* Four new digital enablers expand OT edge applications offered on
Nokia MX Industrial Edge.
* Industrial IoT platforms connect, collect and analyze data from
disparate sources –including video cameras – unlocking its value.
* New security function protects from advanced threats in OT
environment, improves security, which is essential for data exchange.
13 April 2023
Espoo, Finland – Nokia today launched four third-party applications
for MX Industrial Edge (MXIE), which help enterprises connect, collect
and analyze data from operational technology (OT) assets on a robust and
secure on-premises edge. Asset-heavy industries can accelerate their
digital transformation and benefit most from Nokia’s OT edge
ecosystem-neutral approach, which taps into innovation from many top
digitalization enablers. The new applications also leverage the GPU
capability recently announced [1] on Nokia MXIE, a powerful on-premises
OT edge solution that helps process data closest to the source in real
time while retaining data sovereignty.
As enterprises move to digitalize operations they face some significant
challenges. These include the collection, integration and analysis of
all types of data – including video – from disparate systems,
sensors and data silos, and having the certainty that sensitive data is
protected once shared with other cloud ecosystems. With highly reliable
4.9G/5G private wireless connectivity and the low latency processing
power of Nokia MXIE, these industry-leading applications help
enterprises overcome these challenges making enterprise data usable,
actionable and secure. As a result, many transformative use cases can be
created, spanning early alerts and anomaly detection, condition
monitoring, preventive and predictive maintenance, digital twins and
more – all of which help improve operations and increase return on
investment.
Additions to the Nokia Industrial Application Catalog [2] include:
* Atos Computer Vision – Quality Inspector: Part of the Eviden business
within Atos Group, this solution uses artificial intelligence (AI) to
provide applications which improve quality and productivity in
manufacturing environments. It leverages modern deep learning to detect
defects, foreign objects, anomalies, or incorrect setups with AI-based
video analytics in real time. Enhanced by the new MXIE GPU capability,
enterprises can quickly deliver models that achieve high accuracy even
in challenging conditions.
* Crosser: The low code streaming analytics and integration platform
for industrial IoT and industry 4.0. Users can access a rich library of
pre-built modules and connectors to build Intelligent data flows and
pipelines for preprocessing, analyzing and acting on industrial data.
Live loops of streaming data can be created for ingesting transformed,
ready-to-use data to any machine, service, cloud, IoT platform or
digital twin.
* Litmus Edge: The industrial edge data platform that puts data to work
for operations to transform at scale. Unifying data collection,
normalization, contextualization, and analytics at the edge and cloud,
Litmus Edge unlocks intelligence to improve efficiency and
profitability. Nearly 300 pre-built device drivers and integrations for
OT assets and enterprise systems, along with digital twin and machine
learning models, make it easier to address asset monitoring, anomaly
detection, energy consumption, forecasting, predictive maintenance and
more.
* Palo Alto Networks Next-Gen Firewall: Advanced security powered by
Palo Alto Networks. Palo Alto Networks software Next Generation
Firewalls (VM-Series and CN-Series) deployed on MXIE uses AI and ML to
prevent sophisticated cyber threats in the OT environment, without
adding physical hardware to the network. The comprehensive solution has
industry-leading capabilities such as Advanced Threat Prevention, which
blocks unknown command-and-control and exploit attempts in real-time,
Advanced WildFire, which stops highly evasive malware, DNS Security,
which stops emerging DNS based attacks. Additionally, IoT/OT Security
quickly profiles all OT, IT and IoT devices and assets, and protects
them. This enables advanced security on both the IT and OT sides of the
network to protect the entire organization with best-in-class security.
Today’s news builds on Nokia’s partnership [3] with Kyndryl, the
world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider, which has a focus
on designing, deploying, and managing industry-leading LTE and 5G
private wireless networks and Industry 4.0 solutions to enterprises
worldwide. By combining Kyndryl’s network and edge advisory and
integration services with Nokia’s private wireless networks,
industrial customers can achieve high-performance wireless connectivity
in mission-critical environments. As a converged compute platform, Nokia
MXIE supports the core operation of private wireless networks and hosts
a multitude of OT edge computing applications. By leveraging Nokia MXIE,
Kyndryl is helping customers implement end-to-end industrial use cases
with a single orchestrated on-premises edge for both private wireless
and digitalization enablers. The automation and digitalization benefits,
from predictive maintenance, better worker safety, to quality assurance
enables smarter, leaner factory operations and improves sustainability
across industrial verticals – from manufacturing, energy and gas, to
mining.
Chris McReynolds, Vice President, Offering Management, Network and Edge
Practice at Kyndryl, said: “We are pleased to expand our partnership
with Nokia by integrating some of our customers’ mission-critical
applications – Litmus Edge and Palo Alto Next Gen Firewall – on the
Nokia MX Industrial Edge. Advanced IIoT edge platforms that facilitate a
holistic view of enterprise-wide data, along with advanced security, are
fundamental to enterprises who are seeking to accelerate their digital
transformation to meet Industry 4.0 standards and create maximum
business value.”
Stephan Litjens, Vice President of Enterprise Solutions at Nokia, said:
“These new applications unlock operational technology data from their
silos while maintaining data security and privacy, which asset-heavy,
mission-critical environments require for digital transformation. As we
continue to expand the Nokia Industrial Application Catalog and work
with leading software vendors and cloud providers, our ecosystem-neutral
approach for MXIE means enterprises can choose best-of-breed
applications to support a range of industrial use cases. This ultimately
improves efficiency, worker safety and sustainability in our
customers’ operations.”
