Industrial organizations are increasingly focused on making operational data accessible across plants, business units and cloud initiatives—yet many data platforms struggle to scale without introducing complexity, cybersecurity risk and high operational overhead.

As asset-intensive companies grapple with the increased complexity of maintaining reliable, high performing equipment, the challenge grows exponentially when critical asset data—maintenance records, sensor data, historical information, etc.—is siloed across various systems, departments and formats.

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