The Octave data orchestration platform makes it easier than ever for your business to securely extract, act on and benefit from IoT data. But Sierra Wireless is also transforming the way developers can create and manage their data-driven applications and the ways that businesses consume them.
First, we’re reimagining connectivity pricing to make it more transparent, predictable and controllable. One of the biggest barriers enterprises face in planning a new IoT application is accurately estimating connectivity costs. Cellular carriers typically offer per-Megabyte pricing. But how can you know how much bandwidth you’ll need before you’re well into your proof-of-concept? How can you be confident that the economics will work? Without clear pricing visibility, developers also struggle to build effective data usage controls into their applications. Even if they have an accurate sense of the amount of asset data they will be collecting, they typically cannot predict—or programmatically control—data used for network signaling and overhead, management and firmware over-the-air (FOTA) updates. With the Octave platform, Sierra Wireless brings economic simplicity and predictability to IoT implementations with the industry’s first message-based pricing model. One fixed service fee for the platform covers full access to the LPWAN network, development tools, cloud APIs and connectors, and all overhead traffic, including over-the-air software updates. Beyond that, our pooled message-based pricing ensures that you only pay for the data you need, when you need it. We take the guesswork out of developing your IoT application and provide the tools to calculate exactly how much your application will cost, so you can develop and validate your business model with confidence.
Along with the platform itself, Sierra Wireless provides a comprehensive set of tools and resources to help developers build amazing IoT applications. You also have the support of a thriving community of developers who are actively working with the platform. Community support includes open-source tools, code repositories, forums and ongoing support. For more details, visit SWI developer tools.
