Complete Canary Integration Services
Expert turnkey services—from architecture and implementation to training and support for industrial data excellence.
Your Trusted Canary System Integration Partner
As a Canary Certified Partner, we deliver complete lifecycle services—expert design, proven implementation, comprehensive training, and reliable support. We transform Canary into a complete operational data solution.
Maximum value. Minimum risk.
System Architecture Design & Planning
Every successful Canary deployment starts with solid architecture. Let’s work together to design systems sized correctly, integrated seamlessly, and scaled for your business growth.
Our Collaborative Approach
- We'll work with you to create the right architecture:
- Assess data sources, volumes, and growth projections
- Size servers and configure for reliability
- Design network architecture and Virtual View structures
- Plan integration strategy with existing automation systems
- Define security and access control
- Document everything for successful implementation
Challenges We Hear Often
- Know Canary's capabilities but need architecture expertise
- Unsure how to size for specific data volumes and growth
- Need integration strategy with existing systems
- Require guidance on security and access control design
Design Deliverables
Complete architecture documentation—your blueprint for successful deployment:
- Data collection strategy
- Virtual View design templates
- Calculation definitions
- Integration specifications
- Dashboard requirements
- Security model
- Implementation roadmap
Professional Implementation & Integration Services
We execute complete Canary deployments from installation through production cutover. Integration with your SCADA, PLCs, MES, and business systems ensures seamless operation within your existing infrastructure.
The Challenges
- Common deployment challenges:
- Multiple PLCs, SCADA platforms, and business systems to integrate
- Need to maintain operational continuity during implementation
- Concerned about data loss during cutover
- Require seamless integration with existing infrastructure
- Limited internal resources for deployment and testing
- Tight timelines for go-live dates
- Need expertise in Canary best practices
The Benefits
- Proven connectivity across technology stack:
- OPC DA/UA connectivity to PLCs and SCADA
- MQTT Sparkplug B for IIoT
- Database connections for MES and ERP
- API integration for business systems
- Cloud platform connections (AWS, Azure, Snowflake)
- Custom collector development
- Zero data loss methodologies
- Seamless cutover processes
Streamline Delivers
- Complete deployment from start to finish:
- Software installation and configuration
- Logger setup and data source commissioning
- Tag collection configuration and validation
- Virtual View implementation
- Calculation and event configuration
- Axiom dashboard development
- Integration with SCADA/DCS/PLC systems
- Comprehensive testing and performance optimization
Custom Axiom Dashboard Development
Transform your operational data into actionable insights with custom Axiom visualizations designed specifically for your processes, workflows, and decision-making needs.
Dashboard Development Services
- Industry-specific solutions tailored to your needs:
- Dashboard templates for operations, engineering, and management
- Role-based visualizations
- Real-time KPI calculations and trending
- Asset-based navigation using Virtual Views
- Mobile-responsive designs
- Automated reporting with email distribution
- Custom analytics applications for specific workflows
Our Approach
- We work directly with your team to create dashboards that drive results:
- Collaborative design sessions with operations and engineering teams
- Iterative development with user feedback
- Training on dashboard creation for self-sufficiency
- Best practices from proven implementations across industries
- Focus on operator effectiveness and decision support
Custom Dashboards We've Built
- Production monitoring with OEE tracking
- Equipment health monitoring and predictive maintenance displays
- Quality control and SPC applications
- Energy management visualizations
- Batch documentation and genealogy systems
- Environmental compliance monitoring
- Custom applications for unique operational needs
Comprehensive Training & Knowledge Transfer
Empower your team with the skills and knowledge to maximize your Canary investment. From operators to administrators, we build internal expertise that ensures long-term success.
Training Programs
- Tailored training for every role:
- End-user training for Axiom navigation, trending, and dashboard usage
- Administrator training for system configuration, Virtual View design, and maintenance
- Advanced training for calculation development, event configuration, and API usage
- Role-specific workflows and best practices
- Hands-on exercises with your real system
Knowledge Transfer Approach
- Building lasting competency within your organization:
- Documentation tailored to your implementation
- Video tutorials for common tasks
- Mentoring during early operation
- Follow-up sessions addressing real-world questions
- Building internal champions who can support and extend the system
- Ensuring self-sufficiency while maintaining support availability
Training Deliverables
- Complete training package including:
- Comprehensive documentation (system architecture, configuration guides, user manuals, best practices)
- Video library of common tasks
- Quick reference guides
- Access to Canary's online training resources
- Ongoing mentoring during production operation
- Building lasting competency within your organization
Support & Optimization Services
Your Canary system runs 24/7—and so does our support. We keep you performing at peak, resolving issues fast, and delivering continuous improvements.
Support Services
Break-fix support with guaranteed response times. Configuration changes, performance monitoring, software updates, and proactive health checks. Remote and on-site options available. Emergency response ready. We handle vendor coordination, so you don’t have to.
Optimization Services
Virtual View refinement as your operations evolve. New calculations and KPI development. Dashboard enhancements based on your feedback. Integration expansion, performance tuning, and capacity planning. Continuous improvement that delivers increasing value over time.
Managed Services Options
Flexible support packages from on-demand to fully managed services. 24/7 monitoring for critical systems. Automated backup verification, regular health reports, and proactive maintenance. Software version management and incident response with SLA guarantees. A true partnership approach ensuring your long-term success.
Risk-Free Pilot Programs
Validate Canary’s value for your specific operation before enterprise commitment. Our pilot programs deliver real results with your actual data in 2-4 weeks.
Pilot Approach
- Focus on your highest-priority use case with defined scope
- Rapid deployment collecting real operational data
- Custom dashboards demonstrating tangible value
- User feedback sessions throughout implementation
- Performance validation with measurable KPIs
- Comprehensive documentation of results and lessons learned
- Data-driven go/no-go decision support
- Clear roadmap to full implementation if successful
Pilot Benefits
- Prove ROI before major financial investment
- Test seamless integration with your existing systems
- Build internal champions through early wins
- Identify optimization opportunities specific to your operation
- Refine full deployment approach based on real insights
- Significantly reduce implementation risk
- Accelerate user adoption across teams
- Demonstrate ROI to stakeholders with actual operational data
Typical Pilot Scope
- Coverage: Single production line or process unit
- Data Volume: 50–200 data points
- Organization: Basic Virtual View structure
- Analytics: Key KPI calculations
- Visualization: Real-time dashboard
- Insights: Historical trending analysis
- Timeline: 2–4 weeks from kickoff to demonstration
- Deliverable: Comprehensive results documentation
- Next Steps: Full enterprise implementation roadmap if successful
Why Organizations Choose Canary Over Legacy Historians
Modern industrial data platforms deliver significantly lower total cost of ownership while providing superior performance, scalability, and ease of use compared to traditional historian systems.
Legacy Historians
Traditional historians impose high licensing costs, complex architectures, and ongoing maintenance burdens that increase total cost of ownership.
- Per-tag licensing with annual maintenance fees
- Expensive server hardware requirements
- Complex multi-server architectures
- Proprietary interfaces and limited APIs
- Specialized training required for administration
- Costly professional services for changes
- Limited cloud integration capabilities
- Version upgrades require extensive planning
Canary Historian
Canary’s modern architecture delivers enterprise capabilities with transparent pricing, simplified deployment, and lower operational overhead.
- Server-based licensing with unlimited tags
- Runs on standard commercial hardware
- Single-server architecture for most deployments
- Open APIs and modern web interfaces
- Intuitive administration requiring minimal training
- Self-service configuration and customization
- Native cloud connectivity (AWS, Azure, Snowflake)
- In-place upgrades with minimal downtime
Industry-Specific Canary Solutions
Proven deployments across critical infrastructure sectors
Oil & Gas Operations
Proven solutions for upstream, midstream, and downstream operations.
- Production optimization
- Pipeline monitoring
- Compressor performance
- Refinery operations
- Well data management
- Compliance reporting
Manufacturing
Drive efficiency across discrete, process, and hybrid manufacturing.
- OEE tracking
- Quality management
- Batch documentation
- Preventive maintenance
- Energy optimization
- Multi-line benchmarking
Power & Utilities
Scalable monitoring from single facilities to multi-site operations.
- Grid performance monitoring
- Renewable energy integration
- Asset health tracking
- Load management
- Environmental compliance
Water & Wastewater
Reliable data collection for distributed infrastructure networks.
- Treatment process monitoring
- Remote site management
- Energy optimization
- Regulatory compliance
- Predictive maintenance
Ready to Deploy Canary Historian?
Let’s discuss how our system integration services can deliver a successful Canary implementation for your operations.