WhiteBlue’s Azure IoT Solution architecture helped large Canadian Locomotive company to transform their media files (from 2000+ locomotive engines) in real time basis to Cloud in order to be regulatory compliant.
Challenges
- Media files from Locomotive were often delayed to get transmitted to central location. Heavy manual process had a huge impact on timely completion.
- Government/statutory didn’t receive the files on time.
- Existing system didn’t have proper user experience due to lack of self-service features.
- Unable to manage data from 2000+ locomotives due in sufficient storage capacity.
- Unable to operate in online and offline mode as locomotives are always on the move.
Our Solution
- Solution design was developed with Hub & Spoke model leveraging Azure IoT Edge/Hub
- Simplification through Edge Runtime / Custom SOPs
- Optimal usage of Edge Offline and Customer Retry features
- Data Filtering at Edge by sending only potential incidences to Hub to avoid unnecessary data getting transferred. This helped to reduce storage costs and improved performance significantly.
Outcomes
- Incident response time is quick and zero media file loss.
- 100% Compliance to the government regulations
- Easy access to customer through the self-service portal
- Built a scalable system to handle data from 2000+ locomotives
- Solution to operate offline or with intermittent connectivity in a shorter deployment time
Technology
- Microsoft Azure
