Software developer PrismTech has announced that it has successfully become a Red Hat EMEA Advanced Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partner. This will enable PrismTech to embed Red Hat JBoss Fuse as part of its Vortex Intelligent Data Sharing Platform for IoT installations in smart cities.
JBoss Fuse is the rebranded Fuse ESB (Enterprise Service Bus), bought by Red Hat in 2012. JBoss Fuse is an open source integration platform based on Apache ServiceMix that supports Java Business Integration (JBI) and OSGi (Open Source Gateway Initiative), for use in enterprise IT organizations. It allows an organization to keep their preferred service-oriented architecture (SOA) in place, as any JBI or OSGi compliant service engine can be deployed on a JBoss container and JBoss Fuse components can be deployed on other ESBs.
Vortex is PrismTech’s data-sharing platform for IoT, which provides ‘secure and interoperable real-time Device-to-Device and Device-to-Cloud information sharing. It is a key enabler for systems that have to reliably and securely deliver high volumes of real-time data with stringent end-to-end quality of service.’ Key markets include healthcare, energy, transportation, smart cities and industrial automation. Basically, the Vortex platform connects sensors to computers, allowing city workers to monitor and control smart systems.
‘We are convinced the IoT offers distributed systems experts like PrismTech the best growth opportunity in a decade, ‘said Steve Jennis, SVP Corporate Development, PrismTech. ‘As such, we have invested heavily in Vortex over the past several years to be first-to-market with an intelligent data-sharing platform that connects all the end-point applications of an IoT system in real-time: mobile people, smart machines, tiny sensors, enterprise / cloud applications (including data analytics) and legacy applications. OEMs and systems integrators that need to deliver superior end-to-end system performance will greatly appreciate the value-add of Vortex.’
Essentially, Vortex lets a business enable all manner of things to communicate with each other, usually regardless of location, operating system, device model etc… By becoming a Red Hat partner and successfully adding JBoss Fuse to the Vortex platform, PrismTech can enable more things to communicate via the Vortex platform ‘ which means better business opportunities for the companies on the back of the open source software.
Vortex Gateway ‘plans to leverage Red Hat JBoss Fuse and its support for multiple protocols (MQTT, SMPP, AMQP, JMS), support for more than 100 connectors, and support for integrating with proprietary and Web Technologies such as W3C Web Services and RESTful Web Services, to seamlessly integrate with applications, services and devices.’
Simon Williams, head of ISVs at Red Hat, said ‘we are delighted to welcome PrismTech to become a Red Hat ISV partner. We believe that the combination of Red Hat and Vortex technology will provide an excellent connectivity solution for next generation IoT applications.’
PrismTech Product Marketing Manager Andrew Foster added ‘working closely with Red Hat will allow us to deliver more comprehensive connectivity solutions for our global customer base in markets including aerospace and defense, finance, healthcare, industrial automation, smart cities and transportation.’
Last year, PrismTech’s OpenSplice data distribution service (DDS) middleware was selected for use by SUDE (the company behind the Think Global City Operating System) in the city of Nice. The OpenSplice middleware was deployed to power sensors that generated data about real-time activity in the city, which could then be used to take action ‘ largely commissioned to deal with the traffic congestion that 10 million annual tourists bring to the city.