There is lot of buzz around the integration of IT & OT in manufacturing space. Those who are new to these terms here is the short explanation, IT as most of us know means Information technology and OT means "Operational Technology". OT primarily used in industrial automation. Also research firm Gartner refers to physical equipment oriented technology as "Operational Technology" (OT). Traditionally IT covers the spectrum of systems that support corporate functions like Finance, HR, Supply Chain, Order Management, Sales, etc. Whereas OT are task-specific systems, those are highly customized for industries and considered mission-critical and they fall under Engineering domain. Looking at the advancement in the operational technology they are becoming more like IT systems in terms of platforms, software, security and communications etc . This calls for convergence of an IT and OT alignment that could be in the form of standards, enterprise architecture, support & security models along with information & process integration.
I am thinking any PI or SOA based middle ware solution can be good way to integrate these two. I Would like to know has anybody integrated these two layer using PI or SOA based middleware in their manufacturing IT environment ? What can be the enterprise level architectural artefacts for this integration with SAP? Also what is the readiness required for both these layer to integrate tightly with SAP layer?
Some people are thinking in this era of IoT ( internet of things) all the assets which are IP enabled in operations can be good candidate to integrate with IT. Cloud and IoT can be good means to converge IT & OT in manufacturing . Any ideas to integrate IT & OT using Hana or IoT concepts in SAP environment ?
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