I work for a YC company in the industrial maintenance space and we've been looking at integrating machine data drive and automate certain maintenance workflows. The most difficult aspects of integrating machine data have been (i) networking and (ii) translating whatever protocol (Ehternet/IP, Profinet, Modbus, etc.) the machine's control system uses into familiar formats. In many cases, PLCs aren't connected to a network, the customer doesn't know which tags point to the data they need, IT has concerns about security, and the list goes on. How are you guys thinking about these networking and protocol translation issues?
Second question. The main platform in this space is Ignition. Do you consider yourself a competitor to Ignition or are you aiming for a different use case?
Second question. The main platform in this space is Ignition. Do you consider yourself a competitor to Ignition or are you aiming for a different use case?