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Ignition SCADA from Inductive Automation®, combines unlimited licensing, instant web-based deployment and the industry-leading toolsets for supervisory control (SCADA) -- all in one open, scalable, universal platform. Ignition is the new SCADA. It solves all the major problems of old SCADA. Ignition allows your business to easily manage its processes and track, display, analyze, and report on all data. Ignition SCADA software includes a complete set of data acquisition tools, including OPC UA to connect almost any PLC and seamless connections to any SQL database. Ignition also converts any SQL database into an industrial historian. It also connects to IIoT devices via MQTT.

ICONICS’ Hyper Historian™ stands out as a sophisticated 64-bit historian renowned for its high-speed performance, reliability, and robustness, making it ideal for critical applications. This historian employs a state-of-the-art high compression algorithm that ensures exceptional efficiency while optimizing resource utilization. It seamlessly integrates with an ISA-95-compliant asset database and incorporates cutting-edge big data tools such as Azure SQL, Microsoft Data Lakes, Kafka, and Hadoop. Consequently, Hyper Historian is recognized as the premier real-time plant historian specifically tailored for Microsoft operating systems, offering unmatched security and efficiency. Additionally, Hyper Historian features a module that allows for both automatic and manual data insertion, enabling users to transfer historical or log data from various databases, other historians, or even intermittently connected field devices. This capability significantly enhances the reliability of data capture, ensuring that information is recorded accurately despite potential network disruptions. By harnessing rapid data collection, organizations can achieve comprehensive enterprise-wide storage solutions that drive operational excellence. Ultimately, Hyper Historian empowers users to maintain continuity and integrity in their data management processes.