Industrial Connectivity Software

Industrial Connectivity Software comprises drivers, OPC UA servers and protocol gateways that connect PLCs, DCS, sensors and other industrial devices to data platforms, applications and IT systems. It translates and normalises diverse industrial protocols (including Modbus, OPC UA and MQTT) and vendor-specific interfaces (including Allen-Bradley, Siemens and others) into consistent, accessible data streams across plant, edge and cloud environments. These tools provide configuration, diagnostics and security features to manage connections at scale across multiple sites and heterogeneous automation equipment, including through containerised and distributed deployments.

This category addresses the fragmentation and complexity of connecting legacy and modern industrial equipment that use incompatible protocols and vendor-specific interfaces, reducing reliance on fragile point-to-point integrations that limit scalability and reliability. It solves the challenge of making OT data trustworthy, contextualized, and consistently available to analytics, AI, MES, SCADA, and enterprise applications. By standardizing connectivity across multiple sites and vendors, these solutions help reduce integration costs and implementation time, support improved data governance and secure data exchange, and provide the resilient, scalable data foundation manufacturers need for digital transformation, brownfield modernization, and enterprise-wide data initiatives.