Rockwell Automation the world’s largest company specializing in industrial automation and digital transformation, announced that the FactoryTalk Edge Gateway solution has been selected as the winner of the “Industrial IoT Solution of the Year” award at the 6th annual IoT Breakthrough Awards program run by IoT Breakthrough , a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the best companies, technologies and products in today’s global Internet of Things (IoT) market.
Rockwell Automation has won several IoT Breakthrough Awards including the “Best Industrial IoT Innovator” award in 2020 and “Best Industrial IoT Company” in 2021.
With the FactoryTalk Edge Gateway, manufacturers can easily access, understand and leverage the data they need to make sound decisions . The solution simplifies and automates the collection, contextualization and organization of industrial equipment data across machines, devices and automation assets at the source itself – enabling high initial data integrity. It also provides the right foundation to drive edge-to-cloud IT/OT convergence at the enterprise level that results in informed decision making.
FactoryTalk Edge Gateway software consolidates data from industry sources and control or automation systems. It is capable of integrating with various cloud applications, Industrial IoT and big data. It also uses OPC-DA, the automation industry standard for interoperability, to access KEPServer Enterprise data for third-party connections. This can maximize operations overview and provide a comprehensive view of a business, simplifying and automating data retrieval in a single integration solution for IT applications.
“Manufacturing processes and machines produce huge amounts of data which, in the right place, with the right context and at the right time can unlock new potential value sources from analytics, machine learning, connected employee experience, digital twins and more, “said Brian Shepherd , Vice President of Software & Control at Rockwell Automation. “FactoryTalk Edge Gateway software simplifies the collection, contextualization and organization of OT data in a way that builds a high -integrity digital foundation for decision making. The foundation and ability to reveal new observations is a capability that can help manufacturers achieve their performance goals.”
The mission of the IoT Breakthrough Awards program is to recognize innovators, leaders and visionary individuals from around the world in various IoT categories including Industrial and Enterprise IoT, Smart City technology, Connected Homes and Home Automation, Connected Cars and more. This year’s program attracted more than 3,850 nominations from companies around the world.
“Industrial enterprises struggle to aggregate operational data from heterogeneous sources and add relevant context from source to the IT layer. This can prevent them from revealing observations that could potentially change the situation at the enterprise level,” said James Johnson , managing director at IoT Breakthrough. “The FactoryTalk Edge Gateway not only enriches OT data with the critical context where it matters most – on the edge – but also delivers it in a flexible common information model to IT applications so industrial enterprises can gain critical insights to be more competitive. That’s what makes it the choice. us for the ‘Best Industry IoT Solution’ award. Congratulations to Rockwell Automation on its third year in a row. “
In addition, the FactoryTalk Edge Gateway can also discover high -speed contextual OT data from control devices automatically and package it in a logical, common information model that can be configured by control engineers. This common information model speeds up preparation for similar assembly lines and can be enriched with third -party data. It can also be mapped to on-premises or cloud applications and can be easily used to accelerate IT/OT convergence.
