Guide to IoT Projects and

Architectures

Highest Level Approval Required for Project

10

15

16

28

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Other

Director/Dept. VP

C-Level

Board

Projects

Function driving IoT initiative by segment (Only one applies)*

3%

8%

5%

5%

8%

3%

3%

Other

C-level/Board

Operations

BD/Digital Strategy

IT

Engineering/R&D

EnterpriseManaged Service

Provider

58%

29%

13%

3%

18%

29%

16%

58%

18%

Services/

Customer Support

IoT Project Time to Completion

9%

27%

33%

21%

9%

<6 months 7-12 months 13-24 months 25-36 months <37 months

Business objectives for IoT initiatives

15

65

82

Business transformation insights

Increase revenues

Reduce costs

Microsoft IT – Cloud migration strategy

Retire it, right-size, eliminate environments

Use or convert to a SaaS (1st or 3rd party)

solution

Expose functionality in existing SaaS/

PaaS solution

Convert to Azure PaaS solution

Optimize for and move

to Azure IaaS VM

No change lift

‘n shift to IaaS

Remain

s on-

premAzure IT Roadmap

First to move

→ Basic Web Apps

→ Advanced Portals

→ Any New solutions

→ Any re-architected solutions

Next to move

→ High I/O OLTP

→ Regulatory & High business impact

Hard or costly to Move

→ HVA Systems

→ PKI Systems

→ Legacy Source Control

How to move from on premise to Microsoft Cloud

…To

→ Office365→ SharePoint Online→ CRM Online→ VSO→ ADL + PowerBI→ Best 3rd Party

SaaS

From….

Office Servers

Portals and SPS

Any relationship mgmt

Active Source Control & WIT

Data Warehouses

Industry Std verticals

Business Case

4-12 months

• Developed by

cross-functional

team; goes to C-

level or board;

may involve

assistance by SI

Vendor Selection

1-9 months

• Evaluate Build vs

Buy; IT

sometimes gets

involved in

vendor

evaluation

Proof of Concept

2-18 months

• POC validates

technology

selection for

scalability and

latency

Pilot

6-12 months

• Staged rollout of

IoT solution for

specific product

lines,

geographies or

beta customers

Production Rollout

3+ months

• Rollout of IoT

solution across

all geos and

customers

Three parts of an IoT solution

1Device connectivity & management

2Analytics & operationalized insights

3Presentation & business connectivity

Easy to provision, use and manage

Pay as you go, scale as you need

Global reach, hyper scale

End to end security & privacy

Azure IoT

Field Gateway

Device

Connectivity & Management

Devic

es

RTO

S, L

inu

x, W

ind

ow

s, A

nd

roid

, iO

S

Cloud Gateway

Event Hubs

Field Gateway

Protocol Adaptation

Field Gateway

Device

Connectivity & Management

Devic

es

RTO

S, L

inux, W

ind

ow

s, A

nd

roid

, iO

S

Cloud Gateway

Event Hubs

Field Gateway

Protocol Adaptation

Field Gateway

Device

Connectivity & Management

Devic

es

RTO

S, L

inu

x, W

ind

ow

s, A

nd

roid

, iO

S

Protocol Adaptation

Cloud Gateway

Event Hubs&IoT Hub

Field Gateway

Protocol Adaptation

Field Gateway

Device

Connectivity & Management

Devic

es

RTO

S, L

inux,

Win

do

ws,

And

roid

, iO

S

Protocol Adaptation

Cloud Gateway

Event Hubs&IoT Hub

Field Gateway

Protocol Adaptation

Cross Platform C Code

OS Abstraction Layer / OS Bindings

C API .NET API Java API Javascript API

Producers Connect Devices Mine Data Take Action

Event Hubs

(Service Bus)SQL Database Machine Learning Azure Websites

Heterogeneous

client agents

Table/Blob

StorageHD Insight Mobile Services

External Data

SourcesDocumentDB Stream Analytics Notification Hubs

External Data

SourcesCloud Services Power BI

External Services

{ }

Solution PortalProvisioning API

Device Registry Store

Stream Event Processor

Analytics/

Machine

Learning

Data Visualization

& Presentation

Device State Store

GatewayStorage

IP capable

devices

Existing IoT

devices

Low power

devices

Presentation Device and Event ProcessingData

TransportDevices and

Data Sources

Event

Hubs

Azure

IoT Hub

Agent

Agent

Agent

RequirementsDesign &

ImplementationVerification & Release

Response

Physical Security, Tamper Detection

Hardware & firmware security, secure boot

Network, protocol & application security

Identity management for devices and users

Data Privacy Protection and Controls

IoT infrastructure: from Devices to Data Visualization

through

Data Transport + Data & Devices Management

MANUFACTURING HEALTHCARE FINANCE PUBLIC SECTOR CONSUMER GOODS RETAIL TRANSPORT

Respond and recover quickly

Expand, change and scale easily

Update automatically

Analyze efficiently

Treat patients more effectively

Improve patient-care processes

Secure and share patient information

Reduce the cost of care

Manage ATM infrastructure proactively

Offer targeted services by anticipating needs

Take action automatically based on social media analysis

Monetize by combining data with business partners

Remotely manage the infrastructure

Drive business insights quickly

Predict and take preventive action

Reduce the cost of maintenance

Capture customer preferences

Boost brand loyalty with engaging experiences

Maintain product availability for less

Improve retail collaboration and execution

Track shelf inventory in real time

Gain valuable insights into customer behavior

Know what’s going on in your store

Provide personalized services

Optimize toll and fare management

Simplify the city parking experience

Improve fleet vehicle and asset management

Increase the efficiency of your city’s traffic system

IP capable devices

Existing IoT devices

Low power devices

Agent

Agent

Agent

Solution PortalProvisioning API

Device Registry Store

Stream Event Processor

Analytics/ Machine Learning

Device State Store

Storage

Device and Event Processing

Event Hubs

AzureIoT Hub

Data Visualization & Presentation

Presentation

Gateway

Data TransportDevices and Data Sources

Advantech IoT Solution Structure

LAN (Type 3.0)RS 232/422/485

(Type 2.0)

c

WIF

I

Cellul

ar

Etherne

t

Etherne

t

WIF

I

EKI-1200~ EKI-1300~

Modus Others Private Open

DataClosed

Data

Protocol Hander (Open SDK)

WISE Agent

Serial Gateway

IoT Gateway

Data Platform

Existing

THINGs

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