Informix - The Intelligent Database for IoT

2014 IBM Corporation

Informix The Intelligent Database for IoT

Kiran Challapalli

Informix Competitive Technology & Enablement

[email protected]

+91-80431-91802


Agenda

What is Internet of Things (IoT)

Why it matters IoT Improving life

Industry Examples of IoT

Managing Data in IoT with IBM Informix

Informix Solutions for Internet-of-Things (IoT)


What is the Internet of Things (IoT)

The Internet of Things refers to uniquely identifiable objects (things) and their virtual

representations in an Internet-like structure. Wikipedia (link)

The Internet of Things

is the network of

physical objects that

contain embedded

technology to

communicate and sense

or interact with their

internal states or the

external environment.

Gartner (link)

The Internet of Things represents an evolution in which objects are capable of interacting with

other objects. Hospitals can monitor and regulate pacemakers long distance, factories can

automatically address production line issues and hotels can adjust temperature and lighting

according to a guest's preferences, to name just a few examples. IBM (link)


Why Internet of Things now?

A perfect storm scenario Billions of devices (things) all

connected

Significant drop in processing, memory

and storage costs per unit

Technological advances enable ability

to handle data as never before

Emerging System of Systems a collection of task-oriented or

dedicated systems that pool their

resources and capabilities together to

create a new, more complex system

which offers more functionality and

performance than simply the sum of the

constituent systems


Forecasts call for billions and billions of connected devices

In 2020, Over 30 Billion Connected

Devices Will Be In Use. Gartner (link)

There will be 212 B devices or things

connected to networks by 2020 - IDC (link)

Driven by reducing price per connection

and the consequent rapid growth in the

number of machine-to-machine (M2M)

connections, we expect the number of

connected objects to reach 50bn by 2020

(2.7% of things in the world). Cisco (link)

There are more than 10 billion wirelessly

connected devices in the market today; with

over 30 billion devices expected by 2020.. ABI Research (link)

From vehicles and smart phones to containers

and machines by 2015 more than six billion

things will be connected to the internet. Bosch (link)

Business Insider Intelligence: Global Internet Device

Installed Base Forecast

Internet of Things: A 2014 HorizonWatch Trend Report

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Analyze Data

15 minute intervals

Predicting an

oncoming Health

Issue.

Embedded

IoT Improving life (contd.)

Devices monitoring your heart

Implanted sensors alerting when an

critical event is likely to occur or has

occurred

Alerts sent to emergency services

On device analysis to alert emergency

services immediately

Persons information, location,

conditions sent

Data sent to the cloud for historic

analysis, trends

To predict and recommend course

of action


IoT Improving life

Imagine you normally wake up at 6 a.m.

for work each day. But on this day, your

car is low on fuel. A fuel sensor notices

this, and has a chat with your

Smartphone, and asks your alarm to wake

you up 10 minutes early.

Your phone is then sent a text alerting you

that you need to get gas on the way into

work.

The coffee machine is programmed to turn

on at 6 a.m. each morning, but this

morning, it too will be scheduled to turn on

10 minutes early.

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IoT Data Management is a Big Data problem

Big data is massive amounts of data, both structured and unstructured. Commonly described as the three Vs.

Volume is the exponential growth in the data that businesses store. This also involves aggregation of current data for various view points. Storage plays a factor and is an important aspect in storing this large amounts of data.

Velocity is related to the speed at which the data is delivered, and the handling of that data in near-real time.

Variety speaks to the fact that the data that needs to be handled is not just text related data anymore. Structured data as well as unstructured data, including emails, video, audio, etc.


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Why have a database at the

Edge?

Operations at the edge are:

Sorting, aggregation, duplicate

elimination, data cleansing,

analytics

Response time is often critical

Respond to events in real-time

A distributed view of data across

devices may be required

Why an Enterprise Class

database is needed:

What can be done in the cloud can

be done at the edge.

Only the scale is different

Having the same database at the

edge as in the backend/cloud makes

application development much

simpler

Enterprise reliability vs standard off-

the-shelf offerings

Why IBM Informix?

Informix database software

incorporates design concepts that are

uniquely suited to the challenges in

todays embedded devices, resulting in

extremely high levels of performance

and availability, distinctive capabilities

in data replication and scalability, and

no administrative overhead.

Easily embedded in a device

Install footprint and memory

required as low as 64 MB

Hands-free administration

Built-in support for time series

and spatial/GIS data

Analytics built into the database

Supports JSON/BSON and SQL

apps simultaneously in the same

database

Scales-out across multiple devices

Edge device requirements

Today embedded devices are great for collecting and forwarding data for a single device, but

Consumers will have many devices and want a consolidated view

These devices generate a huge amount of data and collection space is limited

The variety and volume of datais a problem

It is time consuming to locate stored data

Different device types generate different kinds of data time series, spatial, text which makes analytics difficult

Embedded Database for the Edge

Why IBM Informix for IoT


Informix is proven technology as an embedded database. Providing a small footprint with a fully featured enterprise database server.

Built in autonomics with self healing, self configuration and automation with the DB scheduler.

Automated space provisioning Automated Memory Management Dynamically tuned Engine parameters

Embedding Informix in consolidation devices on the

edge of the network of IoT allows for:

Complex store and forward capabilities with

transformation and aggregation of data

Business decisions made on the edge, closer to

the producer of the data

Informix Embed Strengths


IoT Enterprise Database for the Cloud

Backend/Cloud requirements

The volume of data that must be stored is a real challenge:

Companies are already planning to store data for billions of devices

No single server is large enough

Millions of records must be stored each second

Data can be coming from 1000s of different locations

Data from a variety of device types must be stored and analyzed

Different devices types generate different kinds of data time series, spatial, text which makes analytics difficult

Sensitive data must be protected There may be medical,

automotive, personal electronics, etc all stored in the same cloud

Why use a database in the Cloud?

Databases are well suited to managing

the huge volumes of data from devices

Customers want to be able to browse

and analyze their data

1000s of concurrent users

Reports need to be run on the

device data

Billing, dashboards, trend

analysis, aggregation,

duplicate elimination, data

cleansing, correlation,

prediction, etc

Archiving for compliance and auditing

Enhances security via multi-tenancy

High availability and transparent

failover required

Numerous well known APIs for

application development

Why IBM Informix?

Informix database software incorporates

design concepts that are suited to challenges

in IoT, resulting in extremely high levels of

performance and availability, distinctive

capabilities in data replication and scalability,

and no administrative overhead.

Integrates with IBM products such as

MessageSight, Streams, SoftLayer,

BlueMix, etc

Hands-free administration

Specialized high performance support

for time series and spatial/GIS data

Continuously load millions of

records per second

Analytics orders of magnitude

faster than other databases

Supports JSON/BSON and SQL apps

simultaneously

Scales-out across multiple servers


Device data

consolidationCollection of data for all

devices for all Homes

Hints/Suggestions

Correlation/Comparison

Consumer /

Business

As user load increases and storage

requirements grow the cloud can

expand and retract as needed.

Embedded

SPSS/Cognos

Quickly deploy hardware

IaaS add new hardware infrastructure as needed

Quickly deploy Informix

SaaS Add a new Informix instance as a single node or

into an Informix Grid

Quickly deploy Testing/development environment

PaaS Create entire development/testing environment

for Informix/NoSQL and other needs

Informix in the Cloud

IBM Softlayer Cloud

IBM BlueMix

Amazon Cloud

IoT Informix in the Cloud


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Changing Business Models Changing Business Models Vehicle MaintenanceVehicle Maintenance

One of the largest freight railroad companies is

collecting data throughout its railroad network from

sensors and detectors to reduce maintenance costs

and increase revenues.

Data is collected and consolidated and then sent back

to an Informix database for storage and analysis.

Analytics is performed on an ongoing basis to

determine potential repair needs and to determine

operational effectiveness.

Sensor data is then sent to the cloud where the data is

used for online analytical processing

There is a variety of data collected by various sensors.

Over the next few year expected to have ~30 different

types of sensor types, including video data collection

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Changing Business Models Changing Business Models Vehicle Vehicle TrackingTracking

Use map overlays to show hotspots of traffic density

Data is collected and consolidated and then sent back

to an Informix database for storage and analysis.

Phone app to access data for your vehicle

Sensor data is then sent to the cloud where the data is

used for online analytical processing

Vehicle resident sensing Monitors engine operation

including fluid levels, tire pressure, seat belt, air bag

usage

Onboard help using GPS for weather and traffic

conditions

Remote starting in bad weather situations

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15 x timesacceleration in report generation

speed from minutes to seconds

Solution Components

Leading office automation solutions provider in Sri LankaEmploys Informix and Time Series analytics to enhance operational efficiency and manage costs

Smarter Transportation

Business Challenge: JKOA was looking for an ERP to effectively handle accounts,

inventory, field operations, support & services, etc on a daily basis and help manage, monitor

& audit enterprise data. An efficient fleet management solution was also a need of the hour to

remotely track, monitor and manage their fleet of vehicles, as the logistics team was unable to

conclude the location of fleet and gauge mileage.

The Smarter Solution: The ERP solution, developed In-house on Informix 4GL caters day-to-

day activities of JKOA. Informix 4GL for ERP eased the efforts, helped gain flexibility to the

changing dynamics and reduced the investments by meeting the increased demands and

scaled work loads with no additional investments.

JKOA invested in Informix Time Series technology, to develop a Transport Management

System (TMS) that collects fleet data and provides a comprehensive picture of vehicle

locations. Access to real-time information as well as live tracking of fleet, including mileage,

geo-fencing etc, enabled the business to manage resources effectively, leading to potential

savings in fleet management costs and enhanced customer service.

JKOA, through analysis and real-time mapping, now better predicts the costs and risks

associated.

TMSReal time tracking on a single dashboard

HADRHADR setup ensures Business

Continuity round the clock

IBM InformixGrowth Edition

IBM Informix 4GL

IBM System P Series 520 (ERP)

HP System 350 (Informix DB)

IBM Business Partner: Cybersoft Pvt Ltd

Direct UpgradeFrom Online SE to v11.70


Service Framework Integrating Equipment & Appliances to Provide Connected Services

Service

Providers

Maintenance

Security

Health

Energy

Media

Telephony

Others

Energy GenerationSecurityLighting Control

Smart Metering

Sub MeteringHVAC

Environmental KPI Monitoring

Network

Access

Informix

Shaspa SmartGate

Shaspa embeds Informix

Powered by IBM Informix Software


Europes Largest Power company tackles the Smart Meter Big Data

challenge with Informix TimeSeries + In-Memory Accelerator (IWA)

E.ON Metering (EMTG) is the center of excellence for the development and commercialization of smart energy solutions and technologies and part of Europes largest Power and Gas company E.ON

EMTG operates a sophisticated Smart Meter data infrastructure based on IBM Informix TimeSeries technology in combination with Informix In-Memory Warehouse Accelerator

Optimised

use of RE

Device Energy

Management

Customer

Involvement

Dynamic

Demand Control

E-Mobility

Energy Storage

Management

Energy

Transparency

Data Sampling


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Devices in the home -> Collector for all home data -> Collector for all homes

Collection of data for all devices for

all Homes

Real-time Response Real-time Response

Hints/Suggestions

Hints/Suggestions

Correlation/Comparison

Data from other

kinds of devices

Consumer / Business

Devices in the

home

Device data

consolidation

Device data

consolidation

Device data

consolidation

Device data

consolidation

Pub/SubEmbedded

Informix Cluster in the Cloud

NoSQL/Relational & Timeseries data

Informix Warehouse Accelerator

Real-Time Analytics

Streaming data

SPSS/Cognos

MessageSightInfosphere Streams

Informix Solutions for IoT - Example of a 3-Tier Architecture

Device protocols

including CoAP,

6LoWPAN, ZigBee

etc..


IBM BlueMix - for Internet of Things Cloud Services


From Edge to the Cloud

Part of IBMs IoT products portfolio

SaaS offerings of TimeSeries services and Internet of

Things Service in Beta on IBM BlueMix. https://ace.ng.bluemix.net/

IBM Informix the Intelligent Database for IBMs

Internet of Things architecture


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsdfm-BDILWYPM04F7jdKhw

Two videos on IoT; One video on NoSQL; more on the way..

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IBM Informix YouTube Channel


Questions?

Kiran Challapalli

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