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Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management and automation, announced the new BLISS (baseline integrated SCADA system) solution. BLISS combines Schneider Electric's Enterprise OASyS SCADA and its application with IT infrastructure, and networking provided by Cisco to deliver a IoT-enabled pipeline management platform for new pipelines, or upgrades to systems. A key objective is to provide operators with real-time visibility into the structural integrity of the pipeline to enable maintenance to be planned or immediate repairs to be effected.
While a full SCADA solution is a critical piece of pipeline management and control, operators also must have appropriate IT infrastructure to run on, including sufficient server operation, networking, and IT security. Developing this infrastructure can be costly and time intensive, possibly requiring several partners even before beginning the process of integrating SCADA software to run the pipeline. BLISS is designed to provide this infrastructure in a less costly and time intensive manner from a single source.
For pipeline operators seeking a one-stop partner for implementing new converged pipeline management and control solutions, Cisco and Schneider Electric bring their combined experience in industrial IT hardware and software to provide an integrated pipeline management design to deliver a single system enginerred for control room requirements. It integrates the SCADA service with fit-for-purpose IT infrastructure, including compute, network, and data traffic embedded management, collaboration, and IoT cybersecurity.
The ability to implement IT infrastructure and a SCADA platform together helps to provide more simplified physical and virtual networks, added scalability and flexibility, and less design and testing time. The integrated design of BLISS also helps to offer several operational benefits, including more integrated cybersecurity from the control room to the field, and faster data and command processing.
In addition to the integrated SCADA solution, Cisco and Schneider Electric also will be rolling out an integrated networking and telecommunications service for pipelines that operators can utilize. Combining Schneider Electric automation solutions that integrate process, energy, and security with BLISS can result in an end-to-end solution for the pipeline.
Keywords: SCADA, IT Security, IoT-Enabled, Pipeline Management, Cybersecurity, ARC Advisory Group.