Product
Sidekick Connectors
Real-time data connectors for any live system
Live data from your operational and business systems into Databricks, Microsoft Fabric or your own lakehouse, ready for analytics and AI agents.
At a glance
- Any live system
- Outbound only
- Every row counted
How it works
From live systems to your lakehouse, row for row.
Built for speed, to keep pace with live data.
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Connect a source
A historian, an event stream, sensors and industrial IoT, or a business application.
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Send outbound
Data moves outbound only. Your plant network never opens up to cloud services.
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Land in your lakehouse
Data arrives in Databricks, Microsoft Fabric or your own lakehouse, ready for analytics and AI agents.
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Count every row
Each run checks that what left equals what arrived: no duplicates, no gaps.
Features
Fast, exact, outbound.
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Any live system
Historians, event streams, sensors and industrial IoT, and business applications.
All your live data, side by side.
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Built for speed
High speed, built to keep pace with live data.
Fresh data for analytics and agents.
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Every row counted
Each run checks that what left equals what arrived, with no duplicates and no gaps.
Numbers your analysts can trust.
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Outbound only
Your plant network never opens up to cloud services.
No new doors into your control network.
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Picks up where it left off
After an interruption, it resumes where it stopped. It can also backfill history.
Interruptions leave no gaps.
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Answers for your agents
Agents can ask questions of your operational data through safe, limited tools.
Agents work from real numbers.
Built so far
Two examples. Your source next.
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AVEVA PI into Databricks
Plant historian data from AVEVA PI, delivered into Databricks.
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Azure Event Hubs streams
Live event streams from Azure Event Hubs.
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Your next source
Need a source we have yet to connect? We build it.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Which systems can you connect?
Live operational and business systems: historians, event streams, sensors and industrial IoT, and business applications. Need a source we have yet to connect? We build it.
Does anything connect into our plant network?
No. Sidekick Connectors work outbound only, so your plant network never opens up to cloud services.
How do we know nothing was lost?
Each run checks that what left equals what arrived, with no duplicates and no gaps.
What happens after an interruption?
Sidekick Connectors pick up where they left off. They can also backfill history.
Can our agents use this data?
Yes. Agents can ask questions of your operational data through safe, limited tools.
Licenses and engineering
Put Sidekick Connectors to work.
Tell us about your agents and systems. We’ll help you choose a license, an engagement or both.
Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft Fabric are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. AVEVA and PI are trademarks of AVEVA. Databricks is a trademark of Databricks, Inc.