How to Migrate from SCADA to Cloud IIoT: A Practical Guide for Manufacturing Engineers
· 10 min read
Your SCADA system works. It's been running your plant for 15, maybe 20 years. The HMIs are a bit dated, the historian is maxing out its storage, and the vendor wants $200,000 for an upgrade that mostly changes the UI — but the system works. So why migrate?
Because "works" isn't the same as "works well." Legacy SCADA gives you visibility into what's happening right now, on one screen, in one control room. Cloud IIoT gives you visibility into what's happening across every machine, every plant, from any device — plus predictive analytics that tell you what's about to happen next.