What do the new Cisco IOx application can do for you? And what kind of customers need the Cisco IOx?
Some key words for Cisco IOx here: Harness IoT Data, Deliver Insight, Drive Digital Business Forward
The Cisco IoT portfolio integrates the essential IoT elements required for customer success. IOx combines IoT application execution within the fog, secure connectivity with Cisco IOS Software, and powerful services for rapid, reliable integration with IoT sensors and the cloud.
By bringing application execution capability to the source of IoT data, customers overcome challenges with high volumes of data and the need for automated, near real-time system responsiveness.
Cisco IOx Application Framework
Accelerate Time to Value for IoT-Driven Digital Business
Fog applications offer customers and ecosystem partners the ability to transform IoT sensor data and perform control functions within the distributed network infrastructure. With the support of IOx resident on routers, switches, and compute modules, the distributed IoT network functions as the compute environment for fog applications. With the secure connectivity services and common application framework offered by IOx and fog applications, customers have delivered business outcomes rapidly with their IoT initiatives.
Examples across industry include:
- Manufacturing companies connect machines, transform sensor data, and perform real-time analytics to predict when maintenance is necessary and increase overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
- Mobile network operators manage their cell tower assets remotely. With real-time insight from fog applications, they ensure proper operation, prevent theft, and save money.
- Utilities drive up grid reliability using fog applications to transform SCADA data into real-time insight and control.
The following Cisco network infrastructure products currently support IOx:
IOx-Enabled Network Infrastructure Products
| Product | Description |
| IR829 | Cisco 829 industrial Integrated Services Router |
| IR809 | Cisco 809 industrial Integrated Services Router |
| C819 | Cisco 819 industrial Integrated Services Router |
| C88x (4G SKUs) | Cisco 88x industrial Integrated Services Router |
| C800m | Cisco 800 industrial Integrated Services Router |
| C89x (LTE SKUs) | Cisco 800 industrial Integrated Services Router |
| ASR1000 | Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers |
| ISR4000 | Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers |
Cisco IOx-Specifications at-a-Glance
Secure, device independent application hosting and execution
| Feature | Specifics |
| Network infrastructure independent application development and deployment | Develop applications in high-level programming languages and deploy them to fog infrastructure while IOx abstracts the hardware complexity. |
| Built-in security for application deployment and management |
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Accelerated integration with IOx services
| Feature | Specifics |
| Connect to IoT sensors with pluggable protocol support | Use IOx services to connect with IoT sensor data via customizable protocol data handlers |
| Transform data immediately within IoT network infrastructure |
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| Connect to cloud and data center systems | Use IOx services to integrate fog applications with cloud/data center applications via common standards including HTTPS and MQTT |
Flexibility in application programming languages and packaging
| Feature | Specifics |
| Develop applications in high level programming languages and deploy them on supported devices |
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| Integration with PaaS capabilities associated with application programming environments | IOx integrates the necessary run-times for supported devices when developing in Java and Python |
| LXC container support |
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| SDK for application development | Use a full feature command line client to manage network infrastructure agnostic application development (ioxclient) |
Why Cisco IOx Application?
- Analyze megabytes of data every second
- Respond in milliseconds
- Connect securely to IoT sensor data and cloud applications
Only Cisco delivers the capability to execute IoT applications within the distributed network infrastructure known as fog.
The Cisco IOx application framework offers consistent management and hosting across network infrastructure products, including Cisco routers, switches, and compute modules.
IOx allows application developers to work in the familiar Linux application environment with their choice of languages and programming models with opensource development tools.
The Reference from https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/cloud-systems-management/iox/at-a-glance-c45-737316.pdf
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