Siemens, HighByte Partner on Industrial Data Operations

Siemens is expanding the capabilities of its Industrial Edge ecosystem through a partnership with industrial software company HighByte. The collaboration enables customers to connect, contextualize and transform data from operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) sources.
 
HighByte Intelligence Hub is an industrial data operations software solution, designed specifically for data modeling, orchestration and governance. It is available as an official application on the Siemens Industrial Edge Marketplace. Customers can consume and reuse industrial data sets from HighByte to build AI models, agents and applications at scale, using Siemens’ recently announced Intelligence Center X software.

"The partnership solves a core challenge to make AI-powered industrial production a reality: making data from diverse sources accessible, understandable and actionable across the enterprise," says Rainer Brehm, chief operating officer for automation and chief technology officer at Siemens Digital Industries. "By bringing together Industrial Edge's robust OT connectivity with HighByte's DataOps capabilities and Intelligence Center X, we bridge the gap between shop floor operations and IT systems."

Integrated Solution for Data Access and Contextualization

HighByte Intelligence Hub runs natively on Industrial Edge, where application and configuration management is handled. The solution integrates directly with the Industrial Edge's Connectivity Suite, enabling users to connect to a wide variety of OT data sources including PLCs, SCADA systems, and industrial protocols. HighByte's DataOps functionalities extend this connectivity to IT data sources.

Using HighByte Intelligence Hub, users can apply flexible and scalable transformation rules to process data from multiple sources across IT and OT domains. These contextualized datasets can be made available to IT services in a transparent manner, with HighByte serving as a Unified Namespace provider that standardizes data access across the organization. HighByte Intelligence Hub can also be used to adjust machine setpoints, by sending commands from IT data sources back to PLCs via Industrial Edge's Connectivity Suite.

"Industrial organizations have long struggled with fragmented data across IT and OT systems," says Tony Paine, CEO at HighByte. "By directly integrating HighByte Intelligence Hub with Industrial Information Hub on Industrial Edge, we give customers a direct path to contextualized and standardized data. This is the foundation needed to build data products and leverage AI at scale with Siemens’ Intelligence Center X"

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.