This is an excerpt from a recent educational article by Softing:

Manufacturing and packaging plants can improve their operations by integrating their IT and OT technologies — unlocking benefits like predictive maintenance, data analysis and connections to powerful enterprise applications. While implementing an IIoT solution can be a challenge for businesses that don’t have the staff, time or resources, flexible software applications provided in Docker containers can streamline a pathway to success.

Softing’s edgeConnector and edgeAggregator are both containerized software applications that allow users to easily integrate their machines with OPC UA servers.

To read the complete article, click on this link: https://industrial.softing.com/us/news/blog/containerized-software-packages-simplify-machine-connectivity-for-legacy-machines.html

Sincerely,

Julius Frago,
The Automation School