What’s Coming With BACnet 2025 Updates

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These advancements highlight its commitment to innovation, efficiency, and interoperability—ensuring that BACnet remains a cornerstone of the OT networking landscape.

9 TECHNOLOGIES SHAPING THE OT NETWORKING LANDSCAPE IN 2025

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Could 2025 mark a turning point for more reliable and cost-effective solutions? Here’s the rundown on 9 technologies that are already in use across the networking landscape that are poised to have some impact on OT networking over the next year.

WHEN DO YOU NEED SITE SCOPES?

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Let’s delve into several compelling reasons to consider incorporating a Site Scope, providing you with the insights and tools necessary to keep your network running smoothly.

THE POWER OF SHARING DATA WITH EVERYONE

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Actionable insights only matter if teams can act on them. Too often, information gets siloed from the people who need it most, preventing effective team collaboration. Whether by design or disconnect, partners and facility managers frequently lose access to critical diagnostic data that could keep an OT network in top condition. But what if that […]

THE GUIDE TO MANAGING MULTIPLE OT VENDORS ON SITE

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We’ve rounded up some of the most common challenges faced by OT managers with multiple vendors, and best practices you can follow to effectively project manage your teams and prevent problems from cropping up down the road.

How OT Networks Drive Decarbonization and Energy Efficiency

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Energy efficiency is at the heart of many organizations’ policies to address their overall carbon footprints. For facilities operators, campus managers, and their vendors, the drive to decarbonize falls under their purview. Let’s look at what exactly decarbonization is, what impacts this policy has on OT networks, and some of the ways facilities and systems integrators have begun to tackle the problem.

IS BACNET/SC THE KEY TO SECURING OT NETWORKS?

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The success of BACnet/SC will depend on how widely it is adopted and how well it integrates with other security technologies. That said, with the right implementation strategies, and a focus on maintaining flexibility and interoperability, BACnet/SC has the potential to play a central role in securing OT networks against future threats.

SOLVING BACNET BROADCAST STORMS WITH OPTIGOVN

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BACnet global broadcast messages are important for device discovery, notifications, and other common operations. But without constraints, they can grow into BACnet broadcast storms, slowing your network to a crawl. Find out how to find and solve them with Optigo Visual Networks (OptigoVN).