# Real-Time Data Connectors for Any System

> Sidekick Connectors bring live data from historians, event streams, sensors and business apps into Databricks, Microsoft Fabric or your own lakehouse.

Source: https://sidekickmachines.com/products/connectors/

Product

## Sidekick Connectors

Real-time data connectors for any live system

Live data from your operational and business systems into Databricks, Microsoft Fabric or your own lakehouse, ready for analytics and AI agents.

[Talk about a license: Sidekick Connectors](mailto:hello@sidekickmachines.com?subject=Sidekick%20Connectors%20license) See how it works

At a glance

1. Any live system
2. Outbound only
3. Every row counted

How it works

### From live systems to your lakehouse, row for row.

Built for speed, to keep pace with live data.

How Sidekick Connectors work: live data from your operational and business systems (historians, event streams, sensors and industrial IoT, and business applications) moves outbound from your network into Databricks, Microsoft Fabric or your own lakehouse, ready for analytics and AI agents. Your plant network never opens up to cloud services. A connector keeps pace with live data and picks up where it left off after an interruption. Each run checks that what left equals what arrived, with no duplicates and no gaps. Agents can also ask questions of your operational data through safe, limited tools. Need another source? We build it.

1. #### Connect a source

   A historian, an event stream, sensors and industrial IoT, or a business application.

2. #### Send outbound

   Data moves outbound only. Your plant network never opens up to cloud services.

3. #### Land in your lakehouse

   Data arrives in Databricks, Microsoft Fabric or your own lakehouse, ready for analytics and AI agents.

4. #### Count every row

   Each run checks that what left equals what arrived: no duplicates, no gaps.

Features

### Fast, exact, outbound.

- #### Any live system

  Historians, event streams, sensors and industrial IoT, and business applications.

  All your live data, side by side.

- #### Built for speed

  High speed, built to keep pace with live data.

  Fresh data for analytics and agents.

- #### Every row counted

  Each run checks that what left equals what arrived, with no duplicates and no gaps.

  Numbers your analysts can trust.

- #### Outbound only

  Your plant network never opens up to cloud services.

  No new doors into your control network.

- #### Picks up where it left off

  After an interruption, it resumes where it stopped. It can also backfill history.

  Interruptions leave no gaps.

- #### Answers for your agents

  Agents can ask questions of your operational data through safe, limited tools.

  Agents work from real numbers.

Built so far

### Two examples. Your source next.

- #### AVEVA PI into Databricks

  Plant historian data from AVEVA PI, delivered into Databricks.

- #### Azure Event Hubs streams

  Live event streams from Azure Event Hubs.

- #### Your next source

  Need a source we have yet to connect? We build it.

FAQ

### Questions, answered.

#### Which systems can you connect?

Live operational and business systems: historians, event streams, sensors and industrial IoT, and business applications. Need a source we have yet to connect? We build it.

#### Does anything connect into our plant network?

No. Sidekick Connectors work outbound only, so your plant network never opens up to cloud services.

#### How do we know nothing was lost?

Each run checks that what left equals what arrived, with no duplicates and no gaps.

#### What happens after an interruption?

Sidekick Connectors pick up where they left off. They can also backfill history.

#### Can our agents use this data?

Yes. Agents can ask questions of your operational data through safe, limited tools.

### Pairs with

#### Engineering

- [Real-time Data Connectors](https://sidekickmachines.com/capabilities/real-time-data-connectors/)
- [AI Data Engineering](https://sidekickmachines.com/capabilities/ai-data-engineering/)
- [Data Quality & AI Readiness](https://sidekickmachines.com/capabilities/data-quality-ai-readiness/)

#### Products

- [Sidekick Gateway: Decentralized MCP gateway](https://sidekickmachines.com/products/gateway/)
- [Sidekick Sovereign: Every Sidekick product in your own Microsoft Azure](https://sidekickmachines.com/products/sovereign/)

Licenses and engineering

### Put Sidekick Connectors to work.

Tell us about your agents and systems. We’ll help you choose a license, an engagement or both.

[Talk about a license](mailto:hello@sidekickmachines.com?subject=Sidekick%20Connectors%20license)

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