Primary Function
SCADA Systems
Real-Time Control & Monitoring
Enterprise ERPs
Transactional Workflows
IoT Historians
Time-Series Capture
InFocus Data
Managed Data Layer
Contextualized Data Foundation
The Landscape
Multiple Sources. One Data Foundation.
See how each part of the operational technology stack serves a different purpose—and where a managed data foundation connects the whole picture.
A&D Readiness
SCADA Systems
Site-specific tag mapping
Enterprise ERPs
Months of migration
IoT Historians
Heavy manual mapping
InFocus Data
Managed Data Layer
Days to onboard
Vendor Lock-In
SCADA Systems
Vendor-specific protocols
Enterprise ERPs
High lock-in
IoT Historians
Proprietary formats
InFocus Data
Managed Data Layer
System Agnostic (PPDM)
Pricing Model
SCADA Systems
License + Hardware Integration
Enterprise ERPs
License + High Implementation
IoT Historians
Tag-based Licensing
InFocus Data
Managed Data Layer
Implementation + Fixed-Fee Managed Service
AI Readiness
SCADA Systems
Raw operational signals
Enterprise ERPs
Transactional data only
IoT Historians
Time-series data without context
InFocus Data
Managed Data Layer
Structured for Predictive Analytics