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Building a Smart IoT Platform for Seamless Device Management

About Client

Our esteemed client is a leading provider of innovative smart home solutions. With a mission to simplify and enhance the way people interact with their homes that aims to create a seamless ecosystem of interconnected smart devices for modern homeowners.

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Challenges

The client approached us with the ambitious goal of developing an advanced IoT platform that would consolidate various smart devices into a unified and user-friendly ecosystem. The platform must satisfy these requirements

  • Seamlessly integrating an array of smart devices such as cameras, floodlights, sirens, and thermostats, each with distinct protocols and communication methods.
  • Supporting complex scene control and rule-based automation that would allow users to create customized scenarios for their smart devices.
  • Ensuring real-time communication between devices and the mobile app, while managing data synchronization and minimizing latency, was a considerable challenge.
  • As the number of connected devices would vary greatly among users, the platform needed to scale dynamically and maintain high availability.

Our Approach

To address these challenges and provide the client with a cutting-edge IoT platform, our team devised the following solutions:

  • Creating a device abstraction layer using React Native, allowing seamless integration of various devices by standardizing communication protocols and data formats. This approach enabled us to rapidly onboard new devices.
  • Leveraging the power of Kubernetes and Knative to design a microservices architecture that ensured each device’s interaction with the platform was modular and independent. This facilitated easier maintenance and scalability.
  • Implementing Kafka as the event streaming backbone, enabling real-time communication between devices and the mobile app. Kafka’s fault tolerance and scalability ensured reliable data transmission.
  • Seamlessly integrated the mobile app through custom RestAPIs with various digital health devices, enabling real-time health data tracking and integration, thus empowering patients and healthcare providers with accurate insights.
  • Developing an intelligent rule engine to handle complex automation scenarios that utilized MongoDB for storing user-defined rules and Pulsar Client for real-time rule processing. This allowed users to create sophisticated automation scenarios with ease.
  • Leveraging AWS cloud services to implement serverless components for specific functionalities, ensuring efficient resource utilization and cost-effectiveness.

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Results

  • Achieved an impressive 99.99% uptime, demonstrating its robust architecture and reliability.
  • Real-time communication was achieved with an average latency of 100ms, enhancing user experience and responsiveness.
  • The intelligent rule engine processed automation scenarios 50% faster, thanks to the optimized use of Pulsar Client for real-time event processing.
  • The platform is dynamically scaled to accommodate 100,000 concurrent device connections without compromising performance.
  • Post-launch surveys indicated a 90% user satisfaction rate, reflecting the platform’s intuitive design and advanced functionalities.

Client's Testimonials

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Why Choose US ?

TPS Software – The Leading Software Development Company in Viet Nam

We specialize in providing  software solutions to businesses of all sizes. Our team of experienced developers is dedicated to delivering high-quality, scalable, and cost-effective software products that meet the unique needs of our clients. We work closely with our clients to ensure that we understand their specific needs and goals, and we are committed to delivering results that exceed their expectations.

Industry Experience
Extensive knowledge in working with clients from several business verticals, various technologies challenge and projects with different types and sizes

Certified Software Development Expertise
Accredited CMMi Level 3 for Mature Quality Management System and ISO 27001 for certified information security management system

Comprehensive Software Project Management
Client’s projects are managed by a dedicated product consulting team with excellent technical experience, master in Agile, Scum methodologies and well-versed in all the latest technology stacks.

Proven Track Record
We have successfully delivered over 180+ projects to clients worldwide and 90% of them became long-term partners.