Predictive Action Over Response: Hexagon's Octave Strategy for Intelligent and Adaptable Industrial and Business Framework
In an era where managing thousands of projects simultaneously is becoming the norm, Joe Bonnet (Worley) highlights the complexity as a significant challenge. He suggests that the key to overcoming this obstacle lies in eliminating failure points, allowing for a sharper focus on innovation.
Meanwhile, the Oresund Bridge, connecting Sweden and Denmark, serves as a testament to the power of real-time digital twin technology. By detecting subtle vibration patterns, it enabled the discovery of microcracks, preventing a major infrastructure failure.
The need for consistent, trustworthy intelligence in global logistics operations is emphasized by Donald Lhoest (Carmuese). He stresses that data should empower, not isolate, remote and distributed teams.
Octave, a strategic spinout from Hexagon, is poised to revolutionize critical infrastructure management. Born digital, software-first, and cloud-native, Octave aims to deliver real-time, contextual intelligence to design, build, operate, and protect critical infrastructure assets more effectively.
Octave's end-to-end, data-driven decision-making platforms connect data across the entire asset lifecycle, enabling smarter, faster, and more coordinated responses in sectors such as public safety, transportation, and energy. This seamless connectivity of data is unique, as Octave can natively integrate information that many other companies handle separately, thereby delivering intelligence at scale and accelerating operational outcomes.
Octave's vision for the digital twin, the Mirror World, is a living, learning model of a physical system, constantly updated, deeply embedded, and able to act. The company's AI agents are trained for specific environments, tied into operational systems, and continuously learning, setting them apart from most AI systems today.
The name "Octave" reflects a higher level of coordination and elevation, integrating AI directly into physical systems for early detection, adaptation, and response. The core of Octave's approach is to shift from reacting to anticipating, turning existing data into foresight, and embedding real-time, contextual intelligence into systems.
Colonel Mark Shelley (Lee County Sheriff's Office) highlights the importance of integrated, real-time intelligence in public safety, stating there's no margin for error. Hexagon has started deploying this approach across sectors, with promising early results including less downtime, better coordination, and more resilient performance.
Mattias Stenberg was appointed to lead Octave in October 2024. His final message was a challenge to the industry, urging the design of smarter systems from the start, systems that can think, respond, and evolve, rather than layering more dashboards or adding complexity. Octave's vision is to make failures avoidable by enabling systems to sense changes in their environment, process signals intelligently, and act on them in time.
A recent C-suite survey conducted by Hexagon's Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division found that only 1 in 5 companies are realizing the full value of their digital transformation investments. Wade McNabb (Lixil) stresses the need for better training systems and insight into how products are used to reduce human error in factory downtime. Stenberg discusses the current AI hype cycle, noting that most AI systems today are untrained, detached from operations, and built in isolation.
As Octave gears up for its expected stock market launch by mid-2026, it is poised to transform critical infrastructure management, optimizing safety, operational efficiency, and sustainability through integrated SaaS solutions that span the entire lifecycle of physical assets.
- Joe Bonnet (Worley) suggests that the key to overcoming the complexity of managing thousands of projects simultaneously lies in eliminating failure points, allowing for a sharper focus on innovation.
- The Oresund Bridge, connecting Sweden and Denmark, demonstrates the power of real-time digital twin technology in preventing major infrastructure failures.
- Donald Lhoest (Carmuese) emphasizes the need for consistent, trustworthy intelligence in global logistics operations, stating that data should empower, not isolate, remote and distributed teams.
- Octave, a strategic spinout from Hexagon, aims to revolutionize critical infrastructure management by delivering real-time, contextual intelligence across the entire asset lifecycle.
- Octave's AI agents are trained for specific environments, tied into operational systems, and continuously learning, setting them apart from most AI systems today.
- Mattias Stenberg urges the design of smarter systems from the start, systems that can think, respond, and evolve, rather than layering more dashboards or adding complexity, as Octave gears up for its expected stock market launch by mid-2026.
