Lessons from the Field: How to Architect for Scale

In this discussion during DataOps Day Houston, Chris Waters, Senior Solution Architect at Snowflake, Mathew Jose, Solution Architect at ATI, and John Harrington, Chief Product Officer at HighByte, share firsthand insights on how manufacturers are re-architecting their data environments to scale securely and intelligently across plants and enterprise systems.

Learn how industrial leaders are moving beyond siloed SCADA and historian systems toward modern, cloud-ready architectures that harmonize OT and IT data to power analytics and AI. The panel will explore practical strategies, real-world architectures, and emerging best practices for building flexible, future-proof data foundations.

Key discussion topics include:

• How ATI is connecting OT, MES, and ERP systems to enable predictive analytics and data-driven decision-making
• Common challenges in structuring OT data beyond process control—data variety, context, and resource constraints
• The evolving role of enterprise historians and how cloud-native technologies are reshaping industrial data strategies
• How HighByte Intelligence Hub provides a scalable abstraction layer for contextualizing, modeling, and sharing operational data
• Practical advice for aligning IT and OT teams, demonstrating ROI, and accelerating AI readiness