India, Oct. 18 -- Industrial equipment can generate years of data without giving operators a clear answer about when a machine might fail or why a building is consuming too much energy. The readings exist, but they may sit across disconnected systems, lack context, or come from equipment that was never designed to communicate with newer platforms.

For Softdel, a UNIDEL company specialising in intelligent automation and digital engineering, making that data usable is central to the industrial AI opportunity. The company sees its role expanding from connecting assets and collecting information to helping customers interpret it and take action.

In an interview with Dataquest, Sachin Deshmukh, CEO & Managing Director, Softdel, discusses wha...