Proficy Historian
For on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments, Proficy Historian by GE Vernova provides robust industrial time-series and Alarms & Events (A&E) data collection, helping organizations achieve enterprise-wide operational intelligence.
What is Proficy Historian?
Proficy Historian from GE Vernova is a leading industrial historian recommended by analysts for collecting, storing, and analyzing high-volume time-series and Alarms & Events (A&E) data. It supports on-premise, cloud, and hybrid deployments, offering secure, scalable, and reliable data management for manufacturers and infrastructure operators worldwide.
Trusted in tens of thousands of installations globally, Proficy Historian helps organizations enhance asset performance, operational efficiency, and data-driven decision-making across the enterprise. Its advanced features allow seamless integration with IT/OT systems, enabling actionable insights from real-time and historical industrial data.
What's New in the 2025 Release
The 2025 release of Proficy Historian introduces key improvements, including:
- Strengthened cybersecurity and compliance features
- Smoother, faster installation and deployment
- Enhanced ETL performance for efficient data processing
- Native Kafka producer and consumer support for modern IT/OT data integration
These enhancements empower organizations to leverage industrial data more effectively for advanced analytics, predictive maintenance, and enterprise data platforms.
Key Features and Benefits
High-Performance Time-Series & A&E Data Collection
Collects industrial time series and Alarms & Events (A&E) data at very high speeds with superior compression to maximize storage efficiency.
Cloud-Native & On-Premise Deployment
Designed to run on-premise, hybrid, or cloud (AWS, Azure) environments with scalable architecture and enterprise governance.
Horizontal Scalability & High Availability
Supports scaling to hundreds of users and millions of tags with data redundancy and high availability.
Native Kafka Integration
Kafka consumer and producer support for modern enterprise data streaming and IT/OT integration.
Enhanced Security & Governance
Secure-by-design data handling with industry-standard authentication, enabling safer enterprise deployments.
Advanced ETL Capabilities
Improved Extract, Transform, Load performance for large-scale analytics and data pipeline integration.
Easy Data Access & Analytics Integration
Interfaces with analytics platforms, data lakes, Proficy Operations Hub, and Excel for fast data retrieval and visualization.
Store-and-Forward & Resilient Data Collection
Ensures no data loss when networks or cloud services are temporarily unavailable.
Rich Connectivity Options
Native collectors and interfaces, MQTT support (with Sparkplug B), and OPC UA (optional) for broad device and system connectivity.