Operational Technology (OT) lies at the heart of Industry 4.0's digitalization efforts. To fully leverage its benefits, the underlying IT and network infrastructure must be considered. This is where FNT's OT Infrastructure Management Software comes into play. It provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of factory floor IT and network infrastructure, enhancing IT device security and ensuring reliable connectivity within the production network.
Advantages of FNT´s OT Infrastructure Management Software
Gain a comprehensive overview of all aspects of IT and network infrastructure within the factory as part of your OT system. This enables you to identify trends and critical changes more rapidly, empowering you to make better, knowledge-based, and strategic decisions.
By documenting the OT/IT infrastructure in a central data model, relationships between elements become visible. Easily identify missing redundancies and rectify errors more swiftly and reliably. Planning functionalities aid in better preparation for changes, allowing for faster provisioning of new connections and IT devices, thus reducing downtime.
Partial solutions within factory areas, often inadequately integrated, become obsolete. Benefit from improved documentation quality, process optimization, and a more robust foundation for OT/IT infrastructure management within factory premises, resulting in lower overall operating costs and requiring fewer personnel.
Seamless process management enhances the efficiency of your operational and change processes for OT/IT infrastructure. Additionally, it includes process and work order control, an extensive component library, and powerful planning functionalities. Integrated capacity and license management allow for better utilization of existing resources.
With a reliable database at your disposal, you're always well-prepared to address inquiries regarding your OT/IT infrastructure, ensuring seamless audits and recertifications with minimal effort.
You can only defend what you´re aware of! The best defense mechanisms become vulnerable when outdated, unpatched, and neglected devices undermine the foundation of your defenses. Precise documentation of operating systems and other software states on all devices in the OT/IT infrastructure network helps you better shield yourself against cyberattacks.
Highlights of FNT´s OT Infrastructure Management Software
FNT´s solution for OT Infrastructure Management establishes the foundation for optimal asset and configuration management of all IT and network devices in manufacturing, which form the basis for communication between the elements of OT and their data processing. It enables comprehensive documentation of the IT and network infrastructure within the factory premises, including all dependencies and relationships. This encompasses structured cabling throughout the entire factory campus, comprising all active and passive network components both inside and outside the production buildings.
The centralized documentation within an integrated data model ensures that up-to-date, transparent data is always available—from the central network distribution points to all network endpoints in the form of devices at the facilities. This forms the basis for improved collaboration between IT and OT teams.
