SCADA FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS IN THE IoT

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a natural extension and evolution of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA). Early SCADA systems were deployed to monitor specific production processes, and separate systems were employed to manage assets, coordinate maintenance operations, optimize supply chains and other business operations. Today's enterprises are frequently composed of a patchwork of these legacy information systems. One of the concepts central to the IoT is Machine to Machine (M2M) communication. It is one of the advances that made the Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) such a revolutionary invention. By giving machines the ability to make decisions and perform actions based on nothing more than information provided to them by other machines, SCADA technology completely redefined the processes involved in industries like manufacturing, water treatment, oil and gas, and much more. Task automation driven by mechanically autonomous devices has improved the speed, efficiency, and quality of industrial processes.