SAP has launched two new Internet of Things (IoT) solutions designed to allow SAP customers to connect large volumes of IoT devices and real-time sensor data to core business processes.
SAP Connected Goods is a cloud-based solution on SAP HANA Cloud Platform designed to provide remote monitoring, management and central control of mass market devices such as coolers, vending machines and power tools.
As well as helping to ensure adequate stock levels and proper storage, the solution will identify device trends and usage patterns, create rule-based alerts for replenishment of goods, and create customised dashboards with built-in integration to the SAP BusinessObjects Cloud solution. These capabilities will help to ensure devices are properly utilised, resulting in optimisation of revenue.
The second new solution, the SAP Dynamic Edge Processing server, will provide a secure, managed platform to process data at the “edge” of the network – that is, where the devices collecting the information reside outside of the data centre.
SAP said the solution will filter the most critical data that should be transferred to the core IoT system while handling other data locally where it originates, overcoming issues with network bandwidth being overwhelmed by the sheer volume of data.
When implemented together, the two new solutions increase efficiency by distributing the processing of data between the edge and the centralised cloud solution. By analysing incoming data, running business rules at the edge and trigger immediate follow-up actions with SAP Dynamic Edge Processing, overall network traffic is reduced and overall data quality is improved, for subsequent processing by SAP Connected Goods, yielding better device monitoring.
“With these new IoT solutions, we are enabling a new level of business innovation and operational value from IoT devices practically anywhere, on a mass-market scale, across industries,” said Tanja Rueckert, executive vice president, digital assets and IoT, SAP.
“By extending SAP’s digital core and processing capabilities to the intelligent edge, where device sensor data originates, enterprises can minimise latency, enhance operational efficiency and accelerate decision making to optimise data-driven insights.
