoperability across vendors, privacy and security concerns, and potential alert fatigue.

Good governance involves defined ownership, data retention policies, access control, encryption, and standards for data interoperability.