A new report, produced by The Manufacturer, in partnership with hybrid cloud data services and data management specialist, NetApp, has revealed where manufacturers are on their IT & OT convergence journeys.
Based on survey responses from more than 100 senior manufacturing professionals and valuable contextual insights gleaned from follow-up interviews with a number of respondents, the report provides an informative look into where manufacturers are on this important digital transformation journey.
Key findings include:
- 77% of manufacturers are at least 50% cloud-based in terms of infrastructure, while a further 14% are at least 25% cloud-based. Just 6% have no cloud-based infrastructure
- 96% of companies are using at least one next-generation technology in their organisation
- Yet just 23% of manufacturers have achieved more than a basic level of IT and OT convergence
- While a quarter still choose to air gap plant operations from enterprise IT
- And less than half (42%) of manufacturers agree that their IT and OT visions are aligned
