Crosser – Accelerating the Adoption of Digital Transformation and Industrial IoT with Smart Software Solutions

Edge computing goes hand-in-hand with several other prominent technologies, especially hybrid cloud and 5G. It’s also ideally suited for Internet of Things (IoT) devices and applications. Actually, edge and IoT are more than just good partners, so to speak: They are likely to increasingly depend on each other. Edge computing brings data processing as close to an Internet of Things (IoT) device as possible. That can mean latency, performance, cost, and security advantages for enterprise IT. Edge computing allows a business to place infrastructure in remote locations that lack IT staff to deliver new applications that take advantage of locally generated data to improve operations, services, experiences and products.

Crosser is one such firm which predominantly designs and develops real-time software solutions for Edge Computing and next-generation real-time Enterprise Integration. The Crosser Edge Computing solution offloads Cloud services, provides real-time data processing and decision-making capabilities close to IoT sensors and IoT devices. This substantially reduces Cloud services cost and bandwidth costs and gives a millisecond response time on data streams for real-time local actions. The software is ideally suited for Enterprise customers of various industries and applications including Industrial IoT, Connected Machines, Predictive Maintenance, Industry 4.0 and real-time Enterprise Integration.

“The Crosser Platform enables real-time processing of streaming, event-driven or batch data for Industrial IoT and Intelligent Workflows. It is the only platform of its kind that is purpose-built for Industrial and Asset Rich organizations.”

State-of-the-Art Edge Computing Products Offered

Crosser Flow Studio: Flow Studio is a Low Code platform that allows end-users (non-developers) to design, deploy, and manage data flows with ease. The Flow Studio is a drag-and-drop visual design tool where you select and connect pre-built building blocks called modules to develop your Flows. The library of Modules is packed with building blocks that make it easy to build smart Flows to move, analyze and act on data. The Flow Studio is built as a low-code platform where typically the OT teams are responsible for the machine data collection and factory floor automation and the IT teams are responsible for the IT system connectivity and the IT infrastructure.

Crosser Node: Based on the in-house developed real-time analytics engine, the Crosser Node software allows you to collect any data source, build automated workflows to transform, analyze, and act on the data and integrate it using pre-built modules and connectors. Collect streaming and batch data using any Protocol, any PLC/OT system or any Enterprise System. Select from the rich and ever-growing library of standard modules or use the open SDK to easily build your custom collector module. Process the data in the edge and take actions locally based on advanced business rules or your own ML model or code. Run local triggers with millisecond latency. Connect to Cloud Providers or your own datacenter for storage and historical analysis or integrate the streaming data with your Enterprise systems in real-time.

Edge Director: The real-time world puts new requirements that older platforms were never designed for. The Crosser platform uses the most modern technologies for maximum performance, simplicity, flexibility and lowest latency, natively real-time. The Hybrid Cloud and edge/on-premise architecture leverage the advantages with Docker containers and enable smooth deployment and orchestration. No other platform offers the ability to integrate 3rd party ML frameworks in a Visual Flow. This gives you unlimited flexibility to innovate and optimize your business. The Edge Director lets you manage your trained models and deploy them with ease across an unlimited number of Edge Nodes. The ever-expanding library empowers you to become an IoT and Automation hero without programming skills. Crosser enables real-time integration between any data-source or system on the shop floor and the flexible Docker-based deployment makes it simple to start with one use case and grow from there. Crosser allows for both horizontal integration between machines and vertical integration between layers in the OT/IT technology stack.

The Visionary Leader Upfront

Martin Thunman is a co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Crosser. He has over 20 years successful track record and experience in the technology sector. After five year tenure at Cisco, he has been a founder, CEO, and executive for fast-growing technology companies since 2001.