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Case Study: Beco Leverages Containers to Manage Mobile Data Stream and Advance IoT in Real Estate
Technology Category
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
- Facility Management
Use Cases
- Building Automation & Control
- Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- Data Science Services
The Challenge
Beco, a company that delivers real-time space analytics to connect workforces to physical spaces, faced challenges in processing large amounts of data collected from connected devices. They needed to keep important databases like Kafka, Cassandra, and PostgreSQL highly available when using containers. The default setting of DC/OS pins stateful services to a single host, which posed a risk to high availability. The company needed a solution that could handle stateful services in a reliable, scalable fashion.
About The Customer
Beco is a company that delivers real-time space analytics to connect workforces to physical spaces. They measure space utilization and workplace collaboration, while activating location-aware features to automate daily tasks. Their solution offers two main pillars of value for their customers. The first is enabling real-time engagement between people and the space they’re in, including wayfinding, finding free meeting space, locating co-workers, and similar tasks. The second pillar is their long-term analytics, which enables real estate and operations teams to make data-driven decisions about their real estate portfolio and workplace collaboration. The company holds a number of patents with additional patents pending on the technology.
The Solution
Beco uses a containerized microservices infrastructure that is orchestrated using Mesosphere DC/OS. They implemented Portworx, which abstracts the storage hardware and provides the ability for containers to float from node to node for both scale and reliability, as well as the data durability that comes with multi-host block-level replication. This solution filled a gap in Kubernetes and DC/OS. The company's system is made up of three key elements: a battery-free, solar-powered beacon, a Mobile SDK, and a Cloud-Service. The Mobile SDK embeds directly into corporate and partner mobile Apps to create a data stream on where the smartphone is located in the building in order to deliver location-based services and generate space analytics.
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