Fujitsu and Intel announced that they have reached an agreement to combine Fujitsu Laboratories's distributed service platform technology with the Intel IoT Gateway to build IoT systems. The two companies initially seek to focus on development in the areas of manufacturing, retailing, and the public sector. They have commenced a Proof of Business at Shimane Fujitsu, designed to enable greater visualization of the manufacturing facility's operations.
Fujitsu's distributed service platform technology allocates service functions across an entire network, including both the network centre and remote sites, enabling unified management. A cloud-based centralized-management mechanism is set up at the centre, and this optimally distributes data processing in response to monitored information received from each gateway. This optimized processing, distributed through gateways, happens automatically and without human intervention, in response to service requirements. To make the most of the distributed service platform using this technology, some processing needs to be handled at the gateways, rather than concentrating all of it at the center. The Intel IoT Gateway uses a tested combination of Intel processors and software that when combined with Fujitsu's distributed service platform technology, allows for system environments to be built quickly. In addition, the system can be expanded and revised to respond to real-time changes in data volumes, and it needs fewer hardware nodes (including servers and PCs) for data processing to lower overall system costs.
