Sharecat Solutions (previously Tektonisk), a Norway-headquartered provider of engineering information management solutions has teamed with IBM on a cross-industry information exchange platform, running in the IBM Cloud, a ‘secure and optimized environment’. The platform exposes a ‘critical mass’ of timely, reliable, accurate and accessible equipment and plant information in standard formats. Sharecat oil and gas users include BP, ConocoPhillips, Equinor, Nexen and Shell. The system is claimed to reduce documentation and speed information management of spare parts and inventory. Sharecat has also been involved in equipment management ‘hubs’ in Norway and the UK.
The current announcement concerns a migration to the IBM Cloud and a Red Hat/OpenShift container-based technology stack. The managed OpenShift on IBM Cloud supports ‘seamless’ deployment across various cloud providers and environments, ensuring flexibility and adaptability to specific needs such as data residency. The API-driven platform also supports on-demand production of equipment and parts and 3D printing.
The platform is said to align with ‘Industry 4.0’, notably through interaction with key members of the Industrial Digital Twin Association. Sharecat has also been used in standards initiatives including IOGP JIP33/JIP36 (Cfihos), Norway’s Collabor8/EQHub and the Digital Data Chain consortium. More from IBM.
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