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Next-Gen Telemetry with the IoT Powered by a Cross-Continental Partnership

Software AG

Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Device Management Platforms
Applicable Industries	Utilities Telecommunications
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Real-Time Location System (RTLS) Predictive Maintenance Remote Asset Management
Services	System Integration Software Design & Engineering Services
Challenge	Tsalano, a South African ICT company, was facing several challenges. The public sector constraints, poor infrastructure, resource scarcity, an emerging local technology sector, and exponential growth were some of the issues the company was grappling with. The company wanted to leverage its core expertise in telemetry, sensing, and ICT to create actionable solutions for its clients. However, it needed a way to do this without reinventing the wheel. The company also wanted to tackle the prepaid electricity market and the country's fragile water use system. Read More
About Customer	Tsalano is an information and communications technology company based in South Africa. The company was founded in 2000 and primarily serves government and semi-government organizations. Despite having a small team of telemetry and sensor experts, Tsalano has a significant impact on various sectors, including monitoring supply chains, measuring natural resources like water from source to use, and providing business services with the latest in IoT and integration platforms powered by Software AG. The company has global ambitions and is experiencing exponential growth. Read More
Solution	Tsalano partnered with Software AG to leverage its Digital Business Platform. The platform includes Application Integration and Process Automation powered by webMethods, Device Connectivity powered by Cumulocity IoT, Visual Analytics powered by MashZone NextGen, and Streaming Analytics powered by Apama. The partnership first revolutionized the prepaid electricity market by automating the entire chain of selling electricity credits, reducing the processing time from 24 hours to less than a minute. The solution also allowed for the expansion of the agent network and the selling of mobile airtime and data. The partnership then designed a system to monitor water and other important resources. The system, built on webMethods for integration, captures data from sensors in reservoirs, pipes, buildings, and private households. It can closely measure how water is transported and consumed. The system can pinpoint the locations of major water losses and allow automated control of pumping and gate systems for optimal conservation and revenue protection. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Device Management Platforms

Applicable Industries

Utilities

Telecommunications

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Predictive Maintenance

Remote Asset Management

Services

System Integration

Software Design & Engineering Services

Challenge

Tsalano, a South African ICT company, was facing several challenges. The public sector constraints, poor infrastructure, resource scarcity, an emerging local technology sector, and exponential growth were some of the issues the company was grappling with. The company wanted to leverage its core expertise in telemetry, sensing, and ICT to create actionable solutions for its clients. However, it needed a way to do this without reinventing the wheel. The company also wanted to tackle the prepaid electricity market and the country's fragile water use system.

About Customer

Tsalano is an information and communications technology company based in South Africa. The company was founded in 2000 and primarily serves government and semi-government organizations. Despite having a small team of telemetry and sensor experts, Tsalano has a significant impact on various sectors, including monitoring supply chains, measuring natural resources like water from source to use, and providing business services with the latest in IoT and integration platforms powered by Software AG. The company has global ambitions and is experiencing exponential growth.

Solution

Tsalano partnered with Software AG to leverage its Digital Business Platform. The platform includes Application Integration and Process Automation powered by webMethods, Device Connectivity powered by Cumulocity IoT, Visual Analytics powered by MashZone NextGen, and Streaming Analytics powered by Apama. The partnership first revolutionized the prepaid electricity market by automating the entire chain of selling electricity credits, reducing the processing time from 24 hours to less than a minute. The solution also allowed for the expansion of the agent network and the selling of mobile airtime and data. The partnership then designed a system to monitor water and other important resources. The system, built on webMethods for integration, captures data from sensors in reservoirs, pipes, buildings, and private households. It can closely measure how water is transported and consumed. The system can pinpoint the locations of major water losses and allow automated control of pumping and gate systems for optimal conservation and revenue protection.

Impact #1	Achieved exponential revenue growth
Impact #2	Cut water and revenue losses
Impact #3	Reduced processing times from 24 hours to < 3 minute

Impact #1

Achieved exponential revenue growth

Impact #2

Cut water and revenue losses

Impact #3

Reduced processing times from 24 hours to < 3 minute

Benefit #1	1440 percent increase in agent financing speed
Benefit #2	10-fold revenue growth in just three months
Benefit #3	Reduced water losses, which in South Africa reach 45 – 50 percent of supply

Benefit #1

1440 percent increase in agent financing speed

Benefit #2

10-fold revenue growth in just three months

Benefit #3

Reduced water losses, which in South Africa reach 45 – 50 percent of supply

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Next-Gen Telemetry with the IoT Powered by a Cross-Continental Partnership

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