OT Microservices

For busy manufacturers, RTI Connext slashes the development time required to build, integrate and test components in a physical logistics system. It also helps manufacturers to simplify factory maintenance and upgrade activities. The high-level benefits of Connext for OT Microservices include:

• Reducing time and materials costs

  Connext enables the decoupling of software and hardware lifecycles in brownfield and greenfield installations, which helps manufacturers significantly decrease the time and materials required during integration of complex equipment on the factory floor. For this reason, Connext can help manufacturers achieve significant time and cost savings across the entire integration, maintenance and upgrade cycle.

• Safety

  Connext provides redundancy and failover benefits without requiring expensive, single-use software re-design. The Connext databus handles data in motion, operating as a shared global space where data is continuously flowing to hundreds, thousands or more endpoints, thus eliminating single points of failure  This approach results in decreased downtime and increased safety in operational environments.

• Security

  Connext provides security at the data level to protect the system from attacks. Based on the Data Distribution Service (DDS^™) standard, Connext delivers fine-grained security that works over any network transport. Developers can authorize and grant access control – or restrict users – based on specific attributes such as role, data topic or action requested. This approach allows for faster responses to a rapidly-evolving threat surface, while protecting vital operational data in a multi-tenant logistics environment.