Industrial enterprises use SCADA as a process control system to monitor data acquisition processes and oversee various related workflows. The data coming from OT devices is taken in by SCADA systems and integrated into the SCADA ecosystem as applications covering a range of use cases for the shop floor. So why does an industrial IoT platform still make sense here?
One downside of SCADA is that these systems are not made for rapid scaling. They do not accommodate change so easily. Most of the time, the processes are slow and inflexible. Further, the data collection processes, though robust, have their limitations. They are usually only suited for monitoring, supervision, and sending out alerts at best. More sophisticated analytics or use cases based on machine learning are out of reach.