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IOTech announced the launch and availability of Edge Builder, its end-to-end management solution for edge systems. Edge Builder provides a flexible and open solution that helps simplify and automate the management of edge systems at scale.
To ensure that Edge Builder addresses the market opportunity, IOTech has been working with a number of key partners, including Intel and PMY, and potential customers during the development phase of the product.
As the number of industrial IoT devices and the data that comes from them grows at a rapid rate, the problem of managing these edge infrastructures becomes critical. Traditional Cloud or IT-based management solutions can struggle with factors such as edge scale, intermittent connectivity, device/sensor connectivity, legacy platforms and resource constraints at the edge.
The problem is multi-dimensional in scope and includes both the provisioning and management of the edge nodes and also the application workloads deployed on the nodes. Other key issues include dealing with aged and heterogeneous infrastructure (legacy equipment, brownfield nodes and devices) and that the OT lifecycle is often measured in decades, not years.
Designed to meet the specific needs of edge systems, Edge Builder provides light touch provisioning and complete lifecycle management for both edge nodes and their applications. Currently it supports the deployment and management of containerized applications at the edge and in the future will also support the deployment of native binary applications.
Edge systems are managed from a centralized Edge Builder controller that can be hosted either on-premise or in the cloud. Platform independence for both the managed nodes and the cloud environment on which the controller is deployed ensures flexibility and choice for Edge Builder users.