integrator evolution: discussing current challenges & future trends in industrial controls

Moderator

Don PearsonChief Strategy OfficerInductive Automation

Today’s Agenda

1. Introduction to Ignition2. Introduction to the Panelists3. Why Integrators Are Essential Today4. Current Technological Challenges5. Current Logistical Challenges6. Future Technological Trends7. Q&A

About Inductive Automation

• Founded in 2003• HMI, SCADA & IIoT software used in 100+ countries• Supported by 1,400+ integrators• Used in virtually every industry• 40% average annual growth rate over past 6 years

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6 Reasons Why Ignition is Unique

Kyle ChaseKymera Systems

Panelists

Dee BrownBrown Engineers, LLC

JC HarrisonRoeslein &Associates, Inc.

Pete LarochelleNeoMatrix, Inc.

Why Integrators Are Essential Today

Technology is changing:

Control system integrators

are more essential than ever as industrial organizations try to navigate through a world transformed by disruptive technologies


The tech gap is widening:

• Many industrial organizations are still using legacy systems

• Need to integrate new technologies with legacy systems


Organizations are experiencing:

• Greater demand for data in every facet of business

• Convergence between operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT)


Integrators are:

• Needed to navigate the OT & IT convergence

• Linchpins in industrial organizations’ efforts to keep up with tech trends

Control System Integrator Survey

Integrator survey:

• Sent to a pool of 9,000 integrators

• Conducted to better understand integrators’ current challenges

• Share, inform, and equip integrators to handle the changing technological demands of the future

Control System Integrator Survey

We wanted to know:

• What are the current challenges of the industrial controls industry?

• How are current technologies affecting integrators and their projects?

• Which technologies and skills are imperative for the future?

• What does the future hold for integrators and the industrial automation industry?

Survey: Technological Challenges

Survey Question: What are the current challenges of the industrial controls industry?

Answer:

Panel Discussion: Technological Challenges





Survey: Logistical Challenges

Survey Question: What are the current logistical challenges ofthe industrial controls industry?

Answer:


Panel Discussion: Logistical Challenges




What Integrators Say the Future Holds

Future Technological Trends

Survey Question: Which technologies and skills are imperative for the future?

Answer:

Survey: IIoT & MQTT

• 43% said IIoT and MQTT are the most important technologies for the future

• The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a network of intelligent machines and devices that collect and share massive amounts of data

Survey: IIoT & MQTT

• Message Queuing Transport Telemetry (MQTT) is emerging as a standard transfer protocol for IIoT

MQTT


Panel Discussion: IIoT & MQTT




Survey: Data Management & SQL

• 16% said data management and SQL technology will be most important for the future

• SQL database advantages:

- Incredibly cost-effective - Already used by IT and enterprise software platforms - Free integrators from restrictive process historians


Panel Discussion: Data Management & SQL




Survey: Virtualization & Cloud Solutions

• 16% said Virtualization and Cloud computing are important technologies for the future

• Virtualization allows you to create virtual machines without being tied to a physical location

• Virtualization makes Cloud computing possible• Cloud computing provides a range of services over

the Internet


Panel Discussion: Virtualization & Cloud Solutions




Survey: Mobile Devices

• 14% found that mobile devices are very important for the future

• The Internet of Things (IoT) and mobile technology are set to bring people and devices closer together

• Enterprise-level software already enables users to view and analyze data using smartphones and tablets


Panel Discussion: Mobile Devices




Survey: Security

• 11% said security is important for integrators in the future

• Security is a big priority now that data from industrial systems is needed

• IT currently employs security strategies such as client authentication & auditing. In addition, high-security technologies such as Secure Socket Layer (SSL) are used for web encryption.

• New technologies such as MQTT use security protocols such as Transport Layer Security (TLS)


Panel Discussion: Security




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