Forging the Future: ABB and Red Hat Expand Alliance for Next-Gen Industrial Automation

Automation in Industry Revolutionized: ABB and Red Hat Drive Deeper Synergy

In an exciting move set to revolutionize the field of industrial automation, ABB and Red Hat are taking their extremely successful partnership to the next level. The intensified collaboration is designed to develop world-class process automation systems that promise to be more secure, modular, and scalable to cater to the diverse needs of process industries. It is a powerful combination of ABB's deep-rooted industry expertise in automation and Red Hat's expertise in open-source technology, which will ensure the revolutionary impact.

A Dual-Environment Solution for Unmatched Control

The heart of such cutting-edge collaboration is ABB's innovative process automation system architecture. This revolutionary approach is built of two distinct, yet best-of-breed-integrated, environments. There is, on the one hand, the secure control environment, thoughtfully architected to support the stable and real-time execution of mission-critical processes. And, on the other hand, the digital environment provides a scalable and flexible infrastructure for the deployment of cutting-edge digital solutions, from data analytics to AI and cloud-based applications. The brilliance of the double strategy is its ability to expose technological breakthroughs incrementally, retaining operational integrity and investments in existing infrastructure, yet holding the highest cybersecurity standards.

Building on Open Source Strength

This milestone is not an extension alone; it is a deepening of their prior involvement on a fundamental level. Previously, Red Hat and ABB worked together to enable the infrastructure of ABB's digital universe so that the addition of new digital tools would not disrupt core control functions. Presently, their efforts are extending directly into the control environment itself. By building on Red Hat's robust enterprise platforms, including Red Hat Device Edge, and Red Hat OpenShift, they will deliver predictable, stable, and secure operation that meets the exceedingly high requirements of industrial applications. Furthermore, Red Hat open source offerings will provide a secure and trusted platform for system lifecycle services within ABB's automation systems for processes, backed by long-term support and peace of mind for customers.

Shaping the Future of Autonomous Operations

This partnership is not about short-term optimizations alone; it's a giant leap into the future of industrial operations. By aligning with global industry standards and frameworks, this partnership actively promotes safe, multi-vendor interoperability, empowering process industries to embark on their digital transformation journeys with unshakeable confidence. As Francis Chow, VP and General Manager, Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System and Edge, rightly put it, this collaboration "allows manufacturers to have the tools and solutions needed to evolve better to prevent the demands of today's more advanced industrial landscape." Similarly, Stefan Basenach, Senior VP, Process Automation Technology at ABB, again emphasizes that "collaborative effort from industry is the key in shaping the future of automation." ABB and Red Hat collectively are actually paving the way for future-proofed, autonomous operations by seamlessly marrying industrial automation with superior digital capabilities.

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