Report 30 Jul 2025

Digital Platforms for an Integrated Digital Thread in Europe - PAC RADAR (internal use) - 2025

PAC has evaluated the providers of open digital platforms and related services for specific industrial use cases in Europe:

Digital Platforms for Industrial Edge Management
Digital Platforms for an Industrial Data Lakehouse
Low-Code Platforms for AI-Advanced Industrial Robotics
Digital Platforms for an Integrated Digital Thread
Digital Platforms for Connected Workers
Service Providers for Industrial Data Lakehouses
Service Providers for the Industrial Metaverse
Service Providers with Multi-PLM Platform Expertise

Innovations in IT are increasingly shaping the OT world. Feedback from user companies suggests that they are looking for digital platforms and service providers with key capabilities around very specific and innovative industrial use cases to take their IT/OT integration to the next level.

Our RADAR series reflects the following top trends in manufacturing:

Cloud use is becoming increasingly diverse.
Security-first approach.
The data lakehouse concept is becoming key for AI in manufacturing.
Adopting integration platforms and business applications to establish a digital thread.
Increasing worker efficiency with digital technology.
Using AI to make industrial automation solutions more adaptable and flexible.
Using AI to improve digital customer/user experiences.
Managing a heterogeneous and ever-evolving application landscape.

The PAC RADAR is an effective tool for the holistic evaluation and visual positioning of leading software and ICT service providers in local markets.
With the help of predefined criteria, PAC evaluates and compares providers’ strategies, development, and market position in addition to performance and competencies within specific market segments.

Click here for more information about our PAC RADAR reports.