BENEFITS · IoT GATEWAY NG + EDGE MANAGER
The key difference: move from installed devices that you must maintain one by one to a fleet of industrial gateways managed centrally throughout their whole life cycle.
01 / BEFORE AND AFTER
Compare how you work when each gateway is maintained separately with how you work with a fleet managed by IoT Gateway NG + Edge Manager.
Without the platform: installed devices that you must maintain one by one.
Without: Manual installation and configuration of each device.
With: Automated, repeatable installation and configuration.
Without: Each new installation takes hours of preparation.
With: New devices prepared with a standard configuration.
Without: Site visits or manual connections to resolve incidents.
With: Centralised monitoring and maintenance, with fewer on-site interventions.
Without: Irregular or forgotten security updates.
With: Controlled updates of the system and the installed components.
Without: Installing and updating applications device by device.
With: Deploy and update applications remotely on multiple devices.
Without: Hard to know the status of the gateways.
With: Centralised visibility of device status, health and incidents.
Without: Reconfiguring replacement devices by hand.
With: Faster configuration recovery and device replacement.
Without: Each installation can end up with different configurations.
With: Consistent, documented and reproducible configurations.
Without: Dependence on specific hardware or a specific ecosystem.
With: Freedom to choose compatible hardware and applications.
Without: Maintenance cost grows almost as fast as the number of devices.
With: Centralised management of tens or hundreds of devices.
Without: You must connect to each device to investigate a problem.
With: Centralised information to detect and diagnose failures.
Without: More technician hours, site visits and repetitive tasks.
With: Less operational effort and more predictable maintenance costs.
These benefits are potential: they depend on the features actually deployed, the available connectivity and the compatibility of the devices and applications.
02 / WHAT EACH PROFILE GAINS
AUTOMATION COMPANY / SYSTEM INTEGRATOR
Deliver more projects with the same team, reduce site visits and offer remote maintenance contracts with recurring services.
Prepare gateways for several customers with the same standard configuration and maintain them from Edge Manager.