Arm acquires data management firm and unveils IoT platform
Arm has acquired Treasure Data and is integrating its DBMS technology in a new “Pelion IoT Platform” SaaS service built around Arm Mbed Cloud plus wireless gateway technology from its acquisition of Stream Technologies. Arm announced an end-to-end Pelion IoT Platform for cloud-connected IoT device management and confirmed the rumors that it had acquired Treasure Data. The Mountain View, Calif. firm will contribute its data management services to Pelion but will continue to operate as an independent subsidiary. The connectivity portion will come from Arm’s June acquisition of Stream Technologies, which offers managed gateway services for wireless technologies including cellular, LoRa, and satellite. Pelion IoT Platform’s device management builds on its earlier ARM Mbed Cloud and related Arm Mbed IoT Device Management Platform. Both services will be subsumed into Pelion, which will also feature the Cortex-M oriented Arm Mbed OS. An Arm rep confirmed to LinuxGizmos, however, that Pelion will be cross-platform, suggesting support for Linux and other operating systems.
The Pelion IoT Platform consists of three major components:
The Pelion IoT Platoform’s device management service builds on and replaces Arm’s earlier Arm Mbed IoT Device Management Platform and Arm Mbed Cloud, which is not a cloud service on its own but a hub between Mbed-based devices and major cloud services. Pelion includes provisioning and configuration of devices using cryptographic identities and offers automatic device onboarding and secure storage. An SDK will support “multiple factory floor configurations and trust levels,” says Arm. Device management also integrates Rest API based connection services including cloud connectors and the ability for gateways to continual to collect and store data if the cloud connection is severed. The service will support OMA LwM2M, CoAP and TLS DTLS protocols “optimized for constrained devices,” says Arm. There are also update services with manifest-based authentication, image verification, and assurances that the right data goes to the right device.
The connectivity-as-a-service component is based on Stream Technologies’ connectivity management technology. Stream maintains more than 770,000 managed subscribers and two terabytes of average traffic per day, says Arm.
The Pelion service will provide access to 600+ networks globally, as well as partnerships with cellular, satellite, and LoRa network providers. Features includes network resilience, VPNs, private APN, and IPsec protocols with encryption and authentication. A Direct Inbound Network Access (DINA) service allows customers to securely create a private association between any of their SIM’s with a public IP address to enable access to devices remotely via a web page.
The connectivity service also includes an IoT-X connectivity management component for mobile operators and large organizations. IoT-X comprises an eSIM and connectivity orchestration service enabled via Restful APIs.
