The
global supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) market in process industry report highlights the top three emerging trends
predicted to impact market growth through 2020. Technavio defines an emerging
trend as something that has potential for significant impact on the market and
contributes to its growth or decline.
“European countries are investing in new projects in the oil and
gas sector to reduce their dependency on Russia, due to the Ukraine crisis.
They are planning to build pipelines through Central Asian countries such as
Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan, and this development is expected to
drive the global SCADA market significantly over the next four years,” added
Vineeth.
Technavio’s market research study identifies the following three
emerging trends that are expected to propel the global SCADA market in process
industries:
·
Growing popularity of SCADA as a service
·
High demand for integrated DLP solutions
·
Increased adoption by SMEs
·
Increase in M&A
Growing popularity of SCADA as a service
SCADA as a service or SCADA in the cloud is likely to be a next
logical step in the evolution of automation technology in process industries.
SCADA end-users can significantly reduce costs, achieve greater flexibility,
and enhance functionality by shifting to a cloud-based environment. SMEs face
budget constraints and cuts that make it difficult to afford the initial
investment in a SCADA system. Small facilities also cannot afford a dedicated
technical staff to manage SCADA systems.
A cloud-based service shifts the task of maintaining and
displaying data from the end-user to the service provider. It eliminates the
expenses and problems related to the hardware layer of IT infrastructure. At
the same time it enables users to view data on devices such as tablets and
smartphones, and also through email and text messages.
We anticipate cloud-based SCADA solutions to reduce end-users'
costs up to 80% compared to traditional SCADA systems in the process industry
during the forecast period. Technavio predicts that 30% of oil and gas
companies operating in In Southeast Asia and India will deploy their operations
in the cloud by 2020, owing to the growing energy demand.
Use of mobile SCADA
SCADA systems are migrating from PCs to mobile devices.
Authorized operators can remotely access data using a variety of devices such
as iPads, tablets, and smartphones. These devices can be used as portable human
machine interfaces (HMIs) to monitor remote equipment and enable field
operators to assess the current condition of a process or piece of equipment
quickly without the need for a workstation. Technologies embedded in
smartphones, such as BLE beacons, NFC, and GPS, have further enabled the
integration of SCADA with smartphones.
SCADA infrastructure is incorporating smart mobile devices to
increase the capability of the entire system. It consists of a smartphone app
deployed with each mobile worker, geo tags deployed in the control zones, and a
central server equipped with real-time connections to equipment and other
assets. Field operators have the access to real time data for configurations
and repairs due to mobile SCADA. Thus, it does not require an operator in the
control room to manage potential problems or abnormalities. Field technicians
can also update the control system instantaneously from the field over mobile
phones without visiting the control room to deliver the results to the
operator.
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