SCADA Archives - Kai Waehner

Modernization of OT IT and SCADA with Data Streaming

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Modernizing SCADA Systems and OT/IT Integration with Data Streaming

ByKai Waehner
10. September 2023
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SCADA control systems are a vital component of IT/OT modernization. The old IT/OT infrastructure and SCADA system are monolithic, proprietary, not scalable, and miss open APIs based on standard interfaces. This post explains the modernization of such a system based on the real-life use case of 50Hertz, a transmission system operator for electricity in Germany. A lightboard video is included.

Cloud Native SCADA Industrial IoT with Apache Kafka Data Streaming

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A cloud-native SCADA System for Industrial IoT built with Apache Kafka

ByKai Waehner
4. October 2022
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Industrial IoT and Industry 4.0 enable digitalization and innovation. SCADA control systems are a vital component of IT/OT modernization. The SCADA evolution started with monolithic applications and moved to networked and web-based platforms. This blog post explores building the 5th generation: A cloud-native SCADA infrastructure with Apache Kafka. A real-world case study explores the journey of a German system operator for electricity to show how such a journey to open and scalable real-time workloads and edge-to-cloud integration progressed.