The document describes Tibbo's IoT Integration Platform, which focuses on providing a centralized solution for monitoring, controlling, and managing diverse electronic devices and data sources across multiple industries. It highlights the platform's features such as vendor-agnostic connectivity, rapid application development, and extensive customization options, aimed at system integrators and IoT device vendors. Furthermore, the platform's architecture and technology ensure high scalability, security, and efficient data processing for various applications and environments.

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About Tibbo
• Founded in 2001
• Offices in Taiwan and Russia
• Distributors in 50+ countries
• Ownership structure: limited partnership
Members:
• Tibbo Systems (software)
• Tibbo Technology (hardware)
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Tibbo Product Portfolio
• AggreGate IoT Integration Platform
• Vertical market products based on AggreGate
• Serial-over-IP converters
• Embedded IoT modules
• Modular IoT gateways: Tibbo Project System
• Programmable controllers and single-board computers
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What is AggreGate?
• Software “brick set” for building IoT products
• 15 years of investments into “brick” development
• Vast experience in designing end customer solutions
• Unified environment without acquired/merged products
• More than ten out-of-the-box vertical products
• Thousands of servers deployed worldwide
• Successful projects on all continents
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Who is it for?
System Integrators and Engineering
Companies:
• Deployment of derived out-of-the-box
products
• Vertical market solution deployment
• Cross-industry IoT solution deployment
• Development of replicable reference
solutions
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IoT Device Vendors (OEMs):
• Own IoT application development
• Rebranding of while-label platform
• Providing cloud-based IoT services
• Distribution of derived box products

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Platform Objectives
• Centralized monitoring, control and configuration for diverse electronic
devices and data sources
• Integration with other enterprise systems for exposing device data into
them
• Processing, storing and visualizing device data
• Rapid IoT application development and delivery
• Acting as a core of large-scale situation centers
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Platform Overview
• Multi-industry device management solution, both B2C and B2B
• Vendor-agnostic device and data source connectivity
• Flexible pricing for OEMs, VARs, system integrators and distributors
• Visual application development process
• Cross-platform and cross-database architecture
• Enterprise integration via open-source SDK and Web Services
• Customization and branding options
• Rapid development of redistributable derived products with PoC in 2-4 weeks and first
deliveries in 2-3 months
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What’re the Benefits?
AggreGate ensures typical IoT Platform benefits:
• Reduced operational costs
• Improved mean time to repair
• Reduced field service and support expenses
• Increased equipment efficiency and decreased downtime
Our difference is the way we achieve those benefits.
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What’s the Difference?
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AggreGate Platform Other IoT Platforms
Focus on private clouds of partners and customers Mostly abide by SaaS/PaaS delivery model
Successful competition in niche vertical markets Provide basic modules and APIs only, no CotS products
Full substitution of diverse vertical market products Don’t replace existing products (SCADA, NMS, etc.)
Cross-domain feature/module availability No domain-specific of cross-domain modules available
Orientation for large SIs and engineering companies Mostly oriented to OEM designing IoT devices
Good expertise in large multi-vendor infrastructures Normally just a few device types in every deployment
SaaS/PaaS + perpetual licensing with one-off payments Only SaaS/PaaS licensing available

10. Vertical Market Solutions
• Network Management
• SCADA/HMI
• Data Center Management
• Physical Access Control
• Building Automation
• Mobile Device Management
• Telecom Tower Monitoring
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• Fleet Management
• Vending Machines
• Sensor Networks
• Smart Metering
• People/Vehicle Counting
• Digital Signage
• Remote Monitoring
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Innovative Technology
• Server-side caching of device settings and metadata
• Patented unified data model
• Device data normalization
• Grouped operations
• Domain-specific languages
• Failover clustering
• Distributed architecture
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Immediate Benefits
• Fast IoT application deployment
• Easy integration into the enterprise
• High scalability and reliability
• Visual development in UI editors
• Integrated role-based security model
• Comprehensive rebranding options
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Unified Data Model
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• All devices and system objects have common interface
• This interface describes variables (properties, settings),
functions (operations, methods) and events
• Variable values, function input/output and event-specific
data items have common format
• All data items may contain scalar values, structures, arrays,
tables and unlimited nested data items

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Server Architecture
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Connectivity
Agent:
• Device-side data normalization
• Open source agent SDK
• Versions for Java, .NET, C/C++
• Versions for mobile platform
• Agents on Tibbo IoT gateways
• Open well-documented protocol
• Firewall/NAT friendly
• Data compression and encryption
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Driver:
• Server-side data normalization
• Open-source driver development kit
• Drivers for standard communication
protocols are available
• Support for various IoT, IT,
automation and generic protocols
• Driver development services

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Protocols and Drivers
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AggreGate supports many IoT, IT, automation and generic protocols:
and more…

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System Layers
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Data Storage Methods
• Key-Value database (configuration storage)
• NoSQL database (high performance event storage)
• Relational database (storage of cross-linked data items)
• Round-robin database (time series statistics, constant footprint and
extremely fast data retrieval)
• Graph database (topology data storage)
• File-based storage (lightweight, for embedded servers)
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Security Model
• Overall idea is maximal flexibility and multi-tenancy
• Personal and role-based user accounts
• External authentication via AD / LDAP / other services
• Per-user or shared access control lists
• Fine-grained permission control for any resource
• Mask-based and group-based permission records
• Pluggable external authentication modules
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Performance
• Hundred thousand devices per server
• Up to 5-10 million metrics per server
• Ten billion daily events/value updates per server
• 100-500 thousand stored events per second per server
• Unlimited number of servers in a distributed installation
• Unlimited scalability via multi-tier distributed architecture
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Data Processing
• Device Discovery
• Delayed Configuration
• Event Management
• Alerts
• Expression Language
• Query Language
• Machine Learning
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• Scheduled Jobs
• Models
• Grouped Operations
• Data Replication
• Scripts
• Workflows

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Device Discovery and Provisioning
• Agent self-registration
• Discovery by broadcast
• Discovery by IP network scanning
• LAN borders detection via routing table analysis
• Scheduled discovery
• Automatic device inventory
• Auto-detection of services
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Domain-Specific Languages
• Expression language is similar to Microsoft Excel formulas
• Query language is similar to SQL
• Both languages address unified data model
• Both languages respect internal security model
• Integrated Java and R scripting for advanced logic and machine learning
scenarios
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Event Management
• Normalization
• Real-time monitoring
• Persistent storage
• Pre- and post-filtering
• Masking
• Deduplication
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• Acknowledgement
• Enrichment
• Custom internal routing
• External forwarding
• Correlation
• Root cause analysis

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Event Workflow
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Alerting
• Tracking individual resources and resource groups
• Event, state and state change triggers
• Flexible expression-based triggering
• Hysteresis, dynamic baselining, flapping detection
• Notifications via e-mail, SMS, popups, sound, scripts, etc.
• Headless and interactive corrective actions
• Customizable escalation rules
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Object and Process Modeling
• Standalone, attachable and instantiable models
• Custom model variables, functions and events
• Business rules (decisions via a machine-readable KB)
• Data bindings for reacting to events and state changes
• Example use cases:
- Industrial process
- CPU load calculator
- Pump station
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Data Visualization
• Reports
• Widgets
• Dashboards
• Trackers
• Favorites
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Widgets are used as:
• Data Entry Forms
• Charts/Trends/Diagrams
• HMIs
• Floor/Facility Maps
• Topology Graphs/Maps
• Geographical Maps etc.

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Widgets
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Dashboards
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Mapping
• Any tiled map sources (Google, Bing, OSM, Yandex, 2GIS, etc.)
• Offline maps support
• Multiple configurable map layers
• Visualization of devices, paths, geofences, links and custom objects
• Map-based topology visualization
• Interaction between Map component and other widget components
• Dynamic map updating upon widget/server events
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Reporting
• Printable presentation of any tabular data
• Sources: queries, scripts, event/value history, etc.
• Embedded report template generator and editor
• Integrated report viewer
• Export to PDF, RTF, ODT, HTML, XML, XLS, CSV, etc.
• Scheduled export and e-mailing
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Visual Development
• Extremely rapid workflow and UI development
• Integrated visual UI and report editors
• Use of expressions and queries is allowed everywhere
• Business rules and data bindings for further assistance
• Scripting is almost never required
• Major projects have been completed with no scripts at all
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Development and Integration
• Open-source SDK
• Java, .NET, C/C++ and Mobile APIs
• SOAP and HTTP/REST web services
• Data Export and Import
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Integration Examples
• Asset Management
• Helpdesk
• CRM
• Payroll
• HR Management
• ERP
• Production Control
• Video Surveillance

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Software Development Kit
Components of AggreGate open-source SDK:
• Driver Development Kit (server-side data normalization)
• Agent Development Kit (device-side data normalization)
• Plugin SDK (data processing/storage plugins)
• Server API (full remote access to AggreGate servers)
• Sample plugins, drivers and agents
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System Unification
• Manage different systems from a single control center
• Minimize deployment cost and OPEX
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Office Building
• Time and Attendance
• Access Control
• Network Management
Residential Building
• Lighting
• HVAC
• Energy Management
Factory Building
• SCADA
• Forklift Fleet Management
• Remote Monitoring

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Modular IoT Gateways: Tibbo Project System
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Tibbit module types:
• GPIO
• ADC/DAC
• Relays
• Power sources
• Serial ports
• GPRS modem
• Wi-Fi module
• Sensors
• LEDs (various colors)
• Buttons
• IR code processor
• Wiegand + clock/data
• PoE
• 3-axis accelerometer
• PIC coprocessor
• Potentiometers
• RTC + NVRAM
• SD card slot
• And more

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Tibbo Project System runs fully-fledged embedded AggreGate Server
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Licensing Structure
• Per-server perpetual and PaaS/SaaS licenses available
• Device-based pricing for most solutions and products
• Industrial automation solutions use tag-based pricing
• Event-based pricing for “pure-IoT” products
• Significant volume discounting in distributed installations
• Combine platform licenses and vertical product licenses
• Failover server license costs 50% of base license price
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Professional Services
• Design Consulting
• Driver/Plugin Development
• Branding and Customization
• Training and Education
• Technical Support (email, phone, community, etc.)
• Turnkey Deployment and OEM Project Management
• Hosting (SaaS)
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Customers and Partners
• End Customers (derived box product sales)
• Software Distributors/Resellers
• Value-added Resellers
• System Integrators
• Managed Service Providers
• OEM/ODM Manufacturers
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References
• Thousands of installations worldwide
• Many OEM partners deploying white-labeled derivatives
• Customers in all major industries
• Distributed installations for nation-wide companies
• Deep diversification:
- By market niches
- By solution types
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Some Customers and Partners
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Monitoring of a nuclear-
neutron research reactor
Integrated solution for
smart metering and
monitoring of IT
infrastructure
Management and
monitoring of telco base
station power supply units
Management of industrial
uninterruptible power
supply units
Monitoring of Kazakhstan
e-government services
and IT infrastructure
Integrated monitoring of a
telecommunications
operator network
Narrow-band radio station
monitoring system
Data acquisition from
industrial alcohol breath
testing devices and
monitoring of medical
examination stations
Engineering infrastructure
automation in a campus
Monitoring of payment
systems and queues in
McDonald's drive-through
Monitoring and
management of sugar beet
storage
Centralized control of
employee attendance in
remote offices
Forklift fleet
management and
monitoring
Network and engineering
systems monitoring for
oil and gas
infrastructure facilities
Integrated automation of
data center
engineering
infrastructure
A derived out-of-the-box
SCADA/MES/OEE product
for packaging lines
Facility automation of the
Electoral Commission
Building in Namibia
Automation of steam
turbine operation

44. Check our website:
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