Why Process Historians Still Matter in the Age of Cloud & AI?
Discover the 9-Step Framework that turns raw industrial data into real decisions — and why most projects fail not because of technology, but because they were implemented wrong from the start.
May 5, 2026 09:30 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Industrial Data Architecture: From SCADA to Scalable Systems
Free training — limited seats available
Who You’ll Learn From
Ricky Sun
Ricky Sun designs industrial data infrastructure for oil & gas operations from historian architecture to cloud integration. He helps teams turn complex data systems into reliable, decision-ready infrastructure inside live production environments.
If You Already Have SCADA, Cloud, and Dashboards… Why Are Companies Still Buying Historians?
Most explanations you hear are surface-level:
“Historian stores data from SCADA”
“Used for trends and dashboards”
“Helps with reporting”
That’s not wrong.
But it’s not the real answer.
The truth is:
A historian is not just a database.
And if you misunderstand its role…
Everything you build on top of it becomes harder
WHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER
In This Free Training, You’ll Learn:
What a process historian really is (beyond the textbook definition)
The concept of deterministic capture — and why time accuracy matters
The 9-Step: From Raw Data to Real Decisions Framework
Why most companies get stuck at dashboards and never reach real value
How modern architecture connects historian, MQTT, cloud, and AI
The #1 mistake that makes systems harder downstream (and how to avoid it)
How to think in systems, not tools
From Confusion to Clarity
In 2024, I attended the AVEVA Pipeline Summit.
I sat in an Enterprise SCADA session… and realized something uncomfortable:
Even as an AVEVA PI expert, I didn’t fully understand the bigger system.
That moment changed everything.
I went deeper into Industry 4.0:
PLC → HMI → SCADA → MES → ERP → Cloud
A year later, I attended ProveIT, connected with Walker Reynolds, and joined the Integrator Growth Program.
What I share with you is not theory.
It’s the result of going from:
Confusion → Clarity
THE REAL PROBLEM
You Don’t Have a Data Problem! You Have a Meaning Problem.
Most companies:
Collect data
Store data
Visualize data
But still can’t answer:
What actually happened?
Why did it happen?
What should we do next?
And when the beginning is wrong…Everything downstream becomes harder.
WHAT WILL CHANGE AFTER THIS
After This Webinar, You Will:
Understand where historians fit (and where they don’t)
See your architecture differently
Identify gaps in your current system
Think in terms of end-to-end data flow → decision → action
BONUS!
Stay Until the End and Get:
Access to the architecture resource
→ So you can start mapping your own system correctly
Free live training — limited availability
Ready to See the Full System — Not Just Pieces?
Stop treating historians like databases.
Start building systems that actually deliver value.