ABI Research has identified best practices for integrating IT and OT in enterprises and explains them in detail in its new report. Some of the key findings include:
“IT and OT started converging several years ago with the emergence of M2M technologies,” says Pierce Owen, Principal Analyst at ABI Research, a market-foresight advisory firm providing strategic guidance on the most compelling transformative technologies. “Only now though do we see comprehensive IIoT platforms open enough to continue to take advantage of the rapidly evolving IIoT apps market. This will eventually help consolidate the market, drive IIoT adoption and empower enterprises to scale their solutions.”
IT/OT integration means using IT systems for OT purposes, consolidating data streams to support decision making and augment intelligence across multiple parties. All industries face the convergence of IT and OT and the opportunity to take advantage of the benefits, such as improvements in data management and increases in agility and innovation.
IT/OT integration includes many types of vendors and services, such as connectivity management, device management, edge analytics, fog computing, application enablement platforms, and software applications. ABI Research sees Cisco as a leader in connectivity management and fog computing (with its Edge Fog Fabric, Intent-Based Network, and Cisco Kinetic) and SAP as a leader in IIoT software and apps (with SAP Leonardo). ABI Research also identifies several key vendors with application enablement platforms, but all have issues in either positioning or openness.
The popular idea of IT/OT integration is fixated on the cloud, but now leading companies are trying to balance distributed computing at the edge with consolidated computing in the cloud. Each of the key vendors outlined in the report has acknowledged the importance of edge computing.
“The monetization of IIoT data will take off soon. When it does, improved communication and access to that data will maximize ROI. Increased access to shared information leads to new ideas and innovation. Innovation leads to new products for new customers and therefore growth,” concludes Owen.
These findings are from ABI Research’s IT/OT Convergence in Smart Manufacturing and Enterprise Report. This report is part of the company’s Smart Manufacturing research service and its Enterprise Digitization & Workplace Automation service, both of which include research, data, and analyst insights.
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