Industrial companies (manufacturing and process) have already been adopting the cloud for a few years now for everything related to solutions and platforms for administrative management, customer management, etc…. But what was missing was the possibility of also move OT data to the cloud with affordable scale and cost.
Until now, tech providers' propositions were deemed too expensive for archiving large volumes of OT data and did not offer the full functionality of a Process Database (PDB). Industrial companies have had to settle for expensive cloud-based archiving solutions, coupled with custom development to bring data to the cloud (tunneling), or to open doors to allow cloud-based Industrial Analytics solutions to go down to the layer of the plant to acquire data from local operating histories.
With the innovation of cloud-native operational data historians, cloud-based OT data management – scale right and affordable – is a reality and will continue to grow as an industry trend.
In 2023, companies will be able to get their OT data into the cloud quickly and cost-effectively. As part of an enterprise IT strategy, the growing trend towards cloud-based industrial data management now facilitates simplified and reliable data movement of OT data to the cloud, from the device level to the enterprise level.
As an example, an aviation customer managing OT data in 32 manufacturing plants, each with a distinct implementation, moved to a cloud-based OT data management solution and reduced costs of over 20%. The company also improved system availability by eliminating more than a month of planned downtime and enabling a common data repository accessible to thousands of company employees.
We expect to see more and more companies embrace the benefits of cloud-based OT data management to keep pace with the need for enterprise-wide optimization by the modern industrial organization.
– Steve Pavlosky, Vice President, Product Management, GE-Digital
Original text of the interview
OT Data Goes to the Cloud – Finally
Industrial companies have made the decision to embrace the cloud. But what's been missing is the ability to move OT data to the cloud at scale at an affordable cost.
Previous solutions are expensive to store high-volume OT data and lacked the complete functionality of an operational historian. Industrial companies have had to make do with either expensive cloud-based storage solutions coupled with custom development to bring data to the cloud or opening up ports to enable cloud-based analytics solutions to reach down into the plant to acquire data from the local operational historians .
With new cloud-native operational data historian innovation, cloud-based OT data management – at scale and affordable – is a reality and will continue to grow as a trend in the industry.
In 2023, we see companies being able to quickly and cost effectively get their OT data in the cloud. As part of an enterprise IT strategy, the growing trend of cloud-based industrial data management now facilitates a more simplified and reliable movement of OT data to the cloud, spanning from device level to enterprise.
As an example, a customer in the aviation space that manages OT data across 32 manufacturing plants, each with a distinct deployment, made the switch to a cloud-based OT data management solution and reduced infrastructure costs by more than 20%. The company also improved system availability by eliminating more than a month of planned downtime and enabling a common data store accessible by thousands of enterprise-wide employees.
We expect to see more and more companies embracing the benefits of cloud-based OT data management to keep pace with the need for enterprise-wide optimization by the modern industrial organization.