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	Case Study: Beco Leverages Containers to Manage Mobile Data Stream and Advance IoT in Real Estate

Case Study: Beco Leverages Containers to Manage Mobile Data Stream and Advance IoT in Real Estate

Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Applicable Functions	Facility Management Business Operation
Use Cases	Building Automation & Control Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services Data Science Services
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. Read More
About 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. Read More
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. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Applicable Functions

Facility Management

Business Operation

Use Cases

Building Automation & Control

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Data Science Services

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 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.

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.

Impact #1	Beco was able to grow their IoT platform with PX-Enterprise.
Impact #2	The company gained the advantage that Portworx abstracts the storage hardware and provides not only the ability for containers to float from node to node for both scale and reliability, but also the data durability that comes with multi-host block-level replication.
Impact #3	The solution provided an easy-to-deploy, easy-to-operate, and easy-to-scale persistent storage solution for stateful containers.

Impact #1

Beco was able to grow their IoT platform with PX-Enterprise.

Impact #2

The company gained the advantage that Portworx abstracts the storage hardware and provides not only the ability for containers to float from node to node for both scale and reliability, but also the data durability that comes with multi-host block-level replication.

Impact #3

The solution provided an easy-to-deploy, easy-to-operate, and easy-to-scale persistent storage solution for stateful containers.

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Case Study: Beco Leverages Containers to Manage Mobile Data Stream and Advance IoT in Real Estate

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