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AWS – Announcing AWS IoT SiteWise Edge (Preview), a new capability of AWS IoT SiteWise to collect, process, and monitor industrial equipment data on-premises
Today, we are announcing AWS IoT SiteWise Edge (Preview), a new feature of AWS IoT SiteWise providing software that runs on-premises at industrial sites and makes it easy to collect, process, and monitor equipment data locally before sending the data to AWS Cloud destinations. SiteWise Edge is installed on local hardware such as third-party industrial […]
AWS – Introducing AWS IoT EduKit
AWS introduces AWS IoT EduKit, an easy way to learn to build IoT applications using AWS services through a prescriptive learning program. AWS IoT EduKit helps developers – from students to experienced engineers and professionals – receive hands-on experience building end-to-end IoT applications by combining a reference hardware kit with a set of easy to […]
AWS – AWS IoT SiteWise launches support for Modbus TCP and EtherNet/IP protocols with enhancements to OPC-UA data ingestion
AWS IoT SiteWise now supports data ingestion using ModBus TCP and EtherNet/IP (EIP) protocols. You can do so by adding Modbus or EIP devices as data sources to your SiteWise Gateway. For data ingestion from OPC-UA data sources, you can now customize the scan mode and scan rate along with specifying deadbands. Lastly, you can […]
AWS – Introducing AWS IoT SiteWise plugin for Grafana
Today, AWS and Grafana Labs launched the AWS IoT SiteWise plugin for Grafana. This plugin lets you easily visualize your AWS IoT SiteWise data in your Grafana dashboards. With this plugin, you can easily visualize and monitor your equipment data in near-real time using the wide range of visualization options in Grafana dashboards. You can […]
AWS – AWS IoT Core adds the ability to deliver data to Apache Kafka clusters
AWS IoT Core now supports a new IoT rule action to deliver messages from your devices directly to your Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (“Amazon MSK”) or self-managed Apache Kafka clusters for data analysis and visualization, without writing a single line of code. Read More for the details.
AWS – FreeRTOS adds cellular LTE-M interface library to support cellular IoT based applications
FreeRTOS is an MIT licensed open source, real-time operating system for microcontrollers that makes small, low-power edge devices easy to program, deploy, secure, connect, and manage. Starting today, FreeRTOS includes a preview of a cellular LTE-M library and AWS IoT reference integrations with cellular modules from vendors such as Sierra Wireless, u-blox, and Quectel. With this […]
GCP – Our heads are in the clouds at the Museum of Borgmon Modern Art
As humans, we look to nature for inspiration, and much of our appreciation of beauty comes from natural forms. Who among us hasn’t lain on a hillside, looking for familiar shapes in the clouds? As engineers, many of our interactions take place with a built environment that is entirely separate from nature. Still, we have […]
AWS – Introducing AWS Systems Manager Change Manager
Today, AWS announces Change Manager, a new change management feature of AWS Systems Manager. Change Manager simplifies the way you can request, approve, implement, and report on operational changes to your application configuration and infrastructure on AWS and on-premises. With Change Manager, you can use built-in change management best practices based on Amazon’s 20+ years […]
AWS – Introducing AWS Systems Manager Fleet Manager
Today, AWS announces Fleet Manager, a new capability in AWS Systems Manager that helps you streamline and scale your remote server management process. Fleet Manager provides you with visual tools to manage your Windows, Linux, and macOS servers, so you can easily perform common administrator tasks for your fleet running on AWS and on-premises, without […]
AWS – Introducing AWS CloudShell
AWS CloudShell is a browser-based shell available from the AWS Management Console. Once logged into the Management Console, starting a CloudShell session gives customers immediate access to a Amazon Linux 2 environment with the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) pre-installed and pre-authenticated using the same credentials used to login to the console. CloudShell makes it […]