IT/OT CONVERGENCE

Lawrence Juku

Executive Head Utilities and IoT, Vodacom

South Africa

DEFINITIONS

Operational Technology (OT) is

hardware and software that detects or

causes a change through the direct

monitoring and/or control of physical

devices, processes and events in the enterprise, according to Gartner.

CURRENT TRENDS

INDUSTRY MEGATRENDS ON OUR MINDS TODAY

MARKET DRIVERS

Fast evolving technology

Regulation and data privacy

Security (network, smart utilities, data, smart grids etc)

IoT developers - community expected to double to 10m by 2020

(3rd party) IoT public cloud ecosystem growing rapidly

Data & analytics from connected devices (IoT opportunities)

The growth and diversity of IoT channels

New IoT-as-a-Service business models supported by Big Data and AI tools

INTEROPRABILITY AND STANDARDS

Digital Plans Utility Services ERP/CRM/SCADA/AMI Data and Integration

Managed ServicesImpact on the Environment

Innovation in services &

processes

Sustainability

Economic Development

OT/IT Convergence relies on interoperability and standardisation to achieve Integrated utility systems

• Data orchestration platform

– Support OT/IT Convergence

– IoT connected utility devices

– Utility business modelling

CONVERGENCE MECHANISMS

CONVERGENCE MECHANISMS

Digital Customer Experience

Revenue

Data Orchestratio

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Platform

Solution Architect

Technical Architecture

Project Support

OT/IT Partner management

Enterprise Technology

IT OT

Smart Utilities

Ecosystem

DATA ORCHESTRATION PLATFORM

APILAYER

User Management

Security Role Management

Device Management

Usage Monitoring

Blueprints

Exporter

End Point Functions

Triggers

Web Application

Dashboard Portal (UI) Commander

Monitoring

Application

Structured

Cloud Storage

Database

Unstructured

3RD PARTY SEVICES

BI Reporting

CRM

Billing

Enterprise

Asset Management

IoT

Developer Community User views

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FIRE DETECTION

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY MONITORING

WEATHER MONITORING

ACCESS MONITORING

TEMPERATURE MONITORING

LEAK DETECTION

SECURITY MONITORING

CONSUMPTION BALANCING

DIGITILISATION

Regulation -

New Business

Models.Customer Service . Smart Assets

Management.

Workforce Skills

4IR -

DigitisationCyber Security

OT/IT Convergence provides the solutions to help Utilities on this transformational journey

• OT/IT Convergence will

– Deliver efficiencies and Agility for Utilities

– Deliver secure Revenues while driving costs down

– Support 4IR

- Increased uses cases for IoT deployment

- Support smart asset management

CONCLUSION

OT/IT

Convergence

Enhanced ServicesUtility Management

(Revenue + Service)