Vixtera received the US patent for the fault detection in a system of connected devices
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So, what comes first: a chicken or an egg? To obtain the full IIoT capabilities, do you deploy applications and services in the Cloud or at the Edge?
In the funny “proto-chicken” experience, two birds that weren’t really chickens have ultimately created a chicken egg. A recent Gartner report says that “Neither cloud nor edge capabilities can provide a complete IIoT solution on its own… and require working together”. We agree! BUT, what asset-intensive industries like manufacturing, transportation and utilities are saying?
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In our practical experience, IIoTEdge is one that makes it whole while providing vital operational capabilities to a professed IIoT nirvana. To complement, VixteraIIoTEdge:
One of the main IIoT objectives is to make sure your devices are well entrenched with customers’ value chain. It involves every responsible actor and includes every part of your infrastructure requiring agile networks of smart devices manifesting ever-continuing service evolution and delivery of commercially viable IIoT solutions.
VixteraIIoTEdge appliance employs patented technologies, distributed computing architecture and micro-service framework offering ubiquitous connectivity of intelligent devices augmented by complete visibility and control across the entire IIoT ecosystem.
From smart data trending to context-based analysis; from connectivity wizard to algorithm-driven rules, protocols and topologies; from real-time failure detection to predictive maintenance, asset planning and digital modeling – the Edge quickly guides you around, transforming data into timely, relevant insights and actions, uncovering and configuring any change and nuance while instantly tying devices to your applications and services. The appliance easily connects to legacy signals and queues enabling rapid integration with OTs while enhancing it with new capabilities.
The homecoming of microservice architecture fulfills the IoT industry longing for device connectivity and data sharing. It helps to elevate the efficiency of operation by refining interdependencies between networks and systems elements; enables each microservice to run as a full-featured process, a function; and allows self-contained operation anywhere across the network.
Its ability to scale yet staying connected becomes the driving force for proliferation of IoT applications. VixteraIIoTEdge software framework is architected as a collection of connected microservices unified by purposely-built processes, functions and applications.
For example, one set of functions runs auto-discovery and configuration of devices while the other two balance collected data and run the root cause analysis. Yet another set of functions, applications, works on reporting, predictive analysis and asset planning – all are in the plurality of connected devices.
The Edge architecture scales horizontally and vertically and deploys in any cloud, premises or anywhere within the IoT ecosystem providing quantifiable ROI and sustainable benefits for IoT deployment and operation.
Gateways are essential elements of the IoT ecosystem performing vital tasks of tying THINGS together. They aggregate and secure communications from/to devices via an array of interfaces and send data downstream for further processing and actions. However, despite its great virtues, IoT gateways are missing critical mass of intelligence at the edge delivering quick-n-easy device onboarding, data curation and instant analysis, especially in the data-intensive industrial environment.
VixteraIIoTEdge patented software radically improves IoT gateways capabilities at the edge equipping users with operationally sound features, solutions and actions. It allows ubiquitous connectivity and complete control of devices whereas helping to derive relevant data, close to action, granularly, in a pre-defined way, providing the ability to supply structured data for the variety of analysis.
The Edge accurately pinpoints a problem in real time and uses it to deliver a reliable source for NN training and AI/ML modeling, thus, driving consistently-good quality data for predictive applications and services.
Running IIoT mission-critical applications and working within an asset-intensive industrial environment requires a solution that’s capable of identifying and resolving failures in real time yet providing a robust mechanism for prediction and prevention of potential problems.
Vixtera developed an algorithm that helps to detect systems anomalies and instantly identify the source of failures. The patented methodology makes certain assumptions about input and outputs of malfunctioning devices, its internal and external environment – all in the plurality of connected ecosystem. It promptly determines a root cause and a chain of events that are leading to a problem significantly reducing the downtime and emergency maintenance while improving device serviceability and use of resources.
The failure event can be used as an “etalon”, a reliable label, for automatic NN training and AI/DL modeling, eliminating costly, error-prone human involvement. It fundamentally refines AI processes fitting highly dependable data for predictive analysis whereas generating trustworthy outcomes for the variety of predictive and prescriptive services.
This is why we believe the Edge technology is the best IIoT solution. It connects all devices into one system that is easily managed and controlled. This way data processing becomes faster and the results are more relevant. Another benefit is failure detection and predictive analysis. Learn more about all the opportunities visiting this page.
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