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Many industries such as oil and gas, water utilities, transportations, power grids, communications systems, manufacturing all rely on Operational Technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS) to support their mission-critical infrastructures are now contemplating integrating OT and IT as part of the digital transformation to increase productivity, quality, and production process flexibility. Converging of OT and IT enables companies to achieve full transparency for informed decision-making and drive processes optimisation, better data insights and elevate predictive fail safe systems READ MORE
Industries, such as Oil and Gas, Water utilities, Transportations, Power Grids, Communications systems, manufacturing have all stated that IT and OT integration is a critical priority for their organisation digital transformation. When these industries talk about the future, they often present visions of smart production units or even entire autonomous factories with self-orchestrating equipment and collaborative robots.
MSOLS focusses on 3 types of convergence—physical, software, and organisational—to address distinct aspects of the integration process, this includes direct connection of devices, seamless data flow, and the harmonisation of organisational workflows.
Physical convergence is a fundamental type of IT/OT integration where OT devices are directly connected to IT networks. It often involves modernising or retrofitting older OT equipment to facilitate this connection. In this setup, OT devices are enhanced with connectivity features can transmit data directly to IT systems for analysis and decision-making. Three main components of this process are:
OT Asset Discovery refers to the system of hardware and software used to control and monitor various processes in the industrial space. OT asset discovery provides visibility to each of these devices and systems on the network.
OT design is to provide a clear understanding of the current OT/ IT posture and architectural design. It will also provide a greater understanding of the convergence goals, strategies and challenges and tools to be used for connected devices, sensors, and applications
OT-IT network segmentation network- is the practice of dividing a factory or industrial network into smaller, isolated zones. This allows us to easily identified and digitise OT assets within each zone, whilst ensuring continuity of critical industrial processes, prevents network congestion, enhance OT cybersecurity, and digital transformation efficiency.
Software convergence allows OT data to integrate with IT systems, promoting efficient information flow. The data from OT systems is collected and analysed digitally by IT systems to improve operational efficiency. This process is crucial for real-time data processing that enhances operational control and decision-making.
Connecting your factory floor via software-defined infrastructure refers to the replacement of fixed-function OT appliances and applications with a converged platform for OT and OT workloads benefiting from deeper insights and more uptime through predictive failover systems
Depending on the requirements of your organisation, you may also need to develop software to support your data integration and SDI initiatives.
MSOLS can create industrial edge applications for data integration.
Our applications gathers data from the automation layer and provides it to the IT layer of a factory – the perfect tool for IT/OT integration.
Organisational convergence involves merging the workflows, people and system operations of IT and OT departments to build a unified operational system. Even though IT and OT can function separately, sharing information consistently is essential. The process requires refining business operations to let IT and OT support and enhance each other's work, aiming to improve communication and teamwork.
Features
As your organisation pursues both essential IT/OT convergence and advanced smart manufacturing capabilities, we and our partner ecosystem are ready to help simplify your success and accelerate your results
MSOLS provide OT/IT consultants to help with knowledge transfer and training of new systems and platforms. The sharing of knowledge between OT operators and IT analyst is paramount for successful integration.
MSOLS cloud migration strategy constitutes an overarching plan outlining the transition of an OT digital assets and cloud-hosted supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) , from simple data processing and enrichment, through to a full stack deployment where control of physical OT assets is possible.
OT Cyber security is a vital part of enterprise security and can help ensure operational continuity, prevent attacks on industrial systems, and prevent data breaches and privacy infringement.
MSOLS along with our partners, provides the technical knowhow and industrial
experience for a solid basis to start your digital enterprise and successful
IT/OT convergence, from sensor to edge to cloud.
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