- Many manufacturers still rely on legacy control systems and fragmented data sources, creating strategic liabilities as they face increasing complexity, regulatory requirements and the need for real-time decision-making.
- Industrial organizations need complete asset visibility, accurate alarm systems and data that directly supports strategic decisions, rather than dealing with information overload, reactive maintenance and siloed reporting that leads to slower responses and increased risk.
- Best practices include interoperable smart devices, integrated IT/OT ecosystems, AI-assisted filtering of critical alerts, role-based dashboards and unified data platforms that provide secure, real-time information for audit, analysis and action.
Like many industrial sectors, the energy sector is evolving rapidly. Across global markets, distributed energy resources (DERs), electrification, tightening cyber regulations, and AI-led automation are transforming what operational excellence demands. Yet many asset owners and operators are still relying on control systems built for a different era.
As infrastructure modernizes, visibility often lags
From field teams to executive leaders, decisions are still made with only portions of the full data picture — fragmented SCADA, siloed telemetry and manual reporting. That’s no longer a technical inconvenience. In 2025, it’s a strategic liability.
Across North America to Europe to Asia Pacific, operators are contending with the same challenge — how to deliver secure, scalable and real-time operational visibility across increasingly complex asset networks. Without it, resilience, compliance and commercial outcomes are all at risk.
Global authorities in the energy industry echo this urgency. The International Energy Agency (IEA) highlights that grid modernization and digital visibility are critical to both system stability and decarbonization.
The visibility gap is more than a data problem
When energy leaders talk visibility, they’re not asking for another dashboard. They want:
- A complete view of asset conditions across sites.
- Confidence in alarm accuracy and relevance.
- Data that links asset performance to investment decisions.
True visibility means more than having access to data; it means turning that data into timely, trustworthy insights that empower action.
But for most operators, gaps, such as the following, remain:
- Alarm overload with no root-cause traceability.
- Escalating faults due to fragmented systems.
- Maintenance triggered by time, not condition.
- Strategic planning that relies on stitched-together spreadsheets.
