127 MANU FAC TUR I NG & R E SOUR C E S integrates a connector towards Azure IoT Hub services, to aggregate, compute and send data collected in the field to IT applications in the cloud. Customers might require a different integration with Microsoft Services to happen directly at the edge. So, Azure IoT Hub and Azure IoT Edge can run as containers on top of Eurotech’s edge hardware leveraging a container orchestrator.” “Providing customers with Edge Gateways that are certified to operate with Azure IoT Hub or directly with Azure IoT Edge, with the benefits offered by a complete edge stack, reduces the amount of data being sent to the central cloud services, and thus also associated costs,” says Andres. “By deploying edge computing where the data is generated and needed, availa- bility is increased and latency is reduced.” The company’s Edge Gateways can also be directly managed from the Microsoft Cloud through Azure IoT Edge. However, Eurotech recommends the deployment of Everyware Cloud for customers that require full life cycle management, extended logging, system health monitoring and advanced remote management. Manufacturing companies can benefit from the integration flexibility and the no-code edge development associated with Eurotech’s ESF, significantly simplifying the interfacing of a large number of different device types, sensors and industrial protocols with Microsoft Azure. “The first requirement for customers who want to develop edge IoT applications is the ability to communicate with operational technology protocols,” says Andres. “ESF comes with a wide range of supported field protocols, like for example Modbus, OPC-UA or S7, addressing the development and connectivity challenges encountered in the OT realm. With minimal configuration and set-up, ESF users can interface with field devices and protocols and efficiently publish data to Azure IoT Hub in minutes. “The Eurotech IoT offering ensures the efficient consolidation of data streams coming frommultiple sensors, actors and other field assets, allowing simultaneous processing and sensor fusion at the edge. Azure offers the possibility to work with digital twins, which are digital models of assets and products generated based on the data collected. Our customers can work with those digital models directly on Azure, automatically generated, to improve situational awareness, gather important insights and create business value.” Eurotech is working continuously with Microsoft to ensure robust and secure IoT solutions. Just recently, Microsoft and Eurotech, in a collaborative effort with Infineon and GlobalSign, published a blueprint for secure, zero-touch onboarding with Azure. Eurotech now aims at delivering products that implement this blueprint to allow a secure and scalable deployment of IoT devices. Device Client from ESF to Azure IoT Hub ESF Device Client to Azure IoT Edge Hub Azure IoT Connector Connectivity edgeHub Azure DPS IT Applications and Services Azure IoT Hub Azure IoT Plug & Play edgeAgent Other Azure IoT Modules Hardened OS (Everyware Linux) Container Services Secure Firmware (u-boot, Arm Trusted Firmware) Secure Hardware (Secure CPU, TPM 2.0) ESF Wires Digital Twins Updates Diagnostics Different integration options are available with Microsoft Edge on Eurotech’s Edge Gateways ReliaGATE 10-14 Everyware Software Framework Everyware Cloud Microsoft Azure Azure IoT Edge Connection as Transparent Gateway
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