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# EPIC White Paper

## Meet the Future: Edge Programmable Industrial Controllers

### A new kind of industrial controller simplifies and secures automation and IIoT projects, while reducing cost and complexity.

For today's controls engineers, new demands to use and share data present three main challenges:  
security, complexity, and expense.

These IIoT or data-intensive automation applications typically require many steps and a lot of middleware: hardware, drivers, parsers, and custom software. Time-consuming to set up, difficult to maintain and change, they also open major security concerns.

![Opto 22's groov EPIC system](https://info.opto22.com/hs-fs/hubfs/social-suggested-images/cfemedia1.wpengine.comwp-contentuploads202001CTL2001_MAG2_F1_Controller_Opto22_groovEPIC-Rack-iPhone-Logos-fig3slider-2.jpg?width=350&name=cfemedia1.wpengine.comwp-contentuploads202001CTL2001_MAG2_F1_Controller_Opto22_groovEPIC-Rack-iPhone-Logos-fig3slider-2.jpg)Read the **white paper** to learn how Edge Programmable Industrial Controllers (EPICs): 

- Eliminate middleware and reduce the steps needed to get data
- Securely share data with software, equipment, control systems, building management systems, databases, cloud services and more
- Provide several programming options in one unified platform
- Simplify commissioning and troubleshooting
- Solve IIoT challenges for OEMs and manufacturers

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