Internet of Things (IoT)
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Turn connected industrial data into operational value
Connected from day one
Create a consistent industrial data layer across diverse machines, devices, applications, and IT and OT systems. Standardized connectivity helps overcome heterogeneous protocols and legacy equipment, so manufacturers can begin with existing infrastructure and expand across sites and use cases.
- Connect diverse industrial assets and systems
- Standardize data across IT and OT environments
- Integrate legacy and modern equipment
- Break down operational data silos
- Scale connectivity across sites and use cases
What industrial IoT enables
Connect operations, transform industrial data into meaningful intelligence, and give people the visibility and context to act. Industrial IoT allows manufacturers to improve performance today while building a foundation for scalable transformation.
Greater operational visibility
Create a more complete, real-time view of assets, processes, and systems so teams can understand operating conditions across lines, plants, and the enterprise.
Faster, more informed decisions
Put industrial data into context and deliver relevant insights to the people who need them, helping teams identify issues, understand their impact, and respond with confidence.
Improved asset and process performance
Identify anomalies, anticipate problems, and uncover opportunities to optimize assets and processes while reducing unplanned downtime.
More connected, productive teams
Deliver role-based information through dashboards, applications, mobile experiences, and augmented reality so employees can see, understand, and act on operational conditions.
Scalable digital transformation
Start with targeted use cases and extend successful solutions across plants and the enterprise without replacing existing infrastructure.
Confident AI adoption
Create an AI-ready foundation built on trusted, contextualized industrial data, enabling intelligent decisions, workflow automation, and measurable operational outcomes.
The power of the portfolio
Three products, one connected foundation. Each plays a distinct role in your Industrial IoT architecture. And together, they cover every layer of your operation.
Kepware®
Securely connects machines, devices, and control systems to modern applications through universal industrial protocol support.
- 150+ industrial protocols
- OPC UA & MQTT support
- Legacy device connectivity
- Secure data bridging
- Real-time data flow
Proficy®
Helps industrial teams see, understand, and optimize their operations through HMI/SCADA, MES, and data historian capabilities.
- HMI/SCADA visualization
- Smart Factory MES
- Industrial data historian
- Operations Hub
- Industrial Analytics
ThingWorx®
Transforms data into insight, applications, and outcomes through an enterprise IIoT platform built for industrial scale.
- IIoT application development
- Digital twin orchestration
- Predictive analytics
- Remote operations
- Enterprise integration
See how our products work together
Industrial IIoT delivers its full value when connectivity, operations, and analytics work as one. These are the combinations our customers rely on most.
Proficy + Kepware
Universal connectivity feeding high-performance operations.
What's included
Seamless protocol translation
Kepware acts as the underlying communications bridge, converting protocols into a standardized data stream that Proficy can easily ingest.
Real-time HMI/SCADA visualization
Proficy applications consume the live data streams provided by Kepware to generate dashboards, alarms, and grant operators control over plant-floor hardware.
Centralized production analytics
With Kepware maintaining a reliable pipeline of raw device data, Proficy platforms can accurately log historical metrics, track overall equipment effectiveness, and optimize high-level workflows.
Explore this bundleProficy + ThingWorx
Industrial operations management meets advanced IoT orchestration.
What's included
Connected operational applications
ThingWorx can extend industrial information into web-based and connected applications that support users and workflows beyond the tradtional control-room environment.
Broader access to industrial context
Operational information from Proficy can be made available to addtional teams and applications, helping organizations create broader visibility into equipment, processes, and performance.
Flexible industrial experiences
Together, Proficy and ThingWorx can support applications that combine real-time operational context with connected industrial experiences, helping organizations make HMI SCADA information useful across a wider range of roles and use cases.
Explore this bundleThingWorx + Proficy + Kepware
Connect, operate, and extend industrial data.
What's included
Connect diverse industrial assets
Kepware provides the connectivity foundation for bringing data from PLCs, controllers, devices, and industrial systems into a consistent operational architecture.
Monitor and control operations
Proficy provides the HMI SCADA layer for visualization, alarming, supervisory control, and operator decision support across industrial operations.
Extend data into connected applications
ThingWorx can extend operational information into connected applications and experiences, helping additional users access and act on industrial context beyond the traditional HMI SCADA environment.
Explore this bundleCase studies
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ThingWorx Delivers IoT Business Transformation to Sysmex
Sysmex deployed the ThingWorx platform for its IoT business transformation, enabling transformative connected solutions and data analysis IoT previously beyond reach.
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IMA Builds New Value for Themselves and Their Customers Using IIoT
Unlocking Efficieny Gains for Customers through Advanced Analytics and predictive Maintenance
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Drillmec Bores into the Future with IoT-enabled Insights
ThingWorx powers the next generation of service and engineering excellence in oil and gas exploration
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Driving Efficiency at Tofas with ThingWorx
Discover how the implementation of ThingWorx and DVM has enabled Tofaş to experience a great increase in efficiency, safety, savings, and energy optimization.
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Streamlined Data Systems Accelerate Woodward’s Digital Transformation
Woodward, Inc. is the world's oldest and largest independent designer, manufacturer, and service provider of control systems and control system components.
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Sunbelt Rentals Transforms Its Business with IoT Fleet Management
Leveraging ThingWorx, Sunbelt Rentals aggregated all of their fleet’s telematics data onto a single platform and made it available across the enterprise.
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Global packaging manufacturer improves efficiency and reduces downtime with industrial IoT
A leading packaging company leveraged Kepware to secure OT networks and unify data across all facilities—without replacing legacy equipment.
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Brembo Races Towards Digital Transformation with Innovative IoT Use Cases
Brembo scaled ThingWorx and Kepware use cases rapidly across their production lines and equipment, beginning with just three lines and working their way up to 75.
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Bell and Howell Drives Innovation with IoT Process Automation
Bell and Howell drives innovation using IoT process automation to deliver proactive service and predictive maintenance.
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Carlsberg Leverages IoT to Improve OEE and Launch Their Digital Transformation Journey
To improve performance of their manufacturing lines, Carlsberg needed a consistent, streamlined solution for tracking production data across its 28 brewing facilities throughout the globe. Learn how they leveraged ThingWorx, Kepware, and Microsoft to improve OEE by unlocking real-time performance monitoring and predictive maintenance across brewing facilities.
Resources
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See how ThingWorx 10.2 is advancing Industrial Intelligence
From IIoT to AIoT. ThingWorx 10.2 brings together industrial data, AI-powered insights, and intelligent applications to help organizations accelerate performance and scale innovation.
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Access insights from wherever you are
Learn how manufacturers deliver operational intelligence anywhere through industrial data management, visualization, connected operations, and enterprise-wide visibility.
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Act fast to improve productivity, quality, and safety
Learn how manufacturers improve productivity, quality, and safety through real-time visibility, connected worker strategies, digital workflows, and operational intelligence. Watch the three-part on-demand demo series.
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Connected Worker strategies: how to deliver context, visibility, and actionable insights across industrial operations
Learn how Connected Worker solutions improve productivity through contextualized industrial data, OT/IT convergence, operational intelligence, and AI.
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Speeding time to value demo series
Learn how manufacturers accelerate time to value through connected worker strategies, software adoption, change management, industrial data, and operational intelligence. Watch the on-demand demo series.
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Introducing Velotic: Pioneering the Future of Industrial Software (from GE Vernova Proficy, PTC ThingWorx and Kepware)
Velotic is a new independent industrial software company formed from the combination of Proficy from GE Vernova and ThingWorx and Kepware from PTC.
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Close the Gap Between Insights and Action
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ThingWorx Supports CESMII Smart Manufacturing Interoperability
See how Velotic's CESMII integration building blocks for ThingWorx simplify interoperability, accelerate multi-site scale, and reduce custom integration work.
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The Hidden Cost of Inconsistent Manufacturing Operations
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ThingWorx and Leela AI Team Up to Improve Production Performance Using Vision AI
Learn how this collaboration of Velotic ThingWorx and Leela AI boosts efficiency and performance to revolutionize production with Vision AI.
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Introducing Velotic: Pioneering the Future of Industrial Software (from GE Vernova Proficy, PTC ThingWorx and Kepware)
Velotic is a new independent industrial software company formed from the combination of Proficy from GE Vernova and ThingWorx and Kepware from PTC.
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Close the Gap Between Insights and Action
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ThingWorx Supports CESMII Smart Manufacturing Interoperability
See how Velotic's CESMII integration building blocks for ThingWorx simplify interoperability, accelerate multi-site scale, and reduce custom integration work.
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The Hidden Cost of Inconsistent Manufacturing Operations
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ThingWorx and Leela AI Team Up to Improve Production Performance Using Vision AI
Learn how this collaboration of Velotic ThingWorx and Leela AI boosts efficiency and performance to revolutionize production with Vision AI.
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ThingWorx 10.0 and Microsoft Azure: Powering Industrial IoT From Edge to Insight
Discover how Velotic's ThingWorx 10.0 and Microsoft Azure transform industrial IoT by unifying edge-to-cloud data, AI, and analytics for smarter operations.
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Introducing ThingWorx 10.0: Powering the Next Era of Industrial IoT
ThingWorx’s newest version, 10.0, is here. Read more to learn about IIoT’s latest innovation.
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ThingWorx: A Practical Ally for Unified Namespace Integration
Velotic's ThingWorx supports the Unified Namespace (UNS) to simplify industrial data integration—proven in action with AMRC's real-world applications.
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PTC (now part of Velotic) named a Leader in IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Industrial IoT and Applications 2024 Vendor Assessment
PTC (now part of Velotic) has been recognized as a Leader in IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Industrial IoT and Applications 2024 Vendor Assessment
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Top 8 Field Service Management Challenges
Discover the top 8 field service management challenges and how to address them. Improve efficiency, customer satisfaction, and first-time fix rates.
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See how ThingWorx 10.2 is advancing Industrial Intelligence
From IIoT to AIoT. ThingWorx 10.2 brings together industrial data, AI-powered insights, and intelligent applications to help organizations accelerate performance and scale innovation.
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Access insights from wherever you are
Learn how manufacturers deliver operational intelligence anywhere through industrial data management, visualization, connected operations, and enterprise-wide visibility.
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Act fast to improve productivity, quality, and safety
Learn how manufacturers improve productivity, quality, and safety through real-time visibility, connected worker strategies, digital workflows, and operational intelligence. Watch the three-part on-demand demo series.
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Connected Worker strategies: how to deliver context, visibility, and actionable insights across industrial operations
Learn how Connected Worker solutions improve productivity through contextualized industrial data, OT/IT convergence, operational intelligence, and AI.
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Speeding time to value demo series
Learn how manufacturers accelerate time to value through connected worker strategies, software adoption, change management, industrial data, and operational intelligence. Watch the on-demand demo series.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Industrial IoT?
Industrial IoT connects machines, devices, applications, and IT and OT systems to make operational data more accessible and actionable. It helps manufacturers gain real-time visibility, improve decision-making, and optimize operations.
How does Industrial IoT benefit manufacturers?
Industrial IoT helps manufacturers better understand operating conditions, anticipate problems, improve asset and process performance, and give employees the information they need to act. It also provides a foundation for scaling digital initiatives across plants and enterprise.
Can Industrial IoT work with existing and legacy equipment?
Yes. Standardized industrial connectivity can integrate data from diverse protocols, legacy equipment, and modern systems, helping manufacturers build their existing infrastructure rather than replace it.
How does Industrial IoT support AI?
Industrial IoT creates a foundation of connected, contextualized industrial data that AI can use to generate relevant operational intelligence. This helps manufacturers accelerate decisions, automate workflows, and move from insights to action with greater confidence.