Redefine your SCADA: 9 trends in one Trihedral video interview

At the 2024 ScadaFest conference, Glenn Wadden, Trihedral president, Barry Baker, vice president, Trihedral, and president of U.S. Trihedral, discussed trends in supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software. See video.

By Mark T. Hoske April 17, 2024
Courtesy: CFE Media and Technology

 

Learning Objectives

  • Understand that at the 2024 ScadaFest conference by Trihedral, Control Engineering interviewed two company executives about trends in supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software.
  • Review SCADA trends in questions and answers, including system integration, industry challenges, advanced features and cybersecurity, among others.

SCADA software trends insights

  • During the 2024 ScadaFest conference by Tridhedral, Control Engineering interviewed two company executives about trends in supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software.
  • SCADA trends include system integration, industry challenges, advanced features and cybersecurity, among others.

Evolution, trends and advancements in supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software are among nine topics discussed at the 2024 ScadaFest conference. During the conference, Control Engineering interviewed Glenn Wadden, president, Trihedral, a Delta Group company, and Barry Baker, vice president, Trihedral, and president of U.S. Trihedral. Trihedral SCADA software is called VTScada.

Areas covered in the SCADA trends interview

Nine topics are covered in the questions for Wadden and Baker.

Figure 1: Glenn Wadden (left), president, Trihedral, a Delta Group company, and Barry Baker, vice president, Trihedral, and president of U.S. Trihedral, prepare to discuss latest trends in supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software in a Control Engineering video interview during the 2024 ScadaFest. Tridhedral’s SCADA software is VTScada.

Figure 1: Glenn Wadden (left), president, Trihedral, a Delta Group company, and Barry Baker, vice president, Trihedral, and president of U.S. Trihedral, prepare to discuss latest trends in supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software in a Control Engineering video interview during the 2024 ScadaFest. Tridhedral’s SCADA software is VTScada. Courtesy: Mark T. Hoske, Control Engineering

  1. How has the integration of computer technology and networking influenced the evolution of SCADA systems?

  2. Can you discuss some industry-specific challenges that SCADA systems have helped address or mitigate over the years?

  3. How has the adoption of SCADA systems affected the efficiency, reliability, and safety of critical infrastructure in various sectors?

  4. Are there any particular industries or sectors that have seen a transformative impact from the integration of SCADA technology?

  5. In what ways do you anticipate SCADA systems evolving to meet the demands of increasingly complex and interconnected industrial processes?

  6. What challenges, particularly in cybersecurity, do you foresee as SCADA systems continue to evolve and integrate with other technologies?

  7. How can the industry address the growing need for interoperability between different SCADA systems and devices?

  8. How is SCADA integrating and helping to enable modern automation technologies, such as operational technologies and information technologies (OT/IT) including smart devices, IIoT, edge computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), cloud computing, cybersecurity, mobile devices and remote access, HMI and user interfaces.

  9. Anything to add? (Wadden covered some of the many new features released in this year’s VTScada software. Baker emphasized cybersecurity features embedded in the software.)

Figure 2: Backdrop for the interview with Trihedral executives at ScadaFest show some key features of the company’s supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software, VTScada, including scalability for systems of any size, advanced cybersecurity and acceptance for use in critical industries.

Figure 2: Backdrop for the interview with Trihedral executives at ScadaFest show some key features of the company’s supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software, VTScada, including scalability for systems of any size, advanced cybersecurity and acceptance for use in critical industries. Courtesy: Mark T. Hoske, Control Engineering

Mark T. Hoske is content manager, Control Engineering, CFE Media and Technology, mhoske@cfemedia.com.

KEYWORDS

Supervisory control and data acquisition software, SCADA trends

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Author Bio: Mark Hoske has been Control Engineering editor/content manager since 1994 and in a leadership role since 1999, covering all major areas: control systems, networking and information systems, control equipment and energy, and system integration, everything that comprises or facilitates the control loop. He has been writing about technology since 1987, writing professionally since 1982, and has a Bachelor of Science in Journalism degree from UW-Madison.