Cumulocity IoT

Cumulocity IoT is the IoT platform capable to work as in a cloud, and locally which offers providers of communication services and other enterprises complete freedom of choice during the planning, creation, implementation and development of the distributed systems of IoT.

Cumulocity IoT is the configured IoT-solution supporting the enterprises of any scale irrespective of the level of their IoT-requirements. The product integrates functionality of the Platform of Digital Business from Software AG and a product portfolio of Cumulocity, forming a uniform complex IoT-portfolio.

The platform satisfies to requests of two groups of the market of Internet of Things:

• The companies using Internet of Things for improvement of quality of own goods and services;
• The suppliers of IoT-services aiming to create and turn the IoT-platform into a profit source.

Development History

2019

Expansion of opportunities of "A cloud of things" from Deutsche Telekom

On July 23, 2019 Software AG announced agreement signature with Deutsche Telekom for rendering services in the field of Internet of Things (engl. Internet of things, or IoT) at the global level. The Deutsche Telekom company and its division T-Systems focused on corporate clients will improve the solution Cloud of Things by means of the Cumulocity IoT platform developed by specialists of Software AG. Read more here.

Cumulocity IoT Edge powered by Dell Technologies

On May 28, 2019 the Dell Technologies company submitted the IIoT-solution developed in partnership with Software AG – Cumulocity IoT Edge powered by Dell Technologies. The solution integrates the innovation servers and boundary gateways of the company with Cumulocity IoT Edge – a one-server software version of Cumulocity IoT from Software AG. The specialized software solution is intended for continuous monitoring of the equipment under production conditions, optimization of production processes and preventive maintenance.

For fast deployment of software of Cumulocity IoT it is preset and configured on the Dell Technologies PowerEdge servers. The companies unroll previously configured program device on site of use in the production environment and connect it to local IoT-devices via the gateways Dell Edge Gateway. The solution Plug and Play prepares, filters and integrates data before their sending to corporate applications for further processing, emphasized in Dell Technologies.

According to representatives of Dell Technologies, the standard packet also includes the modules saving time for the industry of mechanical engineering, production and logistics. The companies can integrate existing applications for control and data collection (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, SCADA), to configure dashboards for operators and also to control and monitor servers, gateways and the final systems from the single user interface.

Using the software of Apama Engine for Streaming Analytics which is built in the solution of Software AG of the company can process data streams from industrial equipment and data of the digitized industrial processes in real time, creating a basis for rapid implementation of the systems of predictive service. The unified program architecture allows to use the same API interfaces, data models and the analysis – from controllers to gateways and local data processing centers. It allows the organizations to customize Cumulocity IoT Edge powered by Dell Technologies on the object according to specific needs, claim in Dell Technologies.

"In many organizations there is an urgent need in quickly unrolled previously configured industrial solutions IoT and their large-scale implementation on network edge by connection of a set of different end devices and sensors. Using jointly the developed solution including the Dell EMC servers, the one-server version of software of Cumulocity IoT and the corresponding services, the companies can connect a set of devices and IoT sensors in read minutes. Thanks to quick and trouble-free start of the decision without any own efforts on integration of the company can quickly get advantages of the powerful IIoT environment". Dr. Stefan Sigg, director of products of Software AG

"The complexity connected with implementation of the industrial IoT-project means that budgets and terms often do not meet expectations. Thanks to our joint solution Plug and Play Cumulocity IoT Edge powered by Dell Technologies quickly unrolled modules – to the software and services - guarantee operational and predictable implementation against the hardware. Offering the organizations reliability necessary for support and successful projects implementation of industrial IoT, the presented solution allows clients not to be beyond the budget and to reach an investment payback in large-scale projects". Dermot O'Connell, the vice president and the general manager of division of OEM & IoT Dell Technologies in EMEA region

As of May, 2019 the solution Cumulocity IoT Edge powered by Dell Technologies is already available through certified partners of Dell Technologies and Software AG and also directly from Dell Technologies.

Availability of Apama Analytics Builder based on Cumulocity IoT Edge

On April 2, 2019 the company Software AG announced release of a product Apama Analytics Builder which allows to reduce labor costs by design, development and deployment analysts for IoT-applications. The public version of the solution Apama Analytics Builder deployed on the IoT-platform ADAMOS and which is in industrial operation will appear in April, 2019 and will be available within the Cumulocity IoT Edge platform of Software AG company. In more detail here.

2018

Integration with Bilfinger Connected Asset Performance

In June, 2018 Software AG became the partner of the international service provider in Bilfinger SE industry. Efforts of the companies created the Bilfinger Digital Next center. A main goal — solution integration of Connected Asset Performance (BCAP) from Bilfinger with the Cumulocity IoT platform from Software AG. Read more here.

Function for creation of the process focused applications of Low-Code

On November 26, 2018 Software AG announced release of function thanks to which business users will be able to add and expand the Cumulocity IoT platform using the webMethods Dynamic Apps platform. According to the company, this platform allows to create the process focused intellectual applications of Low-Code for IoT (Internet of Things).

Touch, mobile and wireless technologies contribute to rapid development of Internet of Things, however its true value for business is that the companies can use data and analytics arriving from such hardware devices for creating applications capable to take useful information and to use it for the most effective customer interaction. The intellectual technology which traces helps to open true opportunities of IoT, estimates, starts "significant events" and creates on them reports. Preventive maintenance within which it is possible to develop quickly IoT Low-Code-applications for tracking of need for service of the valuable equipment — since servers belongs to such significant events and finishing the power plants connected by cars and airplanes. Subhash Ramachandran, senior vice president for product management and marketing

The clients using Cumulocity IoT receive the open platform of the class Low-Code for rapid application development, previously integrated devices providing safe connection and management for November, 2018 with more than 150 types.

The webMethods Dynamic Apps platform (the version of Agile Edition) gives to business users the chance to develop applications of Low-Code using instruments of visual designing: drag and drop simulars, creation of the point-and-click interface, simular of processes and business rule. Users of Dynamic Apps can visually configure and use Cumulocity IoT data sources in proprietary applications of Low-Code that gives them the chance to execute workflows of the company. The data created by such applications allow business users to make more weighed decisions taking into account "significant events" (actionable events) which will help to raise the service level of the client, analyzing and managing a status of related "things".

It means that the companies can review the service industry and use Low-Code-applications of IoT which will help to focus, for example, on preventive maintenance and to avoid possible problems or interruptions in operation of devices that will help to raise degree of satisfaction and a customer loyalty significantly.

And though the idea of prevention of the arising problems due to use of the data arriving from devices lies on a surface, the solution of this task is complicated by the following:

• for data exchange between the devices supporting IoT in the different industries different protocols are used;
• devices generate amounts of data about the events arriving from sensors in real time;
• the specialized software is necessary for data, comparison and data analysis;
• application development using which the companies can use events as a cause of action took too much time.

However due to reduction of volume of manual programming, use of visually configured logic and integration the Software AG company gives the chance to quickly create applications of Low-Code for development of adaptable solutions for IoT.

Support of multicluster options of deployment and high availability

The Software AG company announced on February 22 start of the next version of the open cloud platform of Cumulocity IoT created on the basis of a high-performance distributed architecture. Now Cumulocity IoT supports multicluster options of deployment, support of high availability that increases its attractiveness for service providers. Among functions — the integration of devices which is not requiring writing of a program code with support of Low Power WAN technologies (LPWAN) intended for long-term remote narrow-band monitoring such as Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT), Lightweight M2M (LwM2M) and Long Range (LoRa).

Thanks to the optimized distributed architecture and peripheral data processing possibilities of the Cumulocity IoT platform (version 9) extended: it supports self-contained units, improves local data processing, reduces data streams and response time. Now users can work with same the dashboards, analytical models integrated by systems and separate applications both on peripheral devices and in a cloud. It allows to save capacity of the channel, to reduce costs and risks of security.

Among functions of peripheral data processing — high-speed safe connections in industrial networks, filters of redirection of data, management of the distributed analytics, centralized operation by peripheral platforms and convenient integration. These tools provide the full automated control of architecture of the solutions IoT of any scale.

IoT microservices and methodology of DevOps

The updated Cumulocity IoT platform provides Microservices SDK — an open expanded set of building tools of microservices and also industrial support of their lifecycle and methodology of DevOps. It will allow developers to avoid many common problems and to create scalable applications within the Software-as-a-Service model ("software as service") intended for architecture of microservices with the containers Docker which can be unrolled both in a cloud, and on the periphery, automating management processes of them. These completely isolated containers Docker take up own quotas of resources, the centralized authorization of requests, rules of access for participating tenants, processing of permissions and association of participants.

The applications based on microservices created using Cumulocity IoT differ in flexibility of deployment, scalability, high availability, resistance to errors and also ease of modification. It guarantees to service providers and other companies a possibility of fast updating and modification of applications within process of continuous delivery.

IoT Platform-as-a-Service

The release of Cumulocity IoT Enterprise Edition gives to service providers the chance to offer corporate customers full-fledged platforms of Internet of Things. They represent cloud services — nebrendirovanny or provided under the customer's brand. Management and their support will be performed by them on the party of the customer, at the same time all opportunities of the hyper scalable high-available architecture placed on the platform of service provider remain. Using functions of virtual multi-user architecture and complete separation of data, service providers will be able to create and unroll the branded solutions for the customers. The fast automated procedure will allow to exclude long process of deployment of images and to reduce housekeeping overheads. Besides, the advanced system of delegation of the rights of administration and the built-in support of multi-user architecture will expand possibilities of self-service for end users, claim in Software AG.

As the senior vice president of Software AG concerning IoT and cloud computing Bernd Gross noted, in the provided version of Cumulocity IoT there was a set of functions, in particular, for work with the microservices and the IoT platforms provided in service quality, for example, a possibility of the automated creation of dashboards for separate devices or the whole groups with a full range of functions and notifications. Besides, process of integration of Low Power WAN devices is optimized. Now the equipment Lightweight M2M, Narrowband IoT and LoRa can be connected in the Plug and Play mode.

2017: Start of expanded Cumulocity IoT technology

On September 21, 2017 the Software AG company) announced start of expanded Cumulocity IoT technology for support of cloud provision of services based on the IoT-platform.

Cumulocity IoT is the configured IoT-solution supporting the enterprises of any scale irrespective of the level of their IoT-requirements. The last researches of the market show: nearly 90% of heads understand importance of use of industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) for success of the companies, however only 16% have a detailed plan of its implementation.

Cumulocity IoT helps to reduce this gap, offering the ready IoT-platform which allows the organizations to create proprietary applications and solutions for work with Internet of Things. Thanks to interaction of the innovation digital business models with intellectual IoT-products and services, the companies are capable to reach complete coordination of work of customers, partners and suppliers.

The Cumulocity IoT platform is capable to work at the periphery, in a cloud or locally thanks to what the companies clients can freely project, develop, unroll and update the internal IoT-platform at the choice. The platform by default includes some components, such as condition monitoring, forecast maintenance, system of accounting of movements and also fast and simple device management and sensors — the functions integrating information and industrial technologies. Such freedom of choice allows to implement quicker IoT of technology and to adopt them to customer requirements: the organization is capable to define independently when to pass from rationalization and acceleration of production processes to comprehensive communication with clients, to increase in indicators of a customer loyalty and, finally, to creation of the digital business models, intellectual products and services answering to requests of the modern market of software.

Cumulocity IoT integrates functionality of the Platform of Digital Business from Software AG and a product portfolio of Cumulocity, forming a uniform complex IoT-portfolio. The achievements of Software AG in the field of integration, business processes, advanced analytics and machine learning based on experience of sure leadership of the platform of the middleware are reflected in Cumulocity IoT.

The platform satisfies to requests of two groups of the market of Internet of Things:

• The companies using Internet of Things for improvement of quality of own goods and services;
• The suppliers of IoT-services aiming to create and turn the IoT-platform into a profit source.