Designing Edge Computing Solutions for the IT/OT Convergence
RemCom Consulting helps organizations modernize industrial and enterprise environments by bridging the gap between Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT). We design scalable, secure, and resilient edge computing architectures that enable real-time insights, improved reliability, and smarter operations.
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Tailored edge computing frameworks that support low-latency processing, distributed analytics, and seamless integration with cloud and on-prem systems.
We unify industrial control systems with enterprise IT platforms to enable secure data flow, operational visibility, and cross-domain automation.
Comprehensive strategies for securing edge devices, networks, and data pipelines across both IT and OT environments.
Real-time data ingestion, normalization, and analytics pipelines that empower smarter decision-making at the edge.
Using an edge poll-publish system, all data is one-way on the network, meaning your data is controlled more effectively and efficiently. The polling takes place at the PLC or EFM rather than at the Data Center. Publish-by-exception means the only time data moves on the network is when there is something that needs to go to the Data Center. This data moves on one port, in one direction. This allows for greater security and fewer holes in the firewall.
Traditional poll-response networks get data from devices much slower than is possible with Edge Polling. PLCs traditionally are polled at one-minute or five-minute intervals. By moving the computer to the edge, PLCs can be polled at sub-second intervals, providing near real-time data with much less traffic, as only readings outside the "dead band" get published, eliminating extraneous data. EFMs which are traditionally polled at fifteen-minute to one-hour intervals can be polled at one- minute to one-second intervals, giving much more precise readings that miss the expected peak/trough variations that we have to fill in through histories later.
Moving your polling to the edge, where the PLC or the EFM actually sits means your network uses much as 95% less overall data flow. This means previously saturated networks can handle more data, poll at much higher rates and have less loss than traditional poll-response networks.
Real-time data ingestion, computation and governed action means fewer interventions are needed to accomplish basic, repetitive tasks. These can be monitored and overridden by controllers if needed, but complex automations that once had to happen in the Data Center or Control room now take place in the edge server.