HPE has invested
heavily to deliver IoT solutions. They are well aware of the challenges faced
by customers attempting large-scale IoT deployments. Thus, our interest in commenting on the November 30th London Discover announcements of new
enhancements to their IoT portfolio. First, a quick overview of the IoT world.
IoT is driven by the
belief that enhancing the intelligence gathering (and frequently processing) capabilities
of new and existing devices coupled with centralized control will yield
personal and/or business benefits. The amount of intelligence (for
decision-making, etc.) necessary at the edge of the network (in the device)
versus the amount retained centrally (server, controller, etc.) varies widely
based the use case. For example, a device monitoring what's in front of an
automobile that detects a potential crash situation should make a decision to
slam on the brakes locally (in the car). The delay inherent in communicating
with a remote controller (in the cloud) would be intolerable.
The complexity inherent
in IoT becomes even more complicated when multiple and different devices are
involved. Each device type communicates in its own way. Use cases vary by task
and industry. The automotive situation discussed is very different from that of
a power utility monitoring thousands of meters for billing or consumption-tracking
purposes.
Many more scenarios
exist, and depending on scale and distribution, some will be very difficult and
expensive to deploy. HPE set out to provide solutions that reduce the cost and
effort required to deploy, connect and manage this wide variety of distributed devices.
Here’s the result.
HPE’s IoT
portfolio enhancements are in three categories. First is the new HPE Mobile Virtual
Network Enabler (MVNE) intended for mobile virtual network operators (MVNO). It
simplifies device management complexity of SIM card[1]
deployment and management. HPE MVNE allows the MVNO themselves to setup the SIM
delivery and billing service instead of buying the service from a carrier. The
resulting reduction in complexity and long term billing management reduces operator
costs.
The second
enhancement is the HPE Universal IOT (UIoT) Platform. The number of IoT use
cases implemented over Low Power WAN (Wide Area Networks) is rapidly
increasing. Each with their own infrastructure and management solutions and standards.
No single vendor has a management solution that works across all the differing
solutions. This meant that businesses, e.g. delivering smart city IoT
deployments, had to use multiple management systems. The HPE UIOT software
platform will support multiple networks (Cellular, WiFi, LoRA, etc.). Using lightweight
M2M protocol, it provides a consistent way to manage the variety of networks,
as well as data models and formats.
Third are IoT-related
enhancements to HPE Aruba[2]
(LAN) networks. HPE introduced the Aruba Clearness Universal Profiler. A
standalone software package, it permits customers to quickly see and monitor
all devices connecting to wired and wireless networks. Helping to satisfy network
audits, security and visibility requirements. It is the ONLY such application
purpose-built to identify, classify and view all devices.
Finally, the
latest ArubaOS-Switch software release enhances the security features of most
of the Aruba access switch family. Features include automatic tunnel creation
to isolate network traffic for security devices, smart lighting and HVAC
control units, and the ability to set network access control policies for IoT
devices.
With these IoT
offerings enhancements, HPE has made significant strides toward reducing the complexity
and costs facing customers developing and deploying IoT solutions. These are
unique tools to help customers economically create and operate an IoT enabled
world. HPE also demonstrates its clear understanding of the difficulties that
customers are encountering.
It appears to us, that HPE is succeeding in its efforts to provide solutions that reduce the cost and effort required to deploy, connect and manage the wide variety of distributed devices available today. We suspect that there are many who will agree.
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