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nalyst’s predictions for the numbers of connected devices over the next
few years vary widely, but one thing is for certain. The Internet of Things (IoT) is no longer a fanciful vision. It is very much with us, in everything from factory automation to on-demand entertainment. Yet by most accounts, we’ve barely scratched the surface of the full potential of the interconnected systems and intelli- gent devices that are changing the way we work and live. The prospects are at once exciting and daunting: exciting because of the potential to rejuvenate industries and create entirely new streams of revenue; daunting because of the com- plexities involved in making sure all those devices perform as promised. The Internet of Things (IoT) offers
extraordinary opportunities to make businesses more efficient, create new revenue streams, reduce environmental impact, and improve customer satisfac- tion. Historically, IoT solutions have largely been built from scratch, highly customized to perform specific vertical applications and did not scale well to other markets driving up the cost of the upfront development and ongoing main- tenance and acting as a deterrent to many prospective players. As a result, many organizations faced large upfront barriers to creating their own IoT tech- nology, as well as heavy ongoing main- tenance burdens.
To enable widespread adoption of the IoT,
developers need tools that free them from building the foundational infrastructure of their solutions. An IoT platform would allow them to focus on optimizing their unique functionality and bring their solutions to market faster and at less cost. Cloud-based IoT Platforms, such as Wind
River® Edge Management System, enable developers to catapult past building their own infrastructure and custom-coding their own software for the technology stack. Helping developers build vertical-specific IoT solu- tions that integrate enterprise IT systems and edge devices, it installs the framework for solutions to be developed and deployed, dra- matically reducing the cost, time, and engi- neering resources required for development. In IoT “constellations”—networks with thousands to millions of end points—man- agement of devices at the edge requires intelligence throughout the system, including device-level execution capabilities, remote management and provisioning capabilities at the gateway, and cloud-based delivery of software updates. To get machine data from the edge to the cloud, securely and in real time, an IoT platform must have three main capabilities: • Telemetry and analytics for remote data capture enables business insight and innova- tive business models. The ability to monitor sensor and system health is also vital for increasing system reliability and reducing operational expenses.
• Remote management reduces costs by mini-
mizing service calls and maximizing uptime. It also facilitates the creation of intelligent, rule- based systems – such as enabling remote oper- ators to change thresholds for local responses. • Security is integral from device to cloud. Such
security must start with trusted boot and con- tinue through the chain of trust with measures to protect data at rest and in motion. Unlike existing IT-oriented solutions, the Edge
Management System offers a management plane in addition to a data plane. The management plane focuses on activities such as device on- boarding, provisioning, and lifecycle manage- ment. It also enables technicians to access devices remotely and reset them if problems arise. The data plane collects and transports data from the edge, such as sensor data for analysis or metadata for monitoring device health. This device manageability component is what differentiates the Wind River solution from existing IT platforms available. The Edge Management System device agent
provides RESTful APIs (representational state transfer–conforming application programming interfaces). These APIs enable functions such as data capture, configuration, file transfer, and rule engines. Leveraging these APIs, developers can quickly build vertical-specific IoT solutions and integrate disparate enterprise IT systems. The agent integrates with Wind River Linux
and Wind River VxWorks, enabling seamless interaction with the many edge devices using these operating systems. This integration helps speed the development of vertical-specific IoT solutions for industrial, transportation, energy, and other markets. The OS support also helps developers build powerful deterministic capabili- ties into resource-constrained devices without compromising performance, reliability, or securi- ty. The agent also integrates with the Intel® IoT Gateway, a family of pre-integrated application ready platforms.
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