由于2022年，我们发现不同的客户在制造环境与办公室之间的数据融合之路上的不同观点。当我们谈论为什么现在和将来生病至关重要时，某些最终用户就会“得到它”。客户需要更多来自商店地板的数据，以便通过分析做出更多有影响力的业务决策。我们继续看到更多挑战是抓住“如何”并回答这个问题，“我们的基础设施达到了安全地处理行业4.0举措的数据需求的任务吗？”最终用户如何达到他们准备好到来的地方？我们继续向客户提供建议，他们需要涉及的专家了解谁和OT双方的问题。
An important component to success is the customer having alignment between IT and OT within their organization. Often, digital transformation initiatives start on the enterprise side of the house with a specific business case where IT is typically challenged by their leadership to take more ownership of the connected “things” on the manufacturing side of the business. This, however, can be perceived as a threat to manufacturing operations, and for good reason. Operations is all about uptime and system availability when it comes to manufacturing. Historically, OT has tried to keep IT at bay when it comes to involvement in their systems to avoid costly system outages that may arise from lacking understanding of the intricacies of the manufacturing equipment. We see this as an opportunity for the integrator to help bridge the knowledge gap. As an OT/IT integrator,Malisko.has developed great relationships with IT departments and has even tailored workshops that are specifically targeted towards IT professionals to help them better understand the OT world. We find that we gain credibility by having our top-tier network and security specialists right alongside process and data experts to not only plan a path for convergence but also show what it will do for their business. Helping bridge that gap between IT and OT professionals is the biggest area where an integrator can help ease anxieties when it comes to IT/OT convergence. Many times, it’s more about the people than the technology.
Most clients have heard the buzz phrase “digital transformation,” but a portion of those clients struggle to understand where to even start. A knowledgeable and experienced integrator will sit down with those clients and demonstrate to them the ‘art of the possible’. In our engagements, Malisko explains to these clients where and how digital transformation can positively impact their own unique business operations—aggregating data from segments such as manufacturing, market analysis, suppliers and logistics, and ultimately performing business analytics that truly add value. These clients become more engaged in the dialogue and the vision becomes clearer as we help them develop digital roadmaps which often start with proof-of-value pilot projects.
此时，积分商将帮助客户理解他们现在的位置;他们目前的制造自动化平台有哪些功能;需要对其物理和逻辑网络进行哪些更改和可能的增强;他们需要支持更全面的数据汇总，最终将在组织中的各个层面饲养分析。在我们的参与中，Malisko帮助他们创建了他们的路线图，包括规划，修复，设计，部署，支持和成本。
客户已经开始了的digital transformation in their manufacturing we are seeing edge computing as a major enabler for other Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technologies. Specifically, since many digital initiatives come from the IT side, we’ve had to figure out a way to bring IIoT technology to the plant floor in the least disruptive way possible. One area where clients are seeing success is deploying network infrastructure with edge computing technology embedded at the network switch layer. For example, Cisco IOx running micro-services and containerizing applications. This compute capability at the edge allows connectivity to controllers and other endpoints to harvest data without having to touch the process control’s main SCADA system. Recently, we have seen customers take advantage of this new edge-computing capability in the area of cybersecurity to be able to analyze network traffic in real time, identifying assets talking on the network, and alerting users to vulnerabilities in the environment. For example, Cisco’s Cyber Vision brings all this to bare utilizing the IOx switches as network sensors which report the deep packet inspection data to a centralized server providing comprehensive threat intelligence. This solution assists IT/OT teams in building secure infrastructures and enforcing security policies to control risk.
System integrators (SI) of manufacturing automation can play a vital role in 2022 in helping clients navigate digital transformation as the industry continues to undergo a metamorphosis. Traditionally, the SI merely implemented control and data systems in the manufacturing space specified by clients. The industry continues to experience client resources rapidly dwindling in numbers thus causing clients to rely more on outside professional resources. In numerous instances, the client lacks the in-house resources to support complex control systems, virtualized servers, and multi-layer network architectures with OT-focused security posturing. In these scenarios many times the client’s in-house resources become more of a facilitator instead of subject matter experts. This is where the role and value of an SI makes a paradigm shift to provide more technical support and guidance for the client along with taking on a greater responsibility to better understand their business needs and challenges.si的作用在SI上变得更加现任，了解客户在数字举措领域的业务目标，因此SI可以是一个更有价值的顾问，导航了4.0的不断发展的行业景观。
