SupplyChain Magazine January 2021 | Page 96

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“ If a company features a truly multi-region or even multinational deployment , they want to understand all of this data that they collect . They want to know what the code is truly saying to them . At Pelion Connectivity Management , we are able to provide that understanding ”

— Niall Strachan , Head of Product Strategy , Pelion own product story , outside the umbrella of Arm , where it is clear that the market is ready for the launch of our capabilities as a standalone entity . Within Arm previously , we had a lot of benefits of being within part of such a large organisation , but that also came at the cost of agility and having the market understand our true capabilities .”
“ So coming out and standing alone , we provide a connected device platform that also has specific discreet products . These products range from connectivityenablement for deploying IoT devices to generate insights for enterprise products ; connecting into networks , and providing connectivity from cellular operators . We also have a device management layer , which is all about helping people manufacture their own devices whilst simul taneously understanding and managing the firmware , security , and software that ’ s running on them ,” Niall added .
We delved into where Pelion ’ s offering to the market is prevalent , and where their current customers implement the available software . “ It ’ s an excellent product that can run on ultra-constrained low power devices , even something as small as the RFID
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