In industrial operations, data integration and analytics are crucial for driving efficiency, reducing costs, and optimizing performance. Belden, a leader in networking and connectivity solutions, provides seamless data ingestion from diverse industry protocols and formats, laying the groundwork for advanced analytics applications. By collaborating with top-tier system integrators, Belden significantly enhances the value proposition of data analytics solutions.

Industrial customers often face challenges with data ingestion, having numerous data sources scattered across multiple production sites and systems. Belden addresses this by ensuring end-to-end data flow through a secure OT backbone and offering comprehensive data engineering services. This allows seamless marshaling and collection of data from various protocols and industrial systems, creating a unified data stream ready for advanced analysis. System integrators leverage Belden’s expertise in connectivity to transform raw data into actionable insights. By utilizing Belden’s robust data backbone, they can produce essential metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) that align with specific customer needs, visualizing and making sense of the captured data to optimize performance. This collaboration identifies and addresses customer pain points, resulting in tailored and effective solutions. Belden’s role is further amplified by CloudRail, a Belden brand, which integrates seamlessly with other solutions in Belden’s network and data solutions portfolio, including Belden Horizon which complements other solutions in Belden's network and data solutions portfolio (including Belden Horizon Data Operations), bringing you one step closer to a 360-degree view of your operational data.

Whether counting products, detecting performance changes in rotating equipment, or simply knowing when machines are doing true value-added work, increasing situational awareness is crucial. With a secure connection created by Belden, CloudRail and SmartInsights deployed in your own AWS account, your production environment is protected from intrusion, and you always own and control your production data. Every industrial IoT and AI project requires data from industrial assets. Belden’s OT data solutions, powered by CloudRail (for connecting to new sensors) and Belden Horizon Data Operations (for connecting to existing OT data sources), provide secure, reliable, and contextualized data to these data-hungry systems. Customers around the world use Belden OT data solutions to connect their factories to the cloud. This enables visibility of machines and equipment from anywhere, ensuring smooth operations.

Belden collaborates with hyperscalers to onboard and support customers, ensuring optimal performance outcomes. Regardless of equipment age or type, data can be read directly from newer equipment using protocols like OPC UA or from older, legacy equipment using secondary sensors from any manufacturer. Belden’s partnerships ensure that industrial customers receive robust, secure, and scalable data analytics solutions, enhancing situational awareness, optimizing production processes, and fostering a seamless transition to Industry 4.0.