The Challenge
Since the introduction of digital control systems and process data historians, organizations have aimed to connect to plant data sources to generate useful insights. Today, requirements are more demanding with leveraging data in Industry 4.0 and Digital Transformation programs.
The greatest challenge customers are having today is with connectivity, consolidation, organization, contextualization and cloud ingestion of ALL of their operational data, of which has traditionally been stranded within plant OT environments. Plant process control systems, and a host of other traditional OT data sources were not designed with the 'big data' mindset. How to connect to these systems, manage networks and computer resources is a critical aspect that isn't well understood by most IT organizations.
The greatest challenge customers are having today is with connectivity, consolidation, organization, contextualization and cloud ingestion of ALL of their operational data, of which has traditionally been stranded within plant OT environments. Plant process control systems, and a host of other traditional OT data sources were not designed with the 'big data' mindset. How to connect to these systems, manage networks and computer resources is a critical aspect that isn't well understood by most IT organizations.
