Belden launches industrial data operations solutions

Belden has announced the launch of Belden Horizon Data Operations (BHDO) and Belden Horizon Data Manager (BHDM) industrial data operations solutions.

As the adoption of the IIoT and Industry 4.0 advances, the volume of data available from connected OT devices grows, providing opportunities for companies to use data to improve business decision-making. Belden said the Belden Horizon software-based services are designed to meet these expanding requirements by empowering industrial organisations to address data complexity through secure and managed data access, analytics and integration.

Belden said that BHDO and BHDM enable industrial organisations to extract actionable insights from OT assets in a more efficient and secure manner to reveal areas to streamline production processes, enhance operational efficiency and improve uptime. BHDO collects and analyses OT data at the network edge and transmits it to information technology (IT) destinations for further analysis and action, while BHDM manages distributed BHDO deployments.

BHDO and BHDM supported more than 250 OT protocols and integration into dozens of IT system types. Digital twins and analytics tooling are said to empower users to collect, contextualise and analyse data at the edge. Scalability is supported by using BHDM software to manage many BHDO instances.

“Today’s enterprises face an ever-increasing proliferation of connected devices, driving the need to capture and analyse high volumes of data at the edge and then transmit data to IT systems for additional contextualisation and analysis,” said Jeremy M. Friedmar, Director of Product Management, Edge Solutions at Belden. “BHDO streamlines edge OT data collection and IT systems integration through its pre-loaded connectors, integrations and low-code programming, while BHDM manages distributed BHDO instances. Our BHDO and BHDM solutions are vendor-agnostic and easy to use while providing robust data normalisation to optimise edge data management.”

Belden said that all Belden Horizon products are secure, industrial-grade solutions that address the complex requirements of varied industries, including manufacturing, building automation, oil and gas, transportation, energy and utilities.

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