Ignition is highly network centric, with the ability to connect to remote databases and OPC-UA servers as naturally as to local ones. This fact, combined with the built-in store & forward engine, make it possible to create wide, geographically dispersed systems with little additional work.
Remote Ignition gateways with the OPC-UA and SQL Bridge modules can store data to central servers. Should the connection go down, the data will be cached until the connection is again available, ensuring that nothing is lost.
Web-launched clients can be used on any computer with access to the network- even over a WAN (wide area network) or VPN (virtual private network). In this way, users can securely access data that has been pulled together from a wide variety of sources.