With the growing demand for real-time insights and localised actions in industrial settings the adoption of edge computing solutions has accelerated. Edge-as-a-Service encompasses the integration of hardware, edge software, and corresponding cloud services for efficient edge orchestration.
Advantech's Edge Service Packages are designed to cater to Advantech hardware platforms and third-party software applications. Offering enhanced flexibility these solutions deliver device control, edge monitoring, and software management services, facilitating the seamless scaling of digitalisation through accelerated deployment and integration.
Advantech’s new Edge Service Packages include the Azure IoT Edge and AWS IoT Greengrass that are used to enhance the deployment of IoT Edge on edge platforms by adding value and simplifying the process.
Leveraging cloud intelligence, they integrate edge computing, outlining a roadmap for scalable workloads in hybrid cloud and edge computing. In addition, Advantech offers a wide selection of hardware that is Azure IoT Edge or AWS IoT Greengrass certified.
Users can develop custom solutions by selecting preferred hardware and edge service packages according to their targeted cloud service or specifications, helping customers develop IoT-enabled applications in an optimized way.
The Edge Service Package for the Azure IoT Edge helps with on premise deployments and breaks up data silos and consolidates operational data at scale in the Azure Cloud. It encompasses essential Azure IoT Edge services, such as the IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service, connecting physical devices with their corresponding identities in the Microsoft Azure IoT Hub. Another example for the Azure IoT Edge module is OPC UA Publisher. When applied with Advantech’s Edge Manager, this web application can configure and manage the OPC UA server to ensure seamless communication with the OPC UA Publisher Edge module. This tool streamlines the selection of data nodes and facilitates their transmission to the cloud without the need for coding.
AWS IoT Greengrass serves as an open-source edge runtime and cloud service, designed for constructing, deploying, and managing device software. It provides pre-built components so end users can easily extend edge device functionality without writing code. The components of AWS IoT Greengrass offer the addition of features and swift connectivity to AWS services or third-party applications at the edge.
Advantech’s Edge Service Package helps end users deploy and configure assets such as Lambda functions, Docker images, or machine learning models for local inference. Furthermore, it enables users to promptly initiate the Greengrass service on edge devices, manage it seamlessly through AWS IoT Greengrass, and efficiently transmit telemetry data to the AWS Cloud.
Nevertheless, Advantech has also developed an open cloud-based industrial IoT platform, EdgeSync 360, to support device and data management across various industrial applications.
This suite of software products includes Edgelink for edge connectivity management, DeviceOn for IPC management, and WebAccess for SCADA and HMI visualization. For cloud service, EdgeHub is a centralised platform that streamlines edge connectivity, device management, and data analysis, distributing intelligence across edge devices. It offers a seamless method to mass deploy and update not only software applications but also Docker containers, firmware, operating systems, and Linux applications in batches from cloud to edge.
