It Is Time For New Software Scada Technologies To Meet The New Age Challenges

By Author: Archer Finch
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It was about 13 years ago, one new software product which was released for the retail industry an din just about first 5 years, nearly 400 million copies of it were sold. By, now more than about one billion copies of the same have been sold, this was the Windows XP operating system from Microsoft to used in personal computers.

However, over time computer technology kept on evolving and much powerful processors and memory capacities were created. Faster communication interfaces were developed and computers had a greater potential to be explored than what XP was meant for. So, Microsoft also kept on upgrading XP to tap the full benefits of changing technologies and now the latest Windows 10 is designed for today's technology.

What is its significance when it comes to SCADA?

In light of the above, one problem SCADA software systems is facing is that most of the SCADA systems were deployed seven or ten years ago. So, for the users also it is very important to keep themselves upgraded to the latest SCADA applications to take full benefits of the technological advancement.

Say for example, multi-touch ...
... applications for SCADA is all set to make the tasks much easier and user friendly. On the other hand, web-based and cloud-based applications ensure more security and flexibility.

It is a fact that no only technology has changed overtime to affect software SCADA, but even the very fundamental concepts and processed related to automation have changed to a big extent over the last decade. Now, we are entering into the era of Big Data and Internet of Things, which are supposed to make a huge difference in industrial automation.

Changes in SCADA

The first generation SCADA systems were not designed to connect with a large number of machines and sensors, which the administrators wanted to monitor or control. There were also no need to handle a huge amount of data and traffic to be generated through these connections.

On using the same old-age software SCADA technology, this lack of scalability will limit its ability to access information through internet, which can be a huge barrier to improving its quality and productivity.

Irrespective of what kind of mighty technology and equipment you install for data management strategies, using an old-age SCADA software with a number of limitations may not be worthy to produce the desired results. You can compare this situation with buying a high-power sports car with all high-end technology features and performance benchmarks, but fitted with a 20-year-old sedan engine.

New-age SCADA

There are many applications which can tap the potential of the latest technology features as;

 Winlog Pro – an use to use, flexible software for development of SCADA HMI applications with Web Server support (known as Web SCADA).

 Pclog - A range of fan-less Panel PCs, which are equipped with embedded Windows 7. PClog PC bundled with Winlog Pro software and runtime licenses, it offers the most powerful and flexible Panel PC SCADA system.

 IOlog - A sophisticated range of I/O modules and serial converters to build a reliable and convenient modular data acquisition system.

It is high time for you to your existing SCADA software and find whether it meets these criterion to ensure the best performance, and if not it is time to think of a change.

Hey myself Archer Finch. Even though I took extra care about my systems, but still it was more prone to hacking. With the introduction of the software SCADA, my system is now very much safe from all sorts of threats, as most of the SCADA software are connected to web based portals or products.