Times have changed since the 1980s. Power suits are out, Madonna is no longer on MTV and IBM's first PC now looks extremely outdated. So shouldn't SCADA have developed since the 1980s too? Here, Tobias Antius, CEO of industrial control and automation specialist Novotek, explains why SCADA systems need to develop to meet the needs of the connected plant. Novotek was part of the team of companies that initiated PC-based SCADA back in the 1980s. While it was revolutionary in the automation industry, plants have changed enormously since then, so SCADA systems must reflect this. The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) means that there are far more connected devices around the plant, all of which need monitoring by SCADA systems.
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