IoT Platform Cumulocity IoT

Cumulocity is an independent device and application management Internet of Things (IoT) platform. It connects and manages devices and assets efficiently, controlling them remotely. Cumulocity gives very fast visibility and control over remote assets, be these houses, cars, machines or any other assets that needing to be managed.

Cumulocity IoT enables full IoT solutions to be created in minutes by anyone who can use everyday office productivity apps. This allows your business to adopt an extremely efficient, low-effort, rapid-refinement and agile approach to IoT solution creation. Cumulocity provides:

• Certified hardware kits and software libraries that can be used to bring remote assets into the cloud
• Device management, data visualization and remote control functionality through the web
• Rapid customization of the above through Cumulocity Event Language rules and Cumulocity applications
• APIs for extending the existing functionality or interfacing Cumulocity with other IT services such as ERP or CRM systems. Cumulocity can also host HTML5 application.

Cumulocity works with any network architecture, but is specifically designed to work out of the box with mobile networks. In the following sections, we will give a short overview of the different functional areas with references to more detailed descriptions.

Cumulocity directly supports various devices with ready-made software libraries and examples. These can be specialized devices for a particular use case, as locations trackers, OBUs and vending telemetry devices. They can also be developer kits for building generic devices, such as Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Cinterion boards, Tinkerforge sensors and more. These developer kits are described in more detail in the corresponding chapters of the “Devices” section in this documentation.

Outside of the specific kits, many other devices can run the software with no or little modification. That is why the software is provided in source code form to extend it to any other device. There are also generic client libraries for Java, Java ME, C/C++ and Lua for own implementation. If a device uses a completely proprietary runtime environment, Cumulocity’s REST resp. HTTP interfaces can always be used. These will work on practically any Internet-connected device today, down to the smallest systems.

All carrier-grade device management features including fault management, software management, configuration management, alarm management and performance management. Extensive troubleshooting through an interactive device shell and remote log viewing. Mass device management features including bulk registration, bulk update schedule and rules definition, bulk roll-out and bulk monitoring features. Platform initiated device interaction for predominantly dark devices via SMS for cellular connections.

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Cumulocity exposes its complete functionality through programming interfaces (APIs). This means that all of Cumulocity’s functionality is available for using in different contexts outside of what Cumulocity directly provides—in own applications, in own devices. Cumulocity allows developers and power users to run real-time IoT business processes. The user can choose if data is stored on a permanent basis or is temporarily used to generate reports or analytics and then is deleted automatically. The processes and results update continuously.

Cumulocity addresses security on various levels. All business partners and hosting services have recognized security certificates. Cumulocity also deals with network security aspects by individual authentication and authorization methods. Connections from and to Cumulocity are established using HTTPS technology. All tenants have full rights to add or terminate users and user groups. The tenant also assigns rights to agents and devices.

Cumulocity IoT runs the same everywhere—in the cloud, at the edge and on-premises. A single distributed software architecture simplifies development, enabling you to use the same APIs, data and analytics models wherever you use Cumulocity IoT. Connect devices independently at the edge for real-time local data analysis, saving you money and enabling autonomous operations.