IoT Analytics Software in Defense and Security

IBM offers IBM Watson and IBM Bluemix solutions under its IoT Analytics Software. Organizations can make use of Watson IoT, which uses the Bluemix platform to analyze IoT data. Bluemix platform takes data from sensors and sensor-enabled devices and performs analytics on it. The platform makes use of Complex Event Processing (CEP) to analyze real-time streaming data for generating and determining patterns and create insights using business indexes and data streams. Watson AoT processes structured and unstructured data obtained from flat files, in-database, data warehouse, Hadoop, and spreadsheets (IBM SPSS Statistics, Excel files, CSV files, and SAS files). IBM also offers readymade IoT solutions enabling organizations implement it quickly.

Microsoft offers IoT analytics software through its Azure IoT Suite and Stream Analytics, which are used in various business areas, including banking, financial services, retail, education, healthcare, and marketing sectors. Any device, regardless of the IoT device type or OS can be connected to the Microsoft Azure IoT suite and the cloud, where they can be used to communicate between employees and customers. Microsoft also provides Business Intelligence (BI) tools to gain deeper insights into what employees and customers need, by analyzing the IoT data.

SAP offers IoT analytics software through the SAP HANA Cloud platform. SAP HANA is being widely accepted by various industry verticals as it can be integrated not only with the social media module in custom Customer Relationship Management (CRM) but also with R and Hadoop to store, pre-process, analyze, and compute data in real-time analysis. The platform helps analyze data from machines, streaming events, and business operations and allows frontline workers to make use of real-time analytics to maintain productivity.

Dell Technologies, Inc. is one of the prominent players in IoT analytics software marketplace. The American multinational specializes in digital transformation, IT transformation, security transformation, and workforce transformation. Dell’s enterprise solution includes servers, networking, storage, mobility, and desktop products. Dell provides IoT analytics infrastructure that encompasses Dell IoT platform and similar software, such as edge analytics and Dell Statistica predictive analytics software.

HPE provides Vertica Analytics Platform and Universal IoT Platform as its AoT offerings. The platforms offer data visualization for representation of data in pictorial or graphical format and offer in-memory analytics for faster data processing. The platforms are powered with data engines which process thousands of rows, utilizing the full system, for achieving fast query processing. They support a variety of data sources, such as Excel spreadsheets, flat files, and Hadoop.

The company offers an array of software solutions, such as Computer-Aided Design (VCAD) modelling, Service Lifecycle Management (SLM), and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). The company also offers IoT solutions to enable customers to connect smart things, manage and analyze data, and develop applications. PTC offers IoT analytics solutions under its ThingWorx solution, a technology platform which enables customers to create and deploy applications and solutions. The solution also includes cloud-based tools which facilitate users to connect products and devices to the cloud, process, transform, store, and organize product and sensor data. The on-premises and on cloud deployment models provide the customers with an option to choose the delivery model. This has strengthened PTC’s customer base.

Google provides its AoT solution through Google Cloud IoT Core. Google’s global clientele base is spread across various industries, such as automotive, banking, consumer goods, education, energy, engineering, entertainment, environmental, financial services, food, beverage, government, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, media, retail, technology, telecommunications, transportation, and travel & hospitality. Google Cloud IoT Core offers analytics solutions to enterprises. The company is striving to expand its portfolio with new technological developments. To accomplish this, Google has invested a significant share (15% during the last 3 years) of its revenue on R&D activities.

Tibco IOT Analytics solution gathers data from sensors, combines it, runs logic, and connects to the user's cloud services. It allows the user's edge devices to execute app logic independent of their core systems. Tibco's predictive analytics and modeling tools facilitate users to gain insights on Internet of Things data so that they can act in real time. The solution simplifies connectivity with a flow-based, web UI for building integration applications for Internet of Things edge devices. Project Flogo is the lightest IOT connectivity framework that offers a host of connectity features.

AGT offers IoT analytics as its predictive analytics offering based on the cloud deployment option. The platform allows an entire new generation of vertical IoT applications that will drive enhanced business processes, resulting in improved value and new revenue streams. The platform also resolves key issues in IoT analytics, data management and visualization, employing solutions that have been tailor made for each application. Also, the platform integrates easily with existing sensors, network infrastructure and end-user applications.

Splunk Enterprise ingests data from applications, sensors, devices, and so on. Post setting up the data sources, Splunk Enterprise indexes the data stream and resolves it into a series of individual events and metrics that the users can view and search. Splunk IAI is an application that the users can use to track asset health, notify on metric anomalies, design custom metrics, conduct root cause analysis for issues across data sources, and measure entire equipment effectiveness in real time. Splunk IoT Platform Data also helps in reducing downtime of critical assets.