This in-depth market data research is split into two key modules: Market Growth Outlook and Competitive Analysis. Each of these modules is further configured into several sub-modules to meet the needs of executives as well as marketing, sales, and product development managers. All of these modules and sub-modules may be purchased as a bundle or separately. A brief description of these modules, sub-modules, and their use cases is included below.
The Operational Historians/Data Platforms market research delivers current market analysis plus a five year market and technology forecast. The research is available in multiple editions including worldwide, all regions, and most major countries.
Demand for Operational Historians/Industrial Data Platforms Driven by Data-centric Digital Transformation
Research by ARC Advisory Group confirms that data is essential for manufacturing and operations and that the digital transformation of industries is improving the Operational Historians/Industrial Data Platforms technology. The industrial time-series Historian/Industrial Data Platform is evolving, and its market keeps growing. New types of data are being merged with traditional structured process data and the amount of data keeps rising exponentially. Digital transformation and everything it involves is based on data. Operational data is required to optimize manufacturing performance in real time. New technologies like edge, cloud, digital twins, 3D virtual reality technologies, and advanced analytics including AI are all creating the need for more data, which is accessible, available, searchable, and contextualized.
Operational Historians/Data Platforms Strategic Issues
In addition to providing a five-year market forecast, the Operational Historians/Data Platforms market research provides detailed quantitative current market data and addresses key strategic issues as follows.
Invest in Real-Time Data Platforms On-premise, Edge, Cloud, Data Hubs, and Data Lakes
Begin the digital transformation with the selection of a robust industrial platform designed for real-time data. Newer platforms should be more secure, enable regulatory compliance, and enable different types of data sources to be combined with traditional real-time historical data. Options for deployment should be flexible and include on-premise, edge, cloud, and data lakes. Start to investigate and deploy Industrial IoT applications along with more traditional data for process decision-making. Start migrating applications to the edge or cloud where it makes sense using a hybrid approach.
Although some critical data will continue to remain on-site, buyers must take the time to understand data needs and what data is moved to the cloud. The ultimate use of the data must be considered. In some cases, it may be necessary to add new sensors or equipment to the process to obtain the data needed for better business intelligence and outcomes.
Those successfully using digital technologies to support innovation and competitive excellence have to typically buy into the concept of leveraging technology to help “future proof” the business. This is especially true for cloud-based software that enables universal access to data, introduces a collaborative environment for remote workers across the globe, and addresses the security and availability demands of the business. When the power of the cloud is combined with data and advanced applications for engineering and operations, a new level of industrial intelligence becomes available that helps teams proactively respond to circumstances, simplify processes with automation, and continuously innovate. In fact, information and solutions in the cloud can be more secure than on-premises systems.
New platforms and Industrial IoT solutions can make deployment, implementation, and user experience easier and more secure. When implementing Industrial IoT solutions, start with a pilot and based on success, create a roll-out plan.
Consider Hyperscalers for Storage Infrastructure
Hyperscalers use large, distributed infrastructure that can quickly accommodate an increased demand for computing resources without requiring additional physical space, cooling, or electrical power. Hyperscale computing is characterized by standardization, automation, redundancy, high-performance computing (HPC) and high availability (HA). Hyperscalers can accommodate data volume fluctuations with scalable server infrastructures. The term “hyperscale” refers to scalable cloud computing systems in which a large number of servers are networked together. The number of servers used at any time can increase or decrease to respond to changing requirements. This means the network can efficiently manage both large and small volumes of data traffic. Hyperscale servers are small systems that are purpose built. To achieve scalability, the servers should be networked together “horizontally” or scaled out to increase the computing power of the system.
Market Data Research Available Datasets
Market Growth Outlook
ARC’s market growth outlook service delivers an in-depth market opportunity analysis including five-year market and technology forecasts and 3-year history trend lines where available. Besides providing an in-depth analysis of the market opportunity provided by each technology, this service allows technology suppliers to analyze their own customized markets consisting of multiple technologies. For example, customers can view different market scenarios by adding or removing technology markets from the analysis, providing them a Total Available Market (TAM) view of their own served market. A list of the available market growth outlook services can be seen in the list below.
This service is designed to help accelerate your organization's ability to understand an up-to-date view of the market opportunity provided by your current product portfolio and analyze how your company’s market opportunity would change if you were to acquire or divest a particular product line. The service will also help you identify and capitalize on emerging markets, whether these markets are based on an emerging technology, region, vertical industry, or application. Built upon a proprietary market model and ARC’s field proven primary research, this service helps product and marketing managers optimize their business plans by identifying the opportunities provided by emerging trends. ARC’s reputation as the preeminent independent provider of market growth opportunity analyses for nearly four decades also provides greater weight to your business plans. ARC’s market growth outlook services are available in a variety of formats depending on whether you view your market opportunities via different technologies, industries, or world regions.
In addition, ARC has a strong history of providing customized market opportunity reports and services to meet your specific needs. For example, you may sell your products only to specific industries and/or in only one or two regions. You tell us your served markets and ARC can quickly configure a report or service designed to best serve your served market.
ARC provides several versions of these reports and services depending on your role in the organization. Executive Views are high level market opportunities designed to help executives quickly identify key trends and market opportunities around the world. In-depth market opportunity analyses provide marketing and product managers more detailed technology specific market information to plan marketing and product development strategies. The following table shows more specific information included in each version.
| Market Growth Outlook Analysis | Use Cases | Target Role |
| Worldwide Market Growth Outlook by Industry & Region with 3-year history where available | In-depth technology-specific strategic growth planning across multiple technologies, applications, regions, and industries | Product & Marketing Managers |
| Worldwide Industry Growth Outlook by Region with 3-year history where available | Strategic technology growth planning for markets defined by a single or multiple vertical industries | Industry Managers |
| Regional/Country Market Growth Outlook by Technology & Industry with 3-year history where available (includes country data) | Strategic technology growth planning for markets defined by a single or multiple world regions | Regional & Country Sales Managers |
| Market Growth Outlook Executive View | Strategic Total Available Market (TAM) growth planning dashboard covering multiple vertical industries, technologies, and world regions | Executives |
Market Competitive Analysis
ARC’s Competitive Analysis services deliver in depth competitive analyses across multiple technologies, applications, regions, and industries. Besides providing an in-depth analysis of the market opportunity provided by each technology, this service allows technology suppliers to analyze their own customized markets consisting of multiple technologies. For example, customers can view different market scenarios by adding or removing technology markets from the analysis, providing them a Total Available Market (TAM) view of their own served market. A list of the available market growth outlook services can be seen in the list below.
This service is designed to help product and marketing managers identify their company’s market positioning across multiple views within their Serviceable Available Market (SAM). Built upon a proprietary market model and ARC’s field proven primary research, this service helps product and marketing managers optimize their business plans by identifying how their company’s market position would change if the company were to acquire or divest a particular product line or technology. ARC’s reputation as the preeminent independent provider of competitive market benchmarking for nearly four decades lends greater weight to your business plans. ARC’s market competitive services are available in a variety of formats depending on whether you view your market opportunities via different technologies, industries, or world regions.
In addition, ARC has a strong history of providing customized market opportunity reports and services to meet the specific needs of our clients. For example, you may sell your products only to specific industries and/or in only one or two regions. You tell us your served markets and ARC can quickly configure a report or service designed to best serve your served market.
ARC provides several versions of these reports and services depending on your role in the organization. Executive Views are high level market competitive analyses designed to help executives quickly assess their SAM by world region, technology, or vertical industry. In-depth competitive market analyses provide marketing and product managers more detailed technology specific benchmarking information to plan marketing and product development strategies. The following table shows more specific information included in each version.
| Competitive Analysis | Use Cases | Target Role |
| Worldwide Competitive Analysis by Technology | In-depth competitive market analysis that quantifies how your company’s market position has changed over time across multiple technologies, applications, regions, and industries | Product & Marketing Managers |
| Worldwide Competitive Analysis by Industry | Strategic technology-based competitive analyses for markets defined by a single or multiple vertical industries | Industry Managers |
| Regional/Country Competitive Analysis by Industry | Strategic technology-based competitive analyses for markets defined by a single or multiple world regions | Regional Sales Managers |
| Competitive Analysis Executive View | Strategic Serviceable Available Market (SAM) analysis dashboard covering multiple vertical industries, technologies, and world regions | Executives |
Worldwide Research Focus Areas
Worldwide Research Focus Areas
Strategic Analysis
- Executive Overview
- Market Trends
- Buyer Strategies
- Supplier Strategies
- Growth Contributors and Inhibitors
Competitive Analysis
- Market Shares of the Leading Suppliers
- Market Shares by Region
- North America
- Europe, Middle East, Africa
- Asia
- Latin America
- Market Shares by Revenue Type
- Software
- Services
- Market Shares by Service Type
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Licensed Software
- Consulting Services
- Maintenance Services
- Implementation Services
- Market Shares by Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Automotive
- Cement & Glass
- Chemical
- Electric Power Generation
- Electronics & Electrical
- Food & Beverage
- Machinery
- Medical Products
- Metals
- Mining
- Oil & Gas
- Pharmaceutical & Biotech
- Pulp & Paper
- Refining
- Semiconductors
- Textiles
- Water & Wastewater
- Market Shares by Data Attributes
- 3D Virtual Reality
- Financial
- HTML (Weather, Energy, etc.)
- Structured Process
- Unstructured Data (Video, Imagery, etc.)
- Market Shares by Deployment Model
- Cloud
- Hosted
- On Premise
- Market Shares by Standalone vs. Embedded Delivery
- Market Shares by Customer Size
- Market Shares by Customer Type
- Market Shares by Sales Channel
Market Forecasts & Histories
- Total Shipments of Operational Historian/Data Platforms
- Shipments by Region
- North America
- Europe, Middle East, Africa
- Asia
- Latin America
- Shipments by Revenue Type
- Software
- Services
- Shipments by Service Type
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Licensed Software
- Consulting Services
- Maintenance Services
- Implementation Services
- Shipments by Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Automotive
- Cement & Glass
- Chemical
- Electric Power Generation
- Electronics & Electrical
- Food & Beverage
- Machinery
- Medical Products
- Metals
- Mining
- Oil & Gas
- Pharmaceutical & Biotech
- Pulp & Paper
- Refining
- Semiconductors
- Textiles
- Water & Wastewater
- Shipments by Data Attributes
- 3D Virtual Reality
- Financial
- HTML (Weather, Energy, etc.)
- Structured Process
- Unstructured Data (Video, Imagery, etc.)
- Shipments by Deployment Model
- Cloud
- Hosted
- On Premise
- Shipments by Standalone vs. Embedded Delivery
- Shipments by Customer Size
- Shipments by Customer Type
- Shipments by Sales Channel
Industry Participants
The research identifies all relevant suppliers serving this market.
Regional Research Focus Areas
Strategic Analysis
Scope
Competitive Analysis
- Leading Suppliers in Region
- Industry Shares in Region
- Country Shares in Region
- Leading Suppliers by Industry
Market Forecast & History Analysis
- Market Forecast & History by Country
- Market Forecast & History by Industry
Industry Participants
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