Control architecture including a programmable logic controller and a cloud computing system

A control architecture comprising:

• at least one programmable logic controller comprising an automation program,
• at least one cloud computing system comprising an address accessible through a communication network,
• wherein:
• the automation program comprises at least one control module designed to control an application by consuming input data in accordance with a model of input data and by determining output data in accordance with a model of output data,
• the cloud computing system is designed to store first data in accordance with the model of input data of the control module and second data in accordance with the model of output data of the control module,
• at least one first entity is connected to the cloud computing system and designed to publish said first data in the cloud computing system in order to being read by the programmable logic controller when it executes the control module,
• at least one second entity is connected to the cloud computing system and designed to read said second data published in the cloud computing system by the programmable logic controller when it executes said control module.