Orange Datavenue

Datavenue is building block solution for development of IoT-services.

Datavenue is focused on use in the companies creating applications for Internet of Things (Internet of Things - IoT) and Big Data.

Submission of the platform, (2015)

According to the statement of developer company, Datavenue will help the international companies and large national corporations to seize the opportunities of Internet of Things. Range of possible use of technologies - from increase in security and convenience of residents of the smart cities (smart cities) at the expense of the connected traffic lights or counters of the parking, before quality improvement of life by means of connection of medical devices of remote condition monitoring of patients.

Orange Datavenue: developing the full Internet potential of your objects, (2016)

As a part of Datavenue four modules:

• Select is the choice of the necessary objects and data sources. Orange is provided by a full range of the certified and tested connected objects, such as sensors, cameras or modules for connection of the existing equipment. Datavenue contains the directory of data including the analytical data on the movement of the population received by use of anonymous these mobile networks.
• Connect is connection of objects to the protected networks. For the truck crossing borders of the different states and the agricultural field sensor different networks are necessary. For satisfaction of the most various requirements of Orange gives a number of connectivities among which the global cellular networks conforming to requirements of tomorrow and also the innovative technologies among which eUiCC, the worldwide fixed satellite networks, and solutions of low power, such as LoRa.
• Manage is data management for increase in efficiency and creation of advanced services. For example, the construction company can organize global monitoring of the cranes for prevention of problems and expense reduction on maintenance. Data management allows technicians to debug real time far off or to arrive to a call, having taken with itself only required materials and tools — it allows to minimize breaks in service. Orange proposes software solutions which can be established, as in a cloud, and locally, giving abilities to manage, processings and visualization of remote devices.
• Control is control of crucial elements in projects of transformation of the enterprise. Experts of Orange ensure end-to-end safety and data protection, integration with information systems and scalability of services. During all project and after its end clients of Orange can be sure that the developed solution will not lose relevance over time and will be adapted in process of a market change.

Development History

2017: Integration into Microsoft Azure IoT Suite

On October 9, 2017 the international service provider Orange Business Services and Microsoft corporation submitted the modular IoT-solution Datavenue of Orange strengthened by opportunities of the Microsoft Azure IoT Suite platform.

Common offering of the companies is designed to help industrial enterprises to upgrade production according to the concept the Industry 4.0 and to optimize all production chain.

Thanks to cooperation of the companies the results of joint examination of Orange and Microsoft concerning both data protection, and data management and devices become available to customers. They include opportunities for use of a number of the services in IoT-connection offered by Orange company such as connection to LoRa networks. Customers can implement the most various projects: from supply chain management and intellectual management of trade inventories before digital business processes, such as pro-active service, security of employees and also management of means of production and equipment.

In the whole Orange Business Services offers with the Datavenue platform a full range of solutions and services for safe project management in the field of Internet of Things and their integration with information systems. They include:

• The certified attached devices best suitable for use in projects of customers;
• Network solutions (mobile 3G and 4G, LoRa, LTE and others);
• The platform for data management and devices;
• Extensive experience of project management from the concept before implementation: consulting, development, data protection, integration, data analysis, service and many other things.

With Azure IoT Suite the Microsoft corporation offers the stable software environment facilitating setup and scaling of large projects on device management and data. The ready-made packaged solutions which are a part of Azure IoT Suite allow customers to examine quicker process of setup and to study the most widespread scenarios of IoT-projects (remote monitoring, intellectual service, the connected factory). All this accelerates deployment of industrial projects, emphasized in Orange.

Besides, the software environment provided to Microsoft will give the chance to customers to use advanced tools, such as Cortana Intelligence Suite (expanded analytics and artificial intelligence), Power BI (data visualization) and the solution Mobile Apps (Xamarin) providing positive experience for mobile users.

With adding of the solution Azure IoT Suite in our Datavenue portfolio we have an opportunity to offer our customers the powerful software. We are sure that it can be integrated with business applications of Microsoft which are the industry standard. This partnership serves for us as an opportunity not only to expand own business, but also to actively promote IoT-market development worldwide — Beatrice Felder, the executive vice president for work with clients, IoT and Analytics, Orange Business Services said.

With such partner as Orange Business Services, we can propose to our customers the complete solution which cornerstone examination of Orange in the field of IoT-connection, in particular, in LoRa networks and also the checked know-how on integration of the IT projects connected with use of the connected sensors and devices is — Maziar Zolghadr, the director of strategic partnership of Microsoft corporation in EMEA region added in return.

2015-2016: Start

2016

On October 25, 2016 the Orange Business Services company announced the international start of Datavenue.

We have extensive experience and knowledge in Internet of Things and analytics of data in several sectors, including in automotive industry, the industry, the smart cities, health care and smart houses. Our solutions already allowed to increase performance and safety of employees due to monitoring of industrial equipment, to improve patient care due to use of remote access and to facilitate life of residents of the cities due to "smart" city services. All this once again emphasizes importance of global release of the solution Orange Datavenue. Olivier Ondet, vice president for Internet of Things and analytics, Orange Business Services

2015

In 2015 building block solution for development of Datavenue IoT-services was started in France.