Nokia Digital Automation Cloud (DAC)

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2020: Announcement of additional functions and Digital Automation Cloud Nokia services

On September 16, 2020 the Nokia company announced useful functions and services of digital automation for the platform of private wireless networks Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) Nokia.

The functionality expands possibilities of the DAC Nokia platform for private networks 4.9G/LTE and 5G. It supports an expanded application package of Nokia and the growing ecosystem of modules of Internet of Things and the industrial connectors necessary for strategy implementation of Industry 4.0.

The directory of the DAC Nokia applications working at a basis of cloud applied infrastructure allows to set one mouse click the software and to manage lifecycle of applications.

Functions of the directory include the system of exact positioning High Accuracy Positioning Nokia, the analytical SpaceTime Nokia system, the system of group communications DAC Nokia and VoIP and also a set of industrial connectors. Besides, the services Microsoft Azure IoT allowing to install the boundary modules Microsoft Azure IoT Edge Modules, such as Modbus are a part of the directory.

The combination of high-performance wireless networks, cloud and boundary computing does DAC Nokia by the platform for the organizations which are seriously considering projects in the field of Internet of Things, analytics and automation. The announced functions and useful services will facilitate transition to the Fourth industrial revolution, - Stephan Litjens, the director of business group of digital automation of Digital Automation Nokia speaks

Functions of group communications DAC and DAC VoIP Nokia propose to customers solutions for reliable and safe one-sided and multilateral voice transmission and video on the scale of a campus. These applications implemented in a scalable boundary cloud of the customer are suitable for resource-intensive objects, such as seaports, mines and factories.

In addition, the industrial connectors DAC Nokia allow customers to use this platform for free support of protocols of machine communication, such as PROFINET, EtherCAT and Modbus. As a result customers have an opportunity to integrate private wireless networks and boundary calculations with the existing and traditional systems, machines and infrastructures.

The plug-in Microsoft Azure IoT in the DAC Nokia directory announced jointly by Microsoft and Nokia companies is result of their strategic cooperation directed to acceleration of digital transformation and the Fourth industrial revolution. Microsoft Azure IoT services give the chance to customers to support necessary communications in the most different industries, including industrial production, logistics, municipal services, the smart cities and transport.

Packaged solutions, such as DAC Nokia platform, will become a key which will open before us all capacity of private networks. The enterprises need the simple, convenient and economic private networks keeping in contact, cloud computing and industry applications. Quicker and quicker the product demand for the solution of specific industry problems, such as approval and protocol translation grows. Platforms solve important problems of the enterprises developing private networks with preliminary integration of a set of components - Caroline Chappell, the director of research, division of cloud and platform services, Analysys Mason speaks

The announced functions resolve the issues rising before the organizations which implement the strategy of Industry 4.0. Data security, forward and backward compatibility, integration of the traditional systems, access to ecosystems and ease of use – here only some problems which are solved by the DAC Nokia platform within the single optimized solution, - the head of department of DAC Applications Nokia speaks Tuuli Ahava,

The solution DAC Nokia is scaled according to needs of the customer. This platform of digital automation of an industrial class allows to create a trusted, safe, high-performance private wireless network with support of boundary calculations and the directory of applications. The compact DAC Nokia system working by the principle of a Plug and Play includes in the structure network equipment and a cloud monitoring system of transactions. Using DAC Nokia users can in the safe mode in the premises collect, process and control all generated proprietary data.