Dell Edge Gateway 3000 series is designed for harsh environments, range of use cases

· From 18-wheelers to heater cabinets, grocery refrigeration and remote oil rigs, the Dell Edge Gateway 3000 Series helps keeps truckers safe, food fresh and processes efficient
· Robust design allows customers to activate secure analytics at the edge of the network

· Incorporates industrial-grade capabilities at a maker community-friendly price with leading global support, service and reliability


Dell, the Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure solutions provider, has introduced the new Dell Edge Gateway 3000 Series that offers customers flexibility, connectivity and real-time intelligence from harsh environments and small spaces.

The 3000 Series includes three models targeted specifically for use cases and embedded solutions in the industrial automation, energy, transportation, and digital signage markets. With these new Edge Gateways, customers will be able to securely transfer and analyse important data at the edge of the network to glean real-time intelligence from the physical world. Ideal deployments include a vehicle, a refrigerated trailer, a remote oil pump in the desert, or digital signs in an elevator.

Customers are looking for faster, real-time analysis of the massive amount of data produced by devices on their networks, to perform immediate, smart decision-making. For some, it’s too expensive to move all the data from the edge of the network near the devices to the data centre. Computing at the edge helps determine which data sets are interesting, relevant and need to be sent back to the data centre or the cloud for further analytics and longer term storage, saving bandwidth and reducing costs and security concerns.

“As the number of connected devices becomes more ubiquitous, we know that intelligent computing at the edge of the network is critical. The IoT continues to enhance customer experience, drive business growth and improve lives, making it central to organisations' digital transformation strategies,” said Glen Burrows, VP and GM, OEM and Internet of Things Solutions – APJ, Dell EMC. “The small and mighty 3000 Series opens up new opportunities for our customers and partners to get smarter with their data and make big things happen.”

The Dell Gateway 3000 Series comes with the Dell Command Suite and an optional upgrade to remote manageability through Dell’s Edge Device Manager, allowing customers to manage all their Dell IoT devices through a single tool.

All solutions benefit from Dell’s end-to-end support services, including the base Limited Hardware Warranty[ii], or optional Dell ProSupport[iii] for up to five years, and Dell Deployment services. ProSupport on the Gateway 3000 Series includes proactive, automated support, 24x7 access to ProSupport engineers and Advanced Exchange Service[iv] to minimise downtime with a quick unit replacement. There’s also pre-qualification with over 65 technology and service providers in the Dell IoT Solutions Partner Program; inclusion in more than 20 scalable, repeatable IoT blueprints; and financing options through Dell Financial Services.

The rugged 3000 Series is complementary to its big brother, the 5000 Series, which is designed to excel in fixed use cases that require modular expansion, large sensor networks and more advanced edge analytics. The 3000 Series is ideal for both fixed and mobile use cases requiring smaller sensor networks, tight spaces and more simple analytics.

“The new Dell Edge Gateway 3000 Series powered by Intel provides powerful edge analytics in a compact form factor. The series bridges the data needs of traditional operational technology with the manageability demands of IT,” Ken Caviasca, GM, IoT Group (IOTG), Intel. “We’re excited to continue our collaboration with Dell to help our collective IoT customers connect what matters.”
 
“The fragmented IoT marketplace needs strong leaders guaranteeing long term commitment and proven market credibility. Dell is able to leverage its IoT partner ecosystem and global support organisation to provide complete end-to-end solutions, hereby successfully competing with smaller more specialised vendors,” said Dominique Bonte, MD and VP, ABI Research. “This open platform and ecosystem approach also allows Dell not to alienate potential partners by avoiding competing across the entire value chain with end-to-end proprietary solutions.”

Differentiating features between the three models include:
· Industrial Automation and Energy Management, Model 3001; Multi-function I/O port and programmable serial ports (RS-485/422/232).

· Transportation and Logistics, Model 3002; CAN bus for land/marine protocols, integrated ZigBee for mesh sensor networks.

· Digital Signage and Retail, Model 3003; Display Port output for video displays (2,560x1,600) and 3.5mm line in/line out for quality audio streaming.

While each gateway model is designed to meet core needs in its respective target market, the 3000 Series is suitable to many other industries and use cases. Additional I/O needs can be addressed via third party USB dongles and distributed I/O options as required.

“At Emerson, we need simple, scalable and secure connectivity solutions to help our customers collect data from their industrial equipment and make better business decisions based on that data," said Mike Boudreaux, Director, Connected Services, Emerson. “Working with Dell, we can move faster to bring new reliability and performance services to market. Our work together has enhanced our capabilities, and is a perfect example of how operational technology (OT) and IT partners are critical to success for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) deployments. The Edge Gateway 3000 Series will enable Emerson to create new innovative solutions that deliver real outcomes to our customers’ operations.”

“Our partnership with Dell continues to grow, as our complementary strengths allow us to create innovative, high-value IoT solutions for service providers and enterprise customers across the globe,” said Jason Collins, VP of IoT Marketing at Nokia. “A concrete example is how nicely Nokia’s IMPACT IoT platform works with the Dell Edge Gateway 3000 Series, enabling a range of new IoT use cases with analytics at the edge. Also, Dell is heavily engaged with our IoT community on a variety of projects given that their IoT portfolio is so versatile.”

Eric Duffaut, Chief Customer Officer, Software AG, noted: "The Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to offer business value that goes far beyond operational cost savings, but rather becomes the foundation for crafting new ‘smart’ products and services. However, no single vendor in the IoT ecosystem can do it all. Our partnership with Dell exemplifies this by bringing together the best-in-class streaming, edge and predictive analytics capabilities of our Digital Business Platform and the purpose-built Dell Edge Gateways. This powerful combination enables organisations to monitor, manage and act on fast-moving, Big Data at the edge as well as in the cloud in an instant.”

“We’ve embarked on a digital journey at Weir and IoT will enable us to further enhance the way we serve our global mining, oil and gas and power customers” said Andrew Neilson, Director of Strategy, The Weir Group, which has facilities in Asia Pacific and the Middle East. “Together, we’re building solutions based on Dell Edge Gateways for some of the world’s most challenging industrial environments that will allow us to easily monitor large, remote equipment and make better business decisions based on the data.”

Interested?

The Dell Edge Gateway 3000 Series will be available in end May 2017 in the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region, starting at US$399. For more information visit Dell or contact a Dell EMC OEM Solutions representative.

Accessories are also available. A mounting ecosystem for placement in locations like a factory wall DIN rail or under the hood of an 18-wheeler using the available panel mount bracket that also includes cable retention. Several antennas are also certified to match the integrated wireless capabilities as well as expandable storage up to 64GB via SD card.

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