The makers of the top-of-the-line time series database InfluxDB have formed a strategic alliance with Litmus, the innovator in industrial edge data platforms. Through this collaboration, InfluxData and Litmus seek to close the OT/IT gap with a single solution that facilitates high-resolution data and real-time industrial intelligence.
Closing the Scalability Gap of Industrial Data
Time series data is fundamental for today’s industrial intelligence, providing important information about critical events and their timing, as well as signal correlation. But due to fast and high resolution production of industrial data, conventional historians cannot handle that challenge anymore. The technological lag causes industrial producers to face hard choices between precision, duration of retention, and cost.
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The combination of InfluxDB 3 Enterprise with Litmus Edge addresses the above problems by offering a streamlined way of getting data from the edge to the cloud. Litmus Edge offers the needed native connectivity and data standardization capabilities that are necessary for industrial settings, whereas InfluxDB 3 Enterprise guarantees efficiency in data collection, analysis, and storage.
“Industrial systems are used in the real world. Timing is critical there, and performance degradation has concrete consequences,” explains Evan Kaplan, CEO of InfluxData. “Most of these systems weren’t designed to process high-resolution data or react to it instantly. Integrating InfluxDB 3 Enterprise with Litmus Edge removes these limitations, allowing teams to work directly at the data source in real time with the precision needed to run AI in physical systems.”
A Unified Edge-to-Cloud Architecture
With the application of hub-and-spoke architecture, the combined approach becomes flexible and manageable for complicated industrial settings. By using Litmus Edge, you can contextualize all your data right where it comes from, providing direct connectivity to more than 250 ready-made industrial protocols such as PLC, robotics, and legacy systems without developing costly and time-consuming customized code.
The collected telemetry will then be analyzed by InfluxDB 3 Enterprise on site and replicated to the central hub.
Main Advantages of the InfluxDB and Litmus Combination:
• Highest Accuracy Levels: Businesses will be able to measure all parameters with highest accuracy without incurring significant expenses on storing and processing data.
• Rapid Edge Processing: Processing raw data in real time allows companies to respond immediately to mechanical changes, which increases productivity and ensures better safety conditions.
• Simple Deployment: With native support for over 250 industrial communication protocols, businesses will be able to deploy software effortlessly regardless of the available hardware.
• Easy AI Implementation: High-precision data obtained from InfluxDB 3 Enterprise provides the perfect groundwork for developing AI models within physical machinery.
