The Importance of Edge

Computing in Industrial
Transformation
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Speakers

Presenter: Matthew Littlefield, co-founder and

President, LNS Research

Presenter: John Fryer, Senior Director Industry

Solutions, Stratus Technologies

Moderator: Mark Hoske, Content Manager,

Control Engineering, CFE Media & Technology
The Importance of
Edge Computing in
Industrial
Transformation
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Agenda
❑ Understanding LNS Research &
Industrial Transformation
❑ Defining the Edge
❑ Edge use cases
❑ Edge application and best practices
❑ Actionable Recommendations
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Evangelizing & Driving
Industrial Transformation

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 Analyst Team

ANDREW HUGHES TOM COMSTOCK PATRICK FETTERMAN MATTHEW LITTLEFIELD

Principal Analyst Principal Analyst Research Analyst & VP Customer Ops President & Principal Analyst
FACTORY OF THE FUTURE IIoT PLATFORMS INDUSTRIAL ANALYTICS matthew.littlefield@lns-global.com
andrew.hughes@lns-global.com tom.comstock@lns-global.com patrick.fetterman@lns-global.com

PETER BUSSEY TBH DAN JACOB DAN MIKLOVIC

Research Analyst Research Analyst Principal Analyst and Research Director Research Fellow
EHS, CONNECTED WORKER APM 4.0 QUALITY, COMPLIANCE, LIFE SCIENCES dan.miklovic@lns-global.com
peter.bussey@lns-global.com dan.jacob@lns-global.com
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Research Demographics

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Industrial Transformation Framework

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Poll question 1

Has your organization created a hybrid IT/OT organization?

• Yes, and it fairly represents OT and IT

• Yes, and it leans towards IT interests
• Yes, and it leans towards OT interests
• No, but we plan to create one
• No, and we have no plans to create one
Defining the Edge
Defining the Edge

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Edge adoption lags cloud; Edge service not well defined

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Evolution of traditional architectures
Operational Architecture

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Industrial Analytics and Application Drill Down

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Edge Use Cases
Use Cases should drive Data Architecture

Edge Analytics Use Cases: Sub-

second decision making, large
volumes of streaming data with
bandwidth constraints, examples:
• Advanced process control
• Model predictive control
• Quality inspections
• Device failure
 Use Cases should drive Data Architecture

Edge to On-Premise Analytics Use

Cases: Seconds or longer decision
making, sufficient bandwidth,
supporting existing on-premise
applications, data type limitations,
data sharing limitations, examples:
• Production performance
dashboards
• Reliability centered maintenance
Use Cases should drive Data Architecture

Edge to Cloud Analytics Use Cases:

Seconds or longer decision making,
sufficient bandwidth, supporting
cloud applications, Big Data
requirements, data sharing
requirements, examples:
• Asset performance benchmarking
• Fleet/plant network visibility and
benchmarking
Use Cases should drive Data Architecture

Edge to On-Premise and Edge to

Cloud Analytics Use Cases: Seconds
or longer decision making, sufficient
bandwidth, supporting cloud and on-
premise applications, Big Data
requirements, data sharing
requirements, examples:
• Profit optimization
• Digital Twin
Edge applications and best practices
 Highest
Decision time, cost, complexity Industrial applications, analytics and compute reference architecture

Simple host, Virtual host, Robust Virtual, Big

Single Redundant Redundant Data
Lowest

Edge Cloud: Compute Infrastructure

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 Highest
Decision time, cost, complexity Industrial applications, analytics and compute reference architecture

• MES/MOM | APM
• KPIs/Metrics
Simple host, Robust Virtual, Big
• Thin Client HMI/SCADA
Single Redundant Data
• RDS, Domain Controller
• Streaming Data and
Anomaly Detection
Lowest

Virtual host,
Redundant

Edge Cloud: Compute Infrastructure

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Edge computing – Line applications

Examples:
• MES/MOM | APM
• KPI’s/Metrics
• SCADA/HMI Thin Client
• RDS, Domain Controller
• Streaming Data and Anomaly
Domain Historian/ RDS/
Detection controller
SCADA
Analytics ThinManager
VM1 VM2 VM3 VM4
Environment and requirements: Stratus Virtual OS
• Sub-second response times
• Limited bandwidth
• Large volumes of data
• Device security

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 Highest
Decision time, cost, complexity Industrial applications, analytics and compute reference architecture

• Enterprise Interoperability
• Advanced Applications and
Analytics
Simple host, Virtual host, • MES/MOM | APM Big
Single Redundant • KPIs: OEE, FPY, MTTF Data
• Thin Client HMI/SCADA
Lowest

Robust Virtual,
Redundant

Edge Cloud: Compute Infrastructure

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Edge computing – Plant applications

Examples
• Enterprise interoperability
• Advanced applications and analytics
• MES/MOM | APM
• KPI’s: OEE, PPY, MTTF
• SCADA/HMI, Thin Client

SQL
SCADA Historian Batch Analytics RDS
Environment and requirements: VM1 VM2 VM3 VM4
Server

VM5 VM6

• Response times in seconds Virtualization

• Multiple large volumes of data
• Modern network infrastructure
• Enterprise/cloud connectivity
• Network security

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Industrial compute infrastructure design principles

Server virtualization
• Infrastructure consolidation
• Application flexibility

High Availability
• Elimination of unplanned downtime Line apps

Operational simplicity Plant apps

• Installation, operation, maintenance
• Downtime minimization, OEE maximization

System Life Span

• Cost effective lifetime ownership

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3 steps to simplifying computing at the Edge

1 2 3
Cloud

Control

Capture

Get connected Rethink your Develop an

infrastructure architectural strategy

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Poll question 2

Which of the 3 steps to simplifying computing would you start

with?

• Get connected
• Rethink your infrastructure
• Develop an architectural strategy

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3 steps to simplifying computing at the Edge

1 2 3
Cloud
There is no correct order, Control
but all must be done.
Capture

Get connected Rethink your Develop an

infrastructure architectural strategy

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 Stratus builds the most reliable computing platforms
Around the globe

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transactions revenues tons

4 of the 5 largest global Half of the Global Fortune Half of the world’s 10 5 of the world’s 10 largest
credit card networks use 100 are current largest retailers are beverage companies use
Stratus solutions Stratus customers Stratus customers Stratus solutions

And at the edge Today and tomorrow

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years in
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years average
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Actionable Recommendations
Actionable Recommendations
• Ensure alignment and buy-in :-
• Across the Industrial Transformation framework
• Tie strategic objectives with initiatives, architectures, and solutions
• As part of your operational architecture :-
• Define your edge compute, analytics, and application strategy
• Ensure collaboration between IT and OT
• As part of your use cases, be sure to consider :-
• Data location
• Decision time
• Bandwidth constraints
• Data type, and analytics type as part of your use case analysis
• Don’t be scared to start your own initiatives :-
• Small pilots
• Make sure you have the right platform to scale quickly
Next Steps & New Research from LNS Research

If you like this topic, you may be interested in this new

research from LNS Research titled Industrial Control
Systems and Edge Computing: Enabling an Operational
Architecture for Applications and Analytics.

Topics include:
• Production Metrics and IIoT Architecture Impact
• Dynamics of Edge Adoption
• Edge in Operational Architectures
• Use Cases Should Drive Data Architecture
• Recommendations
Next Steps:

Request a copy of this research by emailing Greg.Paden@stratus.com or calling (978) 461-7579.

Schedule a Webex with a Stratus product expert or solution engineer.

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Speakers

Presenter: Matthew Littlefield, co-founder and

President, LNS Research

Presenter: John Fryer, Senior Director Industry

Solutions, Stratus Technologies

Moderator: Mark Hoske, Content Manager,

Control Engineering, CFE Media & Technology
 The Importance of Edge
Computing in Industrial
Transformation
Sponsored by: