Emerson Unveils Architecture Vision for ‘Boundless Automation’
October 24 2022 - 6:00PM
Business Wire
Software-centric architecture to democratize
data and enable innovation
Building on a deep legacy of industry-leading digital automation
expertise through its Plantweb™ digital ecosystem, global
technology and software company Emerson (NYSE: EMR) today shared
its vision of a new software-defined automation architecture
designed to catalyze the future of modern manufacturing.
This next-generation architecture will empower companies through
“boundless automation” to manage, connect and deliver operational
technology (OT) and information technology (IT) data seamlessly and
easily across the enterprise. Moving data freely and securely
across OT and IT domains – from the intelligent field to the edge
and cloud – will enable operational and business performance
optimization across the enterprise.
Emerson, drawing upon decades of automation leadership through
its preeminent Plantweb digital ecosystem, shared this vision to
accelerate manufacturing today at its Emerson Exchange convening
nearly 3,000 industrial experts to discuss emerging ways to
optimize business and sustainability performance through advanced
automation. This vision follows Emerson’s latest expansion of
Plantweb with the Aspen Tech industrial software portfolio.
“The industrial sector is facing a pivotal moment, with the
intersecting priorities of safety, productivity and sustainability
forcing a crossroads between ‘the way things have always been done’
and the tech-powered vision of tomorrow,” said Mark Bulanda,
executive president of Emerson’s Automation Solutions business. “As
an automation leader with expanding software capabilities through
our AspenTech addition, Emerson is well-positioned to help the
industries we serve navigate a path to a digital future.”
The automation architecture currently used across the world’s
most essential industries was purpose-built with operational data
isolated from hardware and software systems. This siloed approach
presents a barrier to meaningful data use because separate layers
of automation – including sensors and software, cloud-based
applications and artificial intelligence – block data access from
one layer to the next.
Leveraging automation to its fullest potential requires secure
OT data access to put data to work across layers to optimize
process, reliability, safety and sustainability simultaneously. New
technologies and applications combined with market needs –
including “born digital” companies, decentralized operating models
and the move toward self-optimized plants – have created demand for
a new automation paradigm where a unified software environment
streams data across the enterprise effortlessly, when and where
it’s needed.
This software-defined, data-centric and app-enabled architecture
Emerson outlined at its conference will more easily “democratize”
critical data. The automation architecture will easily gather data
from devices and modern edge-based technology control systems and
securely move it to today’s cloud-based enterprise for analysis,
trending and forecasting – enabling tight collaboration between
information technology and OT.
“Emerson has been at the forefront of industrial automation
innovation breakthroughs for the past four decades, and our
commitment continues,” said Peter Zornio, chief technology officer
for Emerson’s Automation Solutions business. “The shift to a
software-defined architecture across the cloud, edge and
intelligent field will eliminate functional and architectural
silos, creating a ‘boundless automation’ platform. Such a platform
is required to truly enable all the benefits promised by digital
transformation applications and programs.”
About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE: EMR), headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri (USA),
is a global technology and software company providing innovative
solutions for customers in industrial, commercial and residential
markets. A leader in industrial automation, Emerson helps process,
hybrid and discrete manufacturers optimize operations, protect
personnel, reduce emissions and achieve their sustainability goals
through its Automation Solutions and AspenTech businesses.
Emerson’s Commercial & Residential Solutions business helps
ensure human comfort and health, protect food quality and safety,
advance energy efficiency and create sustainable infrastructure.
For more information, visit Emerson.com.
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