HMS Networks, has released its annual analysis of the industrial network market, marking twelve consecutive years of tracking how Fieldbus.
As Industry 4.0 adoption accelerates, Ethernet-based communication technologies are rapidly gaining ground while traditional fieldbus networks continue to decline. Driven by the need for higher bandwidth, real-time data exchange, seamless connectivity, and scalable automation, Industrial Ethernet is becoming the backbone of modern smart factories.
“Twelve years of data tell a remarkably consistent story. The migration from fieldbus to Industrial Ethernet is now in its later stages, but the more interesting question is what happens next. When nearly everything is Ethernet, the conversation shifts from ‘which protocol?’ to ‘what is running on top of it?’, functional safety, cybersecurity, TSN, OPC UA, Single Pair Ethernet, IT/OT convergence. That is where the complexity, and the differentiation, will increasingly sit,” says Magnus Jansson, Director of Product Marketing, at HMS Networks.
