IoT Challenges
The following is a list of some of the challenges IoT presents:
• The process of connecting, securing, and managing diverse devices is complex.
• A lot of data remains locked inside its sources.
• Flexibility is needed to compute data at the edge, data center, and/or cloud.
• There’s no programmatic way to move the right data to the right apps at the right time.
• There’s no software control to enforce ownership, privacy, and security.
Cisco Kinetic Platform
To get real business value from all of your IoT data, you can use the power of the Cisco Kinetic platform to extract, compute, and move data from your connected things to various applications—and get maximum business benefit. Figure 7-2 shows how Cisco Kinetic integrates seamlessly between your data sources and apps.
Figure 7-2 How Cisco Kinetic integrates seamlessly between your data sources and apps
You need to realize the full potential of your IoT data to drive better business outcomes. The data produced by all your “things” is a high-value asset that can change the trajectory of your business—if you can make full use of it. But that can be challenging when you’re working with disparate things and a variety of applications that may live in edge or fog nodes, your data center, private clouds, and/or public clouds.
Cisco Kinetic makes it easy to connect distributed devices (“things”) to the network and then extract, normalize, and securely move data from those devices to distributed applications. The platform plays a vital role in enforcing policies defined by data owners, as to which data goes where, and when. Figure 7-3 illustrates how Cisco Kinetic can get data from devices in a highly distributed environment
Figure 7-3 How Cisco Kinetic can get data from devices in a highly distributed environment
Cisco Kinetic is a new class of platform—an IoT data fabric. This distributed system of software streamlines your IoT operations by performing three key functions:
• It extracts data from disparate sources (“things”), regardless of protocol, and transform it, making it usable by the applications that provide business value.
• It computes data anywhere, from edge to destination, to provide processing where it’s needed. This enables fast decisions at the point of action, dramatically reduces latency, and makes most efficient use network resources
• It moves data programmatically to get the right data to the right applications at the right time. The platform serves the need for data distribution in multicloud, multiparty, and multilocation situations, executing policies to enforce data ownership, privacy, and security.
The Kinetic platform is a scalable, open system, adaptable for a variety of use cases across a broad range of industries. Its modular design is well-suited for companies that want to get a fast start on their IoT journey and grow.