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The opportunities presented by the burgeoning Internet of Things (IoT) may be new, but Wind River® has been providing the intelligence that powers interconnected, automated systems for decades. In highly regulated industries and mission-critical applications—where security is paramount and failure is not an option—Wind River delivers intelligence where it's needed, supplying the foundation that enables IoT networks and connected devices to perform reliably, safely, and efficiently.

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Data Center
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With the amount of data doubling every two years, Data Centers are looking to efficiently scale in anticipation of the flood of data generated by people and machines, driving interest in software defined networking (SDN), off-the-shelf hardware, and open source technology.
Big
Data
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There will be a 50-fold growth in stored data from 2010 to 2020.
Internet
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As carriers look to monetize the massive amounts of data traveling over their networks, requirements for flow analysis, deep packet inspection, and sheer speed will grow. Cost pressure will drive interest in software solutions like network functions virtualization (NFV).
Private
Cloud
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Companies looking to transform their business through data will rely increasingly on private clouds tailored to their own analytic, security, and reliability requirements. The challenges faced by providers of public cloud infrastructure will hit home for IT departments.
Embedded
Cloud
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The widespread adoption of multi-core technology in the embedded industry is spurring system-level approaches to computing. Virtualized application architectures open the door to the cloud, while advances in networking will enable this shift with nanosecond and microsecond latencies.
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A single intelligent jet engine can generate 1TB of data during a five-hour flight.
 

Predictive
Maintenance

Enabling predictive maintenance and self-diagnostics, real-time analytics are performed autonomously by machines and devices. For example, systems can extend the life of components that are near failure by reducing mechanical load, or request service calls autonomously; and businesses can transition from costly scheduled maintenance to more efficient maintenance as needed.

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Often located many miles off shore and at times inaccessible due to weather conditions, wind turbines feature the intelligence necessary for monitoring and self-diagnostics, as well as for discovering long-term trends that will influence future product design. Read more about our energy solution >>

Adaptive Analytics

Transforming business with insights gleaned from Big Data requires adaptive analytics, the study of large-scale data sets for emergent insights. In the system-of-systems, this work will be performed in the cloud as massive Hadoop clusters crunch data sets gathered through time. Adaptive analytics will also be crucial in evolving intelligence at the edge, refining requirements for data gathering.

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As tablets move out of the enterprise and into industry, more fields will generate, consume, and analyze data, leading to new insights and efficiencies across the commercial landscape. Read more about our energy solution >>
 
Wind River provides IoT networks with comprehensive predictive maintenance and adaptive analytics capabilities.

Business Transformation

The ability of intelligent devices to perceive and respond to the environment around them makes them highly valuable for complex, automated decision making across a broad range of industries.

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Modern in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems consist of as many as 50 million lines of code. The intelligence required to deliver on the promise of V2X capabilities or autonomous vehicles will be net-new, meaning more engineers and more complexity.
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Mobile video traffic comprised 51% of traffic by the end of 2012.

Security

Packets will often go through one or more wireless links that are by nature exposed to potential attackers. Per-hop security depends on the intelligence required to detect altered, dropped, or fake packets at each node that data intersects in the system-of-systems.

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In 2012 the amount of data individuals consumed per device doubled, and the number of connected devices each individual owns increased as well. By 2017 an average mobile user in North America will consume

6.2GB of data per month.
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Machine-generated data is expected to grow by a factor of 15x between now and 2020.
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With distributed energy sources —including solar—approaching 10 percent of total generated power, maintaining quality becomes difficult without a dynamic demand mechanism to manage customer consumption and fluctuating demand.

Brown Field

Of the billions of devices that comprise our social and industrial infrastructure, a significant number perform discrete functions in network isolation. A subset of these devices will continue to be manufactured and maintained in this way, while others will require migration strategies—often referred to as “bolt-on” approaches—to connect and realize the benefits of IoT.

 

Green Field

Greenfield devices are built from the ground up to take advantage of IoT and the system-of-systems. Connected, secure, and managed remotely, these devices are transforming established industrial companies by opening up new software-enabled revenue streams and enabling competitive differentiation.

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As companies look to deploy sensor networks with millions of end-points, each sensor requires extreme reliability, wired or wireless connectivity, sensing, and security—all of which results in a complex requirement set.
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Distributed intelligence enables the secure collection of representative data, reducing redundancy in the cloud.

Industry
Solutions

The Internet of Things is generating new opportunities that can be seized right now by companies to develop differentiating services, enhance productivity and efficiency, improve real-time decision making, solve critical problems, and develop new and innovative experiences.

 

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Smart Buildings
Transportation
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Energy

The smart energy grid is rapidly taking shape. It will integrate traditional and emerging power sources and make the delivery of energy cleaner, safer, and more economical. Operators will have the transparency and visibility to monitor and analyze the flow of energy, as well as two-way communication with consumers’ smart meters to analyze consumption patterns. Smart IoT devices will manage the distribution of energy based on real-time data and situational awareness.

Realizing this vision faces three major challenges:

  • Upgrading legacy “brownfield” systems: Most of the existing energy infrastructure in the world is old.
  • Protecting the privacy of energy consumers: The data generated from smart meters has the potential to expose sensitive customer information.
  • Securing the grid from hackers and acts of cyber-sabotage: Using the Internet for communication among smart devices makes the grid vulnerable.

Upgrading legacy systems and connecting them with smart networks requires connectivity, manageability, and security in the smart grid.

 
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Automotive

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Smart Buildings

Integrated with the smart energy grid, smart buildings and homes represent a huge opportunity to reduce power consumption by businesses and families. Building operators and residential consumers will be able to monitor utility consumption and control heating, lighting, and security systems remotely, taking advantage of efficiencies based on the schedules and usage patterns of building inhabitants. Smart power meters and appliances will communicate with intelligent power sources to help balance supply and demand. And structures that generate their own power, through such means as solar panels or backyard wind turbines, will have the ability to feed energy into the utility grid, creating a truly bidirectional system of energy distribution.

IoT devices are making smart buildings and homes a reality. With tremendous potential for cost reduction, energy efficiency and environmental safety, connecting homes and buildings via IoT also raises security and privacy concerns, and solutions must take a comprehensive approach that addresses security at the device level.

 
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Transportation

All modes of mass transportation—whether air, rail, or urban transit—increasingly rely on data and automated decisions to ensure safe and predictable service, as well as economic viability for operators. The operator's goal is to maximize safe equipment utilization—an airplane in the maintenance hangar or a train taken out of service isn't generating revenue.

IoT transportation systems have the potential to operate more reliably and safely. Vehicles will be able to communicate with each other—plane-to-plane to report turbulence, or bus-to-bus to report traffic delays—as well as with cloud-based central control systems tracking their movements. Rather than simply alerting the driver, vehicles will transmit defect data directly to engineers. Predictive maintenance will identify assets in need of repair, reducing downtime for inspections and optimizing equipment in service. And system operators will have visibility into fuel consumption.

 
Use Case
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Enhancing Intelligence in The 'Internet of Things': The Business of Embedded Virtualization
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Keeping Rail Projects On Track and On Time: Solutions for Mastering Complex Technology Challenges
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Changing Trains: How to Meet the New System Design Challenges of the Mass Transportation Industry
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Healthcare

The connected hospital is on the horizon and promises significant benefits to patients and providers alike. Hospitals will be able to leverage the data generated by CT scanners, X-ray machines, and other equipment to monitor and audit their usage and protect patient safety.

Realizing these benefits, however, means confronting some significant challenges. With multiple devices, manufacturers, and standards, interoperability is a key issue; information must flow seamlessly for optimal treatment and patient care. Device manufacturers need to meet stringent regulatory requirements while facing aggressive competition and cost pressures. And with more and more devices communicating with each other over the Internet of Things, security from hacking is critical.

All of these concerns are secondary to the ultimate responsibility of hospitals, providers, and device suppliers: patient safety. When lives and health are at stake, the margin for error is virtually nil.

 
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Just What the Doctor Ordered A Solution for Smarter Therapeutic Devices
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Networking

The explosion of network traffic generated by IoT—coupled with the need to deliver high quality of service with stronger network visibility and security—has created new challenges for network equipment providers. As the demand for network usage increases, operators will face pressure to accelerate the introduction of new services while driving down cost. With the rapid emergence of software defined networks, operators need networking equipment that is designed to deliver higher performance, scalability, and above all, greater intelligence.

 
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Software-Based Network Intelligence Survey: Final Results
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Accelerating, Analyzing, and Securing Network Traffic
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Accelerated Deep Packet Inspection for Network Security Applications
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The Virtual Ascent of Software Network Intelligence
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Network Transformation: Will SDN and NFV Deliver in 2013?
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WHITE PAPERS
ACCELERATING BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION
Opportunities and Challenges in the Internet of Things
By Jens Wiegand, Vice President of Strategic Marketing, Wind River
SMARTER WAYS TO USE THE INTERNET OF THINGS
How to Apply New Paradigms to Increase Operational Efficiency
By Jens Wiegand, Vice President of Strategic Marketing, Wind River
SECURITY IN THE INTERNET OF THINGS
Lessons from the Past for the Connected Future
By AJ Shipley, Senior Director, Security Solutions, Wind River
BUILDING A SMARTER SMART GRID: COUNTERACTING CYBER-THREATS IN ENERGY DISTRIBUTION
ENHANCING INTELLIGENCE IN THE ‘INTERNET OF THINGS’
The Business of Embedded Virtualization
KEEPING RAIL PROJECTS ON TRACK AND ON TIME
Solutions for Mastering Complex Technology Challenges
ACCELERATED DEEP PACKET INSPECTION FOR NETWORK SECURITY APPLICATIONS
Delivering High-Performance DPI on Intel Xeon Processor with Wind River Content Inspection Engine
ACCELERATING, ANALYZING, AND SECURING NETWORK TRAFFIC
Building High-Performance Next-Generation Networks with Wind River Intelligent Network Platform on Intel Architecture
JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED: A SOLUTION FOR SMARTER THERAPEUTIC DEVICES
Co-authored with Intel
USE CASES
Internet of Things:
Adaptive Analytics Use Case
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Predictive Maintenance Use Case
Internet of Things:
Energy Use Case
Internet of Things:
Healthcare Use Case
Internet of Things:
Smart Buildings and Homes Use Case
Internet of Things:
Transportation Use Case
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Software-Based Network Intelligence Survey: Final Results
Light Reading:
Network Transformation
Heavy Reading:
The Virtual Ascent of Software Network Intelligence
WHITE PAPERS
ACCELERATING BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION
Opportunities and Challenges in the Internet of Things
By Jens Wiegand, Vice President of Strategic Marketing, Wind River
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SMARTER WAYS TO USE THE INTERNET OF THINGS
How to Apply New Paradigms to Increase Operational Efficiency
By Jens Wiegand, Vice President of Strategic Marketing, Wind River
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SECURITY IN THE INTERNET OF THINGS
Lessons from the Past for the Connected Future
By AJ Shipley, Senior Director, Security Solutions, Wind River
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BUILDING A SMARTER SMART GRID: COUNTERACTING CYBER-THREATS IN ENERGY DISTRIBUTION
View now
ENHANCING INTELLIGENCE IN THE 'INTERNET OF THINGS'
The Business of Embedded Virtualization
View now
KEEPING RAIL PROJECTS ON TRACK AND ON TIME
Solutions for Mastering Complex Technology Challenges
View now
ACCELERATED DEEP PACKET INSPECTION FOR NETWORK SECURITY APPLICATIONS
Delivering High-Performance DPI on Intel Xeon Processor with Wind River Content Inspection Engine
View now
ACCELERATING, ANALYZING, AND SECURING NETWORK TRAFFIC
Building High-Performance Next-Generation Networks with Wind River Intelligent Network Platform on Intel Architecture
View now
JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED: A SOLUTION FOR SMARTER THERAPEUTIC DEVICES
Co-authored with Intel
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