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From Data Archive to TSDB: Why the Industrial Data Foundation Must Be Rebuilt
In the previous article, we discussed the evolution of industrial data infrastructure: from data historians, to industrial data platforms, and now to AI-native industrial data
Jeff Tao
November 3, 2026 | AI-Native Industrial Data Foundation, Data Historian
Event Frames: One of the Most Brilliant Ideas in Industrial Data — And Why They Matter Even More in the AI Era
Visualize and compare multiple events by a simple click in TDengineOver the years, one concept in the PI System has always impressed me: Event Frames.
Jeff Tao
November 3, 2026 | Data Historian
Cloud Experience: TDengine vs. PI System
Moving industrial time-series workloads to the cloud should make your data infrastructure easier to manage. But that depends on whether your database gives you the
Arun Arulraj
November 3, 2026 | TDengine vs. PI System
Vendor Lock-In and Data Freedom: TDengine vs. PI System
In the world of industrial data, ownership and portability define how much control you truly have. Once your time-series data is trapped in a proprietary
Jeff Tao
November 2, 2026 | TDengine vs. PI System
Asset-Centric and Event-Centric Visualization: From Dashboards to Operational Understanding
Visualization Is Where Engineers Meet Data In industrial systems, visualization is where everything comes together. Data may be stored in historians or processed through analytics
Jeff Tao
November 2, 2026 | AI-Native Industrial Data Foundation, Data Historian
Compare PI System with TDengine
For organizations evaluating alternatives to AVEVA PI System, the decision goes beyond time-series data storage. Asset modeling, real-time analytics, integration, and migration effort all play
Jeff Tao
October 19, 2026 | TDengine vs. PI System
How DJIN EMS Captures 35 Million Rows a Day with TDengine at the Grid Edge
Across three production energy sites, TDengine uses about 2% of one CPU core per appliance—leaving compute available for real-time control and local AI. At DJIN
Nick Hughes
October 14, 2026 | Case Studies, Energy
TDengine IDMP Opens the Industrial Data Layer
Industrial data rarely lives in one place. A plant may rely on a historian for process data, a relational database for asset or production information,
TDengine Team
October 7, 2026 | AI-Native Industrial Data Foundation
How a Factory Built an Industrial Alarm Management App with TDengine in Three Days
A chemical plant engineer without a formal software development background used an AI Agent and the TDengine IDMP SDK to build and deploy an industrial-grade
Arun Arulraj
September 28, 2026 | AI-Native Industrial Data Foundation, Data Historian
How Zendure Scaled Its Home Energy Platform to 1.17 Million Devices—and Cut Storage Costs by 80%
Introduction Zendure’s plug-and-play home energy management systems are backed by a home energy storage data platform. Its solar storage devices are used in more than
Arun Arulraj
September 11, 2026 | Case Studies
