ABB Inform IT - DataDirect 5.1

ABB Inform IT - DataDirect, developed by ABB Automation Technologies, is an industrial data connectivity and integration solution that bridges plant-floor systems with enterprise applications. It collects, normalizes, and securely distributes real-time and historical process data from ABB and third-party devices to historians, MES/ERP systems, databases, and analytics tools. By using industry-standard interfaces, it streamlines data flow across operations, improves visibility, and supports faster, more informed decision-making.

Key capabilities:

• Standards-based connectivity (for example, OPC for shop-floor systems and ODBC/OLE DB for databases)
• Bi-directional data exchange for real-time and scheduled transfers
• Data aggregation and transformation for reporting, KPIs, and traceability
• Scalable architecture suitable for single sites or multi-site deployments
• Administrative tools for configuration, diagnostics, and health monitoring
• Security controls to help ensure data integrity and controlled access

Typical uses include feeding historians and dashboards, integrating production data with MES/ERP, and automating data collection for quality and compliance reporting. With DataDirect, organizations reduce custom integration effort and establish a reliable, enterprise-ready data backbone for industrial operations.

ABB Inform IT - DataDirect is developed by ABB Automation Technologies. The most popular versions of this product among our users are: 5.0 and 5.1.