Best Industrial IoT Platforms in Africa

An intermediateware that is installed on a variety of gateways. It connects equipment to InfiIoT, popular Internet of Things (IoT), or Industrial Internet of Things. It secures connections to various devices (e.g. PV panels, battery storage, HVACs and compressors) via industrial protocols (Modbus and OPC UA as well as cellular networks (5G and 5G). InfiConnector can be configured from cloud services to collect data and prepare data for data analysis or Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud applications. InfiConnector is a code-less edge computing interface and rule engine interface. It configures any machine to computer, diagnostic, alerting and log management services within a matter of minutes. The light middleware needs 512MB RAM, 1 core CPU and 16GB disk. It is compatible with Ubuntu 20.04 or higher.

A high-secure and scalable Industrial IoT (IIoT), SaaS that is based on blockchain. InfiIoT is hosted in the cloud and offers services over the Internet. The blockchain allows all industrial and commercial customers to connect their equipment to the SaaS regardless of where they are located. They can monitor and control their equipment in real-time over the internet, securely thanks to the blockchain. Data is encrypted at transmission and stored in immune data chains that are highly resistant against cyberattacks. To protect expensive equipment against cyberattacks, signal commands are also verified by multiple smart contracts that are synchronized. InfiIoT also provides an AI engine that is code-free and can be used to design any data processing flow within a matter of minutes. Some applications include predictive maintenance, digital twin and energy and sustainability management.

Our goal is to help you create smart, connected products and projects from concept to completion. This includes everything from the hardware components, firmware, and the mobile app that controls it. You can test your ideas on the Bekonix Platform in minutes, instead of spending days or weeks doing it the traditional way. Motivated creatives can also jump in and create a smart, connected product in real time, as there is no programming required. Bekonix is designed for manufacturing, not prototyping. Real code, real connections. Bekonix can migrate your data in large volumes to lower hardware costs. We can also help you create your hardware.

Connect Bridge is an easy-to-use integration platform that makes it simple for developers to create their own integration solutions. Connect Bridge uses standard SQL syntax (Structured Query Language), instead of the software API. It uses its connectors for translating SQL statements into API calls. Connect Bridge offers over 400+ connectors for popular business applications as well as sensors and machines for industrial applications. New connectors are constantly being developed and launched. This robust API management platform allows you to connect from any software in the last 40 years. Within three hours, any developer can become an integration hero. This is all it takes to learn the platform functionality and build the system integration logic to suit your needs. Connect Bridge platform is the foundation of all our market-leading products (more than 1000 installations worldwide).

Stop problems as they happen with real time visibility from the factory floor. Mingo Smart Factory is the easiest to use, fastest to implement manufacturing analytics system that you can’t outgrow. This productivity platform is a plug-and-play solution that seamlessly works on top of your current hardware. Mingo is a manufacturing productivity and analytics tool that gives real-time visibility to the factory floor. It helps to reduce downtime, improve on time delivery and increase profitability for manufacturing companies. Mingo empowers manufacturers with analytics and manufacturing productivity software to start small, think big and move fast. It's not just software - Mingo includes sensors that will bring older machines into the 21st century. Mingo is the digital toolkit you need to reduce downtime, real time visibility, replace Excel, unlock capacity and improve OEE. Use Mingo to reduce waste and improve efficiency, as well as drive your next phase in business growth. All this from one platform. It's so efficient you'll be amazed how you managed your factory without it.

The inVIEW IIoT Platform by INDAS is a Cloud solution that allows remote supervision, control, and data acquisition. It can be used to visualize and control any type of real-world automated processes using web-browsers, and for gathering data from IoT devices or automation equipment. The inVIEW IIoT Platform is suitable for industrial, residential, infrastructure, and home automation projects. The inVIEW IIoT Platform allows remote supervision, remote control, and data acquisition to be done via cloud-hosted inVIEW webSCADA software. All costs upfront are known so you can create your projects and manage your business using a reliable, industrial-grade cloud solution. InVIEW IIoT Platform allows you to visualize your data and edit your project. You will only need a web browser on any device. You don't need any additional software, plug-ins, or add-ons.

IoTSense, an award-winning full stack IoT platform, is built using open standards. It is one of the most flexible and scalable IoT platforms. IoTSense also offers technology-driven processes for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). IoT is automatically referred to as IIoT when it is used in an industrial process. IIoT, also known as Industry 4.0, or Industrial Internet, combines big data technologies, machine intelligence, sensor data, and machine-to-machine communication to create intelligent, commercial-ready industrial equipment. Our Industrial IoT platform allows you to securely connect and process IoT information on a larger scale. Industrial IoT (IIoT), is a network made up of devices that are connected using communications technologies. These devices collect, analyze and exchange data to provide complete operational visibility that allows you to make quick operational decisions that will benefit your business.

AWS IoT siteWise is a managed services that makes it easy for you to collect, store and organize data from industrial equipment at large scale. This will help you make better data-driven decisions. AWS IoT SiteWise can be used to monitor operations across facilities, quickly calculate common industrial performance metrics, create applications that analyze data from industrial equipment to prevent costly equipment problems and reduce production gaps. This allows you to collect consistent data across devices, identify remote monitoring issues more quickly, and improve multisite processes with centralized information. It is difficult to get performance metrics from industrial equipment today because data is often locked in proprietary on-premises data storages. This requires specialized expertise to retrieve the data and place it in a format that can be used for analysis. AWS IoT siteWise makes this easier by providing software that runs on a gateway located in your facility.

Predator MDC is real time machine monitoring software. It automatically collects, charts, and processes real-time shopfloor manufacturing data, including OEE, idle time and machine downtime. Predator MDC improves manufacturing by providing accurate shop floor productivity metrics and KPIs to help improve operations and make better decisions. Predator MDC keeps you informed about your manufacturing performance. It measures how efficiently your machines are used, the productivity of your workers and the production rates. Predator MDC allows you to compare continuous improvement results in lean manufacturing efforts. Predator MDC organizes real-time data into actionable metrics and KPIs for availability, quality, and performance. With just a few mouse clicks, you can access KPIs or metrics for specific machines as well as rolled up KPIs or metrics for entire departments across multiple plants.

Predator RCM software, a flexible robotic cell controller, scheduler, and robot controller, is designed to automate a Cell of CNC Machines. It also allows for part markers, cleaners, and other manufacturing equipment. Predator RCM allows for lights out operation and production, as well as flexible manufacturing and complete automation. Predator RCM schedules each robot to load and unload every CNC machine and CMM within the cell. Hands-free operation from raw material to finished products. Predator RCM supports a wide variety of pallets, tooling and RFID tags. You can increase the productivity of your CNC machines and reduce the labor/operator requirements. Predator RCM can robotically tend to any type of machine by using the right fixtures and robotic grippers. Common machine types include CNC machines and CMMs, CMMs, laser markings, part washers, and other manufacturing and inspection processes.

Meet IXON Cloud: the industrial IoT platform that grows with you. IXON Cloud is a complete IoT solution, from connectivity to cloud, that brings your machines, people and services together. Connect your machines to IXON Cloud to benefit instantly from optimised remote support with Remote Access Cloud. Or work on your service ambitions and increase revenue with data-driven business models with Service Lifecycle Cloud. The IXON Cloud solution is scalable and open to integrate with third party apps, so you can customise it to your own unique situation. With IXON’s Remote Access Cloud troubleshooting becomes simple, secure and fast, wherever you are. Benefit from a Plug & Play setup, clear interface and a reliable connection. With IXON’s Service Lifecycle Cloud you benefit from a no-code data studio and open architecture. Launch your own portal with a short time-to-market and low maintenance.

Fogwing is the next-generation Industrial IoT platform. It has features that allow you to create IoT Solutions for a variety of industrial use cases, including asset tracking, predictive maintenance, and asset monitoring. Without needing to be an expert in information technology, users can create and deploy IoT-based automation solutions. Extended data analytics allows for data-driven analytical processes that predict operational risks and take action at lower TCO.

Peakboard GmbH offers a low-code platform designed to empower production and logistics companies in overseeing internal processes and engaging with their systems seamlessly. Through this platform, data from various sources such as SAP, machine controls, material flow controls, and Excel can be collected and analyzed in real-time, presenting insights on screens instantaneously. This facilitates easy error detection and enhances productivity. Customers retain control over the displayed key performance indicators on the dashboard, tailoring the interface to their specific needs. With compatibility across over 90 IT interfaces, information can be effortlessly communicated through touchscreens, creating an intuitive interface accessible to production and warehouse staff. Consequently, operating production machinery becomes as straightforward as using a smartphone.

SCW.AI is a platform that helps manufacturing companies of any size with a focus on regulated industries such as pharma, food and beverage, with a platform that brings speed, simplicity and scalability for digital transformation programs. Collect shop floor data with IoT, schedule and track work-order progress. Manage labor workforce. Digitize forms. Comply with GMP regulations. Maximize your factory's visibility and efficiency while minimizing costs. Improve line efficiency with advanced analytics and live performance tracking. Increase productivity with live labor hours and utilization tracking. Digitize the room logs in order to save time and comply with GMP. Data from the shop floor can be collected automatically using advanced IoT technologies. Track your shop-floor assets digitally in real time. Create your own forms to collect shop-floor information digitally. SCW.AI is a cloud-native, modern technology platform that solves common production challenges.

You can use your existing IoT data, video data, and enterprise applications data right where they are, without having to re-ingest or move them to another location. Save time by using an automatically generated knowledge-graph that binds data sources with virtual replicas of physical system to accurately model real world environments. Get a 3D immersive view of your systems to improve efficiency, increase production and improve performance. AWS IoT TwinMaker simplifies the creation of digital twins for real-world systems, such as factories, buildings, production lines, and industrial equipment. AWS IoT twinMaker gives you the tools to create digital twins that will help you optimize building operations and increase production output. Create virtual representations of physical environments by combining existing 3D models and real-time data.

MachineMetrics Industrial IoT Platform transforms your shop floor data from insights into actions with powerful apps that reduce machine downtime, increase your throughput, and maximize profitability driven by your manufacturing equipment.

An IOT platform can create virtual twins and wireless inventory trackers to optimize production management and inventory tracking. The production line can be divided into multiple zones, and the entire process can be monitored for production inventory movements, inbound inventory, supplier readiness. Workforce safety, worker safety, compliance, protecting key personnel, monitoring repair & maintenance, tool availability, etc. An IOT platform that automates, monitors, and tracks indoors can be used to help the construction, supply chain logistics, as well as manufacturing industries businesses get back in operation. The goal is to increase worker productivity, safety, compliance, and readiness. Our indoor tracking solutions are ready to deploy and mesh enabled. They can be used for manufacturing shop floor, workflow management warehouse inventory tracking, logistics eCommerce, indoor worker tracking, and other areas.

This industrial IoT platform can be deployed at your hospital, shop floor, or other similar settings. Keep track of asset tracking and maintenance. Machine condition monitoring can prevent production disruptions. Comparing historical and real-time data allows you to identify wear and tear and address maintenance issues. Track staff movement and locate medical equipment. SeeMyMachines is a real-time location system that helps hospitals improve their operational efficiency. Remotely monitor solar panels and turbines across multiple energy farms. Remote asset monitoring and paperless inspections can optimize maintenance and improve power plant efficiency. With a network of equipment, tools and staff, you can locate anything in busy airports. A single platform allows you to track assets, monitor temperature, and locate staff.

Seebo helps process manufacturers predict and prevent unanticipated process inefficiencies that continuously reduce production yield and quality. The company's solutions enable production teams to identify their most difficult losses and predict when they will occur next. Seebo solutions are used by manufacturers in many industries, including Nestle, Procter & Gamble and Hovis, Super Bock and Allnex. The Seebo digital twin is used by production teams on a daily basis to transform actionable, accurate predictive insights into timely actions that drive continuous improvement in throughput.

We are dedicated to making machines more reliable. Augury will keep your facilities, utilities, production lines, and other equipment running at their best. Predictive technology gives you visibility into the condition of your equipment. Real-time data allows you to avoid surprises, make expert-level reliability and improve equipment performance. Augury's end to end solutions provide industry leaders with timely, actionable, and comprehensive insights into machine performance and health. You can track machine health trends, get alerts, and track repairs through an intuitive user platform that you can access on the web or via our mobile app.

Powua is changing the way manufacturing companies manage their plants and machines through predictive maintenance, digital twins, and manufacturing intelligence via IoT or AI sensors. Powua allows cloud providers and business to take control over On-Premise, Public and Private infrastructures. This will allow them to enjoy automation, metering and monitoring, as well as billing. Avantune is a digital company which develops self-service, IoT, and AI-enabled business systems. Genialcloud helps customers organize people and processes. Powua assists customers in orchestrating IoT resources and IoT resources.

IoTWorX™, which combines ICONICS' cutting edge IoT software technology and its proven HMI/SCADA, analysis, and mobile solutions that run in the cloud, combines ICONICS’ cutting-edge IoT technology with its proven HMI/SCADA. ICONICS offers key IoT technologies to manufacturers and facility managers, including secure cloud communications, connectivity to assets, real-time visualization, and connectivity to assets. Analytics at the edge results in minimal latency and leverages FDD technology to dramatically reduce costs and improve operational efficiency. Through supported industry protocols, such as OPC UA and SNMP, Modbus and web services, users can connect to almost any automation equipment.

MindoLife Building management products designed for smart buildings MindoLife offers a range of smart products that can be connected to buildings using its unique IoT technology. This allows them to become fully automated and energy efficient buildings. MindoLife's system uses advanced algorithms to determine if rooms or areas are consuming unnecessary power. The algorithms analyze the behavior of people over time and can determine if they have left or are just taking a break. MindoLife includes an integrated automation engine that is based on rules-based policies. It allows the system to use it as an automated tool. * MindoLife offers advanced integration for 3rd Party BMS & Automation protocols like BACNet & MODBus

Oracle's Internet of Things, (IoT), Intelligent Applications Cloud can give you more visibility, insights, and efficiencies by capturing sensor information from connected devices using smart manufacturing and connected assets. It also provides workplace safety and connected customer experience. IoT applications can help you increase your revenue, improve supply chain visibility, and launch new business models. IoT sensor data can be used to prevent downtime and provide real-time visibility of and maintenance of vehicles, machines, and other assets. Connecting and monitoring vehicles and products in transit can reduce costs. With real-time visibility into the workplace, you can ensure regulatory compliance and identify the causes of incidents.

Connects disparate applications and devices, from plant control systems to enterprise data systems. KEPServerEX, the industry's most trusted connectivity platform, provides a single source for industrial automation data to all your applications. Through one user interface, users can connect, monitor, control, and manage multiple automation devices and software applications. KEPServerEX uses OPC (the automation industry standard for interoperability and IT-centric communication protocols such as SNMP and ODBC) to provide users with a single source of industrial data. The platform was developed and tested to meet the needs of our customers in terms of performance, reliability, ease-of-use, and ease-of use. Watch our two-minute video below to see how KEPServerEX solves common connectivity challenges--providing secure and reliable access to real-time industrial data so everyone from the shop floor to the top floor can make smarter decisions.