Cloud4Smart R&D Project

Telesto has designed and developed a Sensor Platform named “Cloud4Smart” that provides a cloud-enabled framework for building sensor applications. More specifically, the framework provides an OGC compatible sensor data model (O&M), standards-based services also based on OGC, tools to manage sensors’ metadata and their values in a PaaS Cloud environment, the mechanisms to define sensor generated events, and libraries, tools and techniques to easily integrate new sensor systems, as well as simple reusable widgets that enable the out-of-the-box visualization of sensor data.

Architecturally, it is component-based following SOA principles, allowing easy extensibility and integration in third-party solutions. Technically, the loosely-coupled distinct components are provided within Linux containers, allowing the system’s scaling in a cloud environment. It is based on Java and adopts well established open source technologies such as ActiveMQ, Fabric8, Drools and Liferay. The cloud functionality is provided by emerging cloud technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

The framework can be integrated and extended in third-party solutions, providing the sensor functionality and the tools to create sensor-based applications and query sensor data. Possible applications include the integration of SCADA systems, Data Analysis systems and more.

The project is co-financed by Greece and the European Union (European Regional Development Fund).