After database specialist Oracle has long needed, in Online business, it is now represented in many areas with their own Cloud Services on the market. “Our goal is the traditional software business to the Cloud-merging the business,” says Reiner Ernst, Senior Director of Sales Middleware at Oracle Germany. The same is true for the IoT Cloud Service, the Oracle has offered since September, 2015.
Target industries Oracle has chosen the Automotive sector with the Partner General Motors, the health, the logistics and the manufacturing sector, and thus moves in the same markets as many of its competitors. In the Automotive sector, the fleet management platform, Openmatics, which was purchased in 2010 by ZF Friedrichshafen up, for example, uses, Middleware Oracle.
Oracle’s IoT Cloud Service is running in the world in their own data centers. If you want to access in Germany on the service, can’t do this currently, but Oracle’s Frankfurt data center, but must take advantage of Amsterdam’s resources. Currently 19 data centers Oracle worldwide IoT Service. It consists of three Parts: Connectivity, analysis, and Integration with security in all Parts as an additional function is integrated.
In-house Java Know-how as a stand-alone feature
The Connectivity part, the task of the devices at the edge of the network to integrate. In the case of intelligent, programmable devices, the Client Libraries, by means of bi-directional Connections. “Dumb” devices, for example, simple Sensors that are integrated with a self-developed Edge Gateway, the Oracle Sensor Edge Server, and embedded Protocol adapters, which are written in Java.
Since the Embedded is linearized Software module, Oracle can provide different options for a variety of Devices available. The overall system is reduced, because you don’t need not be implemented at all. The gateway Software installed is then managed from the Cloud. Currently, the major integration mechanisms for the Edge of http, REST and TLS are other protocols are in preparation.
On the Edge Gateway is a self-developed, scaled-down Event-Processing Software runs in addition. It determines what data will be forwarded to the Central office. The via pattern recognition or pre-defined rules. In principle, the number of devices that can be connected is not limited to, at most, the skills of the Edge-Hardware set limits here. This is possible due to the Sun Microsystems, several years ago, bought the Java expertise. The Hardware for the Edge Gateway Oracle itself has, however, not in the program.
“We want to merge traditional and Cloud software business,” Reiner Ernst, Senior Director of Sales Middleware at Oracle Germany (image: Oracle)
The second main function of the solution deals with the analysis of the data. Incoming data to be analyzed flows, aggregated, filtered, and correlated. In this area, Oracle sees one of his great Strengths, because the manufacturer is conducting research with the Stanford University since 2001, on the topic “analysis of Streaming data,” since 2004, the appropriate analytical Software, Complex Event Processing, is on the market. Oracle’s Streaming analysis works with a special query language, a Continuous Query Language , which detects patterns in the course of time. Thus, the point within a sequence of events based on rules carefully filter out the normal range is finally leave.
Ernst: “In a logistics application, it would be, for example, for an Alarm not sufficient in most cases, if a Refrigerated truck is leaving the intended Route. Then would open but on the open road of the cooling space, it would be time for a response.”
Has tested the Software for up to one Million Events per second. They can also be used without Internet-of-things platform available. A user-friendly user interface, you can associate Events and predefined reaction visually. To the Streaming Analytics module also other Non-Streaming data can be integrated to enrich the analysis. The analyzed data are stored in an Event Store, and then to Cloud Services or enterprise applications pass, where they are further processed or business processes toast.
Access to Oracle’s business software
The third main function of the IoT Cloud Platform integration in Oracle business applications, such as the E-Business Suite, JD Edwards Enterprise One, Oracle Transportation Management, Oracle Service Cloud or PaaS services, such as Oracle Mobile Cloud and Oracle Integration Cloud. Integration and implementation services customers get from Oracle, as well as implementation partners, for example, Accenture, Hitachi, Services, and other.
Also from the integration of the area of the connected devices to be controlled on the Edge through a unified management console and monitors. Endpoints can be Gateways, programmable devices, Software on a Gateway, Adapter, or Enterprise applications.
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Each command in every type of endpoint is validated before execution. Users can enterprise and mobile applications, regardless of the used networking technology, the Internet-of-things devices, to address. Commands via the REST interface of the Oracle Cloud IoT passed to the Service to the devices, to enable a customer-specific orchestration of the entire controlled and monitored device parks.
The price of the IoT Services from Oracle is calculated according to the number of devices and Messages. “You can gross out of approximately EUR 50,000 per year, for a solution with 10,000 Devices,” says Ernst. As always in this area, a lot of application and customer-specific. Not only because of the price model, the integrated Device database is removed compared with a Configuration Management Database in the ITIL-environments, is important. Each device is mapped virtually with its access rights.
Industry-specific partnerships and industry applications
Oracle does not want to address the complex IoT market alone, but relies on specific partnerships, which are each tailored to specific industries or applications. An example of this is the cooperation with Bosch Rexrodt is. Aims machines directly over an Open-Core process in the Java machine of the device in the IoT environment.
Particularly fond of Oracle combines the IoT Cloud Service with other Cloud Services from its own Portfolio in order to generate application-specific solutions. An interesting example of this is an application for travelers maintenance technician, Field Service Cloud Service called.
It as a solution of TOA Technologies is. Oracle bought the company in June 2014. Additional solutions with IoT-affinity Oracle transportation Management and Oracle Supply Chain are.
Combined with Oracle CRM application from the Cloud, you can analyze it with the latter solution, the provider of exchange behavior of customers. Another issue is the optimal control of wind farms, where the data from the wind farm operation can flow back to the manufacturer of the rotors, in order to perfect their Design and production.
Oracle integrated IoT applications with their own solutions, such as the Field Services Cloud. (Image: Oracle)
“Our Cloud-sales are growing very quickly,” says Oracle-Manager Ernst, while the license stagnating business. Oracle offers more than 400 software services, many of which pair with the IoT Cloud Service, or on top of him onto it.
In the area of IoT, so Seriously, I.the manufacturer, in particular, through the continuity of its solutions from end to end – from the Sensor to the Business-application – in a good position to be among the winners of the emerging market
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