Architecture

PaaS or SaaS solution

Tricloud Nexus can be seamlessly deployed within your existing Microsoft Azure ecosystem, providing a robust solution that integrates perfectly with your current operations (PaaS - Platform as a Service). Our platform empowers you with full control over deployment processes, ensuring secure interactions through Active Directory integration, and efficient management of Azure resources.

To streamline your transition, we offer comprehensive support with Azure Pipelines, facilitating a smooth integration that is tailored to your infrastructure, network, and unique business requirements. 

Our pipelines place the power of deployment in your hands, allowing you to decide when to initiate updates and scale your platform capabilities.

For enterprises seeking a hands-off approach, Tricloud Nexus offers a fully hosted solution (SaaS - Software as a Service). We take on the responsibility of operating and maintaining the platform for you, ensuring that your IIoT solutions are always at the forefront of innovation and efficiency, with minimal demand on your internal resources.

Assets & Datasources

The platform is designed to connect with a wide range of assets, whether they're part of industrial infrastructures, IoT sensors in motion, or data hubs on maritime vessels. We ensure vital data can be harnessed from databases, file shares, FTP servers, automation systems, and PLCs. For niche requirements or bespoke integrations, our team can help you craft custom data source collectors to integrate with your unique systems.

Tricloud Nexus embraces standard protocols such as OPC-UA, ModBus, and MQTT, and offers additional modules for camera feed integration and lighting control, making it possible to detect flaws in products using trained vision models and react by communicating with your assets.

With Tricloud Nexus, you gain not only a platform but a partner dedicated to ensuring that every asset, whether stationary or on the move, is a fully integrated node within your broader industrial landscape.

Devices

Harness the full potential of IoT with our Nexus Edge software, a robust platform built on the Azure IoT Edge framework. Our comprehensive SDK extends Azure IoT Edge, enabling the rapid development of new modules or containers in Python or C#. Designed for versatility, it allows for seamless integration of smaller IoT devices via IoT Hub and ensures secure connections for complex networks through an Edge gateway.

For deployments that demand the utmost in reliability, Nexus Edge can be hosted within a Kubernetes cluster, offering the high availability your operations require.

Moreover, devices can transfer your critical metrics directly to the cloud as a hotpath stream, or employ a file-based batched approach in scenarios where connectivity is unstable or intermittently available.

Cloud components

Effortlessly orchestrate your Tricloud Nexus environment via our intuitive Management Portal. The web application utilizes the Nexus REST API alongside IoT Hub to streamline the management of your devices and installations, and enables the processing and analysis of collected data. With the integration of Azure Data Explorer (ADX), you can leverage advanced queries and dashboard functionalities, while also maintaining a repository of historical metrics for in-depth analysis.

Adhering to the OpenAPI specification, the Nexus REST API provides extensive opportunities for integration with diverse software ecosystems. Whether you're aiming to build custom web applications for added functionality and control, or looking to synchronize with your existing pipelines via the CLI, our platform ensures a seamless integration experience.

All logs from devices and cloud components are stored in LogAnalytics which enables monitoring and debugging capabilities from within the Management Portal and other tools.