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Our Story
HighByte is an industrial software company in Portland, Maine building solutions that address the data architecture and integration challenges created by Industry 4.0.
We are on a mission to make industrial data useful so manufacturers can rapidly and securely scale their Industry 4.0 projects from pilot to enterprise-wide production.
Early adopters of digital transformation recognize that industrial data – or the operations data coming from machines, processes, and products on the plant floor – contains critical insights. More users and systems want access to this data in real-time to convert it into useful information they can act on, like predicting machine failure, preventing downtime, and improving product quality. However, one major issue has slowed progress: The existing data infrastructure cannot support the vision of Industry 4.0.
Raw operations data lacks context, standards, and correlation. And operations data without context is virtually useless to a user in another business function who needs to understand and analyze that data. To address this problem today, many IT and data science teams spend 80% of their time curating, integrating, and preparing data for analysis rather than actually analyzing it. Engineers write custom Python scripts for each integration. These are hard to maintain, time-consuming, and often insecure.
To solve this problem, HighByte developed the Intelligence Hub, an Industrial DataOps solution purpose-built for industrial data. HighByte Intelligence Hub is edge-native, running on a user’s platform-agnostic hardware of choice. The solution connects to data sources and consuming applications over secure open standards, models this data into useful information, and then manages the flow of this information to all the applications that require it. The software offers a code-free UI. The solution is easy to deploy and maintain across the enterprise using multi-hub configuration and a federated architecture.
Early adopters of digital transformation recognize that industrial data – or the operations data coming from machines, processes, and products on the plant floor – contains critical insights. More users and systems want access to this data in real-time to convert it into useful information they can act on, like predicting machine failure, preventing downtime, and improving product quality. However, one major issue has slowed progress: The existing data infrastructure cannot support the vision of Industry 4.0.
Raw operations data lacks context, standards, and correlation. And operations data without context is virtually useless to a user in another business function who needs to understand and analyze that data. To address this problem today, many IT and data science teams spend 80% of their time curating, integrating, and preparing data for analysis rather than actually analyzing it. Engineers write custom Python scripts for each integration. These are hard to maintain, time-consuming, and often insecure.
To solve this problem, HighByte developed the Intelligence Hub, an Industrial DataOps solution purpose-built for industrial data. HighByte Intelligence Hub is edge-native, running on a user’s platform-agnostic hardware of choice. The solution connects to data sources and consuming applications over secure open standards, models this data into useful information, and then manages the flow of this information to all the applications that require it. The software offers a code-free UI. The solution is easy to deploy and maintain across the enterprise using multi-hub configuration and a federated architecture.
Established in August 2018 by founding team with more than 50 years of experience delivering industrial software solutions. 
Delivering solutions to a wide range of industries, including food & beverage, pharmaceuticals, pulp & paper, industrial products, energy & mining, and more. |
Serving the world’s largest, most innovative industrial companies with software deployments in 15 countries. 
Funded by $7.9M in equity financing with investments from strategic angels and institutional venture partners.
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Who We Are
HighByte’s leadership team includes industrial automation veterans with a successful prior exit to PTC.
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Tony Paine
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer Focused on company growth, business strategy, and technical vision 26 years architecting industrial solutions Connect with Tony on LinkedIn |
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Torey Penrod-Cambra
Co-Founder & Chief Communications Officer Focused on marketing, operations, and investor relations 16 years building B2B brands Connect with Torey on LinkedIn |
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John Harrington
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer Focused on product management, tech partners, and customer success 28 years delivering manufacturing technology Connect with John on LinkedIn |
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Aron Semle
Chief Technology Officer Focused on research & development and product roadmap Connect with Aron on LinkedIn |
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Steven Curtis
Vice President of Sales Focused on multi-channel sales and customer expansions Connect with Steve on LinkedIn |
Please direct all press, media, analyst, and investor-related inquires to Torey Penrod-Cambra by emailing torey.penrod-cambra@highbyte.com.
Brand Assets
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Company Descriptions
100-word description
HighByte is an industrial software company founded in 2018 with headquarters in Portland, Maine USA. The company builds solutions that address the data architecture and integration challenges created by Industry 4.0. HighByte Intelligence Hub, the company’s award-winning Industrial DataOps software, provides modeled, ready-to-use data to the Cloud using a codeless interface to speed integration time and accelerate analytics. The Intelligence Hub has been deployed in more than a dozen countries by some of the world’s most innovative companies spanning a wide range of vertical markets, including food and beverage, health sciences, pulp and paper, industrial products, consumer goods, and energy.
50-word description
HighByte is an industrial software company in Portland, Maine USA building solutions that address the data architecture and integration challenges created by Industry 4.0. HighByte Intelligence Hub, the company’s award-winning Industrial DataOps software, provides modeled, ready-to-use data to the Cloud using a codeless interface to speed integration time and accelerate analytics.
HighByte is an industrial software company founded in 2018 with headquarters in Portland, Maine USA. The company builds solutions that address the data architecture and integration challenges created by Industry 4.0. HighByte Intelligence Hub, the company’s award-winning Industrial DataOps software, provides modeled, ready-to-use data to the Cloud using a codeless interface to speed integration time and accelerate analytics. The Intelligence Hub has been deployed in more than a dozen countries by some of the world’s most innovative companies spanning a wide range of vertical markets, including food and beverage, health sciences, pulp and paper, industrial products, consumer goods, and energy.
50-word description
HighByte is an industrial software company in Portland, Maine USA building solutions that address the data architecture and integration challenges created by Industry 4.0. HighByte Intelligence Hub, the company’s award-winning Industrial DataOps software, provides modeled, ready-to-use data to the Cloud using a codeless interface to speed integration time and accelerate analytics.
Content Library
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DataOps for Manufacturing: A 4-Stage Maturity Model
The promise of Industry 4.0 has many manufacturing leaders thinking big. They envision a future in which real-time access to data opens the door to unprecedented levels of operational flexibility, predictability, and business improvement. In this article, HighByte Chief Product Officer John Harrington introduces a framework to help organizations understand where they are on their data maturity journey—and where they need to go to achieve the results they expect. It’s a 4-stage process that includes data access, data contextualization, site visibility, and enterprise visibility. Download the article >> |
DataOps Maturity Model
As companies adopted Industry 4.0 technologies, they often begin with lofty visions but very basic initial projects. Many found their initial project was successful but follow-on projects stalled and failed to scale. Their data infrastructure could not support the increasing complexity. Download the Industrial DataOps Maturity Model to help your customers learn where they are on their industrial data journey. Use the radar chart on the back page to help prospects plot their progress and prepare for the road ahead.
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Solution Brief
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HighByte Intelligence Hub is the first Industrial DataOps solution designed specifically for Operational Technology (OT) teams. Purpose-built to model and manage plant floor data at the Edge, the software enables manufacturers to securely connect, merge, model, and flow valuable industrial data throughout the extended enterprise without writing or maintaining code. HighByte Intelligence Hub provides the critical data infrastructure for Industrial Transformation.
Download the Solution Brief to learn more about critical features, measurable benefits, use cases, and technical specifications. Download the solution brief >> |
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Data Modeling Guidebook
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This guidebook provides a comprehensive overview of data modeling and why it’s essential for every industrial environment—no matter where the organization stands along its digital journey. Readers will gain a better understanding of how data modeling works, what it looks like, how it works with existing standards (such as ISA-95), and tips on how to establish a data-modeling strategy.
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Lean Data Management
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Your manufacturing plant produces more than just goods. It’s also a data factory, creating a limitless volume of data. But how do you “manufacture” information from this raw data? By applying the same lean concepts that transformed manufacturing over the past 3 decades to your data management. Read this article, “How to apply lean manufacturing to data management," to explore how the 3 steps of lean—Purpose, Process, and People—can help you transform raw industrial data into information.
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White Paper
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DataOps is a new category of software solutions that address the data architecture needs of industrial companies as they adopt Industry 4.0. This white paper provides a foundational understanding of the role of DataOps in achieving the vision of Industry 4.0 at scale, explores key problems solved by industrial DataOps, and breaks down the five required components of an effective industrial DataOps solution.
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News & Coverage
Sept 20, 2023 HighByte Releases Industrial DataOps Solution with Complete Data Engineering Toolset for Global Manufacturers Read press release >> 
The Fourth Generation Podcast: DataOps for Digital Transformation In Manufacturing
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May 25, 2023 HighByte Releases New API Gateway to OT Systems, Unlocking Industrial Data for the Enterprise Read press release >> |
April 17, 2023 Element and HighByte Announce Partnership, Launch Solution Based on AWS’s Industrial Data Fabric Architecture Read press release>> 
Deloitte Teams Up With AWS, HighByte and Element to Help Manufacturers Connect, Structure and Manage Industrial Data at Scale
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