Management functionalities and operations for provider of process control or automation system

A method comprising:

• securing, to a first enterprise, a first compute fabric functionality executed in a first portion of a shared compute fabric, the first compute fabric functionality composed of micro-encapsulated execution environments (MEEEs) that operate to control process devices and provide other process functionalities to service a first one or more industrial or automation processes implemented via a first process control and automation system, the MEEEs including an instantiated first one or more micro-encapsulated execution environments (MEEEs) to communicatively connect a provider of the first one or more instantiated MEEEs to a first enterprise operating a first one or more industrial or automation processes at a first one or more physical locations or sites;
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• securing, to a second enterprise, a second compute fabric functionality executed in a second portion of the shared compute fabric, the second compute fabric functionality composed of MEEEs that operate to control process devices and provide other process functionalities to service a second one or more industrial or automation processes implemented via a second process control and automation system, the MEEEs including an instantiated instantiating a second one or more MEEEs to communicatively connect the provider to a second enterprise operating a second one or more industrial or automation processes at a second one or more physical locations or sites.