Unity IoT Management System
Baseline Software was commissioned to develop a cloud based management system
for millions of IoT devices. These devices perform network management functionality on remote
networks all over the world, allowing the client to administer and control their client office
networks via a central, management system. Management includes high-level configuration of devices
and groups of devices down to bare-metal provisioning and deployment. This allows the customer to
manage their fleet of devices including live, on-the-fly configuration of individual devices or
groups of devices, all via a single cloud based interface. A further requirement was full analytics
on the usage and data collected by the devices, allowing customers to determine usage trends, which
allow them to build highly useful features driven by Big Data obtained from the devices. Baseline
Software has built a long term partnership with the client, including software development,
technology consulting and infrastructure hosting, allowing our customer to focus on sales, client
management and scaling their platform globally.
Technologies
- PHP + Laravel + MySQL
- OpenVPN Integration
- Mikrotik Scripting Language
- WebSockets
- HAProxy and Nginx
Firewall Navigation Technology
Custom Technology to allow the cloud server to navigate remote firewalls to maintain contact with the devices in the field, ensuring live management capability.
Live Statistics
Unity displays real-time information on uptimes of critical servers and internet connections. It converses constantly with the IoT device, testing various functions to ensure any problems are detected immediately.
Self Healing
The administrator of the networks can configure them in such a way that the devices can route around key faults to ensure the network stays up. This is guaranteed by the software.
Over the Air Upgrades
Unity allows administrators to roll out over the air upgrades of new features and security fixes as soon as they are available, ensuring the devices are always up to date.
Infinitely Scalable
The architecture is highly distributed, ensuring that an infinite number of devices can be sold and managed. Baseline Software will automatically scale the hosting infrastructure to cater for the expansion.
Live Alerts
Unity is highly configurable to allow alerts to be sent to key administrators should anything go wrong in the client networks. This allows quicker and more accurate response times.