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The Importance of Control Systems for Analytics Tools

November 4, 2014
Robert Bergman

Splunk is a disruptive analytical tool designed to handle unstructured data typically generated by operations in the form of machine information. The potential to use Splunk to improve your operation in unlimited ways is predicated on being able to securely connect all your IO in your process to this innovative tool. Kepware has eased this process by building a Splunk interface to work with the hundreds of OPC connections developed over the last 20 years. A link to their datasheet can be found here.

The key to reliably, safely and securely using these tools is having a control system that provides the easiest means of connecting and communicating the actual sensor information. Our new Simple, Scalable, and Secure^tm  automation controller provides the easiest and most cost effective way for you to connect your process to the next generation of analytical tools. By providing software configurable, isolated IO on every channel, literally any sensor can be connected by the click of a mouse. And supporting 1GBps ethernet using OPC-UA means a fast and secure connection to handle the millions of data points now available. Build your future on Bedrock.