Introduction
ThingWorx 10.0 is PTC’s next-generation IIoT platform, delivering new levels of scalability, security, and intelligence for industrial organizations. Designed for industrial-scale deployment, it modernizes how developers, architects, and customers unlock value from connected operations.
What’s New in ThingWorx 10.0
- Performance & Scalability: Enhanced caching, improved server scalability, and durable event/message handling.
- Security: Updated frameworks (TLS, Tomcat 11, Java 21, Spring 6.2), stricter compliance for regulated industries.
- Built-in Intelligence: Out-of-the-box analytics, real-time production monitoring, and deeper integration with AI tools.
- Modern Widgets: New video player, media gallery, and debugging tools for richer, faster UIs.
- Operational Enhancements: Expanded remote access, robust licensing/reporting, Postgres value stream partitioning, OAuth support for mail.
For Developers
- IoT Streams & Durable Messaging: Real-time property values routing with external systems (Kafka, Azure Event Hubs). Extremely useful for event-driven architectures.
- Writes property-value changes to Apache Kafka or Azure Event Hubs
- Configurable batch and cache sizes for reliability
- Event persistence even during service interruptions
- Supports multiple queue configurations for different asset reliability requirements
- Beta JavaScript Debugger: Seamless debugging in ThingWorx Composer—set breakpoints, step through code, refine custom logic effortlessly.
- Set conditional breakpoints (blue circle = regular, orange = conditional)
- Call stack analysis and step-through debugging
- Variable inspection and expression evaluation
- User-specific breakpoints (each developer maintains their own)
- Currently in Beta – InfoTable variable inspection coming in v10.1 (December 2025)
Watch theThingWorx Debugger demo video
- Mashup & Widget Upgrades: New Video and Media Gallery widgets for modern dashboards; improved Grid and Collection widgets for advanced UIs.
- Extensibility: View included JS libraries, avoid incompatibility in custom extensions.
- Improved Runtime: Updated jQuery UI and faster entity caching quicken development and testing cycles.
Platform Modernization (Java 21 & Frameworks): ThingWorx 10.0 requires Java 21 (Java 11 deprecated). Breaking change: javax.* packages migrated to jakarta.* requiring extension recompilation. Updated to Spring Framework 6.2, Spring Security 6.4.2, Tomcat 11, and TLS 1.3 support (1.2 remains default). Enhanced Content Security Policy (CSP) Level 2 compliance for improved security posture.
For Architects
- Enterprise-Grade Scalability: New architecture supports globally distributed deployments, massive device volume, and complex topologies.
- Security & Compliance: Industry-best features to meet standards in defense, MedTech, and other sensitive industries.
- Advanced Analytics & AI: Native analytics and AI integration enable architects to design systems that drive smart factory initiatives, predictive maintenance, and digital twins.
- Partitioned Data Handling: Postgres value stream table partitioning for optimized big-data storage and time-based queries.
- PostgreSQL 16 support with enhanced performance
- Time-based query optimization for historical data analysis
- Extended SQL functions for advanced analytics
Deployment Architecture Enhancements: High-availability deployments with active/passive Foundation servers, load balancers for device traffic distribution, support for Azure/AWS cloud deployments, distributed multi-site operations with ZooKeeper coordination (minimum 3 nodes), and networked enterprise storage for shared ThingWorx repositories across all nodes.
- Reporting & Licensing Optimization: Fine-grained reports and license analytics support better system planning.
For Customers
- Reduced Downtime: Customers like Flowserve saved millions by leveraging real-time monitoring and digital performance management.
- Connected Worker: CWC modules offer contextual data and guidance for frontline operators—improving accuracy, safety, and OEE.
- Flexibility & Future-Proofing: Modular platform, seamless cloud/edge integration, and support for upcoming technologies.
- Best-in-Class Security: Trusted platform for regulated industries to ensure uptime and compliance.
Visual Highlights
ThingWorx 10.0 Launch Video
https://www.ptc.com/en/products/thingworx/whats-new
References
- Introducing ThingWorx 10.0: PTC Blog
- ThingWorx 10.0 Release Notes
- ThingWorx 10.0: What’s New
- ThingWorx 10.0 Security Updates
- IoT Tech News: ThingWorx 10.0 Java & Security Updates
Author: Solutions Architect – Industrial IoT & Digital Transformation
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