IDXOnline's Intelligent Data eXchange (iDX) is a single suite of middleware products, which facilitates real-time data exchange. It bridges the gap between monitoring and control systems (with near instantaneous response typically used in the telecommunications and industrial automation process control) with transactional business systems (varied response times, generally slower based on database technology). It provides facilities to enable data validation, data transformation, and seamless integration of disparate systems.
IDX is typically used as a hub providing information data exchange between one or more of the following:
- Process control system (DCS or PLC) such as Siemens, ABB, Honeywell, Wonderware, Yokogawa, Allen-Bradley, Foxboro, Modicon, Citec
- MMI or SCADA systems such as Wonderware, Intellution
- real-time Data Historian such as OSI PI, AspenTech InfoPlus 21, and Wonderware's Industrial SQL Server
- On-line Expert Systems such as G2, CSense
- Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP) such as SAP R/3, Baan
- Standard Database and Office Applications, such Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase, Microsoft Office.