In this increasingly inter-connected world, organizations require real-time, contextual, actionable insights to make intelligent operational decisions. Unfortunately, the complexity and heterogeneity of their operational infrastructure that is comprised of various types of equipment that operate independently using their own proprietary protocols with no open standards. This operational environment when coupled with the proliferation of complex technologies such as IoT, AI, Big Data, Cloud have left enterprises paralyzed and unable to innovate at the speed that their customers are doing business.