Navigating Hyperscale Ecosystems for IT/OT Convergence

This IDC Perspective explores the rise of new ecosystems, partnerships, and marketplaces that are designed to facilitate IT/OT convergence. Hyperscale IT and OT technology providers are in a race for ecosystem mastery over the contested overlapping or integration points not previously required. The intent of this document is to inform technology buyers of the trends related to these ecosystem dynamics to better navigate the choices that must be made."OT organizations place great trust in their automation providers, and IT organizations place great trust in their enterprise IT providers," says Jonathan Lang, research director for IDC's Worldwide IT/OT Convergence Strategies program. "The challenge is, at the end of the day a company needs to fit all of these pieces together and they're ending up being pulled in multiple directions."