Plant Process Control Software Vendor
Simplify secure access of over 5+ million production data items for multiple clients with a streamlined OPC UA architecture
Background
- Leading industrial software manufacturer, provider of Plant Process Control Systems.
- 10,000+ software instances running worldwide.
- Software exposes multiple isolated OPC UA Servers on-site
- 5+ million data items can be collected across several OPC UA servers. No filtering possible.
- Intricate and intertwined architecture. Multiple clients connect with multiple servers.
Business need
- Improve process information management and dissemination to multiple applications.
- Streamline OPC UA architecture to a flat scheme.
- Enhanced security, strictly providing necessary information for each client.
- Configurability to adapt to evolving requirements and needs.
Technical Requirements
- Consolidate information from OPC UA Servers in a single hub.
- Reduce workload on Plant Process Control System servers (pre-filter data)
- Customize data access, management and browsing rights to different clients.
- Manage user access
- Secure Integration Server
- Central OPC UA hub to simplify architecture.
- Flexible aggregation and address space filtering to customize information visible for different clients and users.
- Central management of security, certificates and client access.
- Unique market solution to handle 5+ million items.
- Flat architecture to enable new uses and applications
- REST API automated configuration
