IT/OT integration
Articles on connecting operational technology with IT through secure networks, shared responsibilities and sustainable interfaces.
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Seven Machines, Seven OPC UA Dialects: Why Complex Operations Need a Two-Tier UNS
A durable two-tier UNS needs machine interface data contracts, a canonical operational namespace, curated enterprise information and explicit ownership.
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Multidisciplinary Digitalisation: From Silos to Collaboration
Multidisciplinary digitalisation succeeds when business, OT and IT make shared decisions and the owner side takes responsibility for interfaces.
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Digitalisation, Integration and Automation in Practice
Digitalisation orders information, integration creates context and automation lets logic act. The sequence determines the outcome.
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MQTT: From Edge Functionality to Central Service
MQTT becomes strategic when scalability, identity, data contracts and operational ownership are designed as shared infrastructure.
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When IT Manages OT
When IT takes responsibility for OT, a clear operating contract is needed for decision rights, changes, incidents and recovery.
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Tomorrow’s BMS Requires IT-Ready Networks
Tomorrow’s BMS needs more than IP: addressing, segmentation, certificates, observability and governed change must work together.