IoT: from sensor to dashboard

IoT refers to technologies embedded in physical devices – such as smart appliances, sensors or machines. IoT applications have particular requirements: device management, data storage, data transfer and security, device networking and cloud integration. The centron infrastructure carries exactly these requirements.

Scalability, easy integration, secure data processing and reliable operation should be the focus. As an IoT cloud provider, centron supports small businesses, startups and growing IoT companies with simple, scalable and cost-efficient cloud infrastructure – an open platform that reliably connects devices with powerful cloud resources.

An IoT platform connects devices, applications and data processing in one central environment. Depending on the project, virtual machines, Kubernetes, S3 Object Storage, APIs, monitoring, databases and security solutions are used.

Object storage for real-time IoT data stores large, constantly growing data volumes flexibly and cost-efficiently. The data lake approach on S3 Object Storage allows raw data to be collected and made available for analyses, dashboards and machine learning pipelines – see also AI data lake.

The architecture scales accordingly: a pilot runs on a small VM, whilst larger fleets distribute ingestion and processing via Kubernetes – the AutoScaler adds nodes as the number of devices and measurement frequency increase.

Companies that want to connect sensors, machines, devices or digital platforms – particularly relevant for industry and manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, smart cities, and energy and building management.

IoT applications often process sensitive device, location or usage data. Data protection, access controls, encrypted data transmission and secure storage are therefore especially important – at centron in C5-attested German data centres.

Connect devices flexibly, store large data volumes reliably and scale applications as demand grows: highly available IoT infrastructure, automated data processing and less effort for your own hardware – fully managed on request with managed servers.

The starting prices are deliberately low: Kubernetes from €29.99 per month, volumes from €0.05 per GB per month and S3 Object Storage from €5.00 per month. New accounts receive a €200 starting credit valid for 60 days – you can calculate your specific configuration transparently in the price calculator.

Yes. In IoT scenarios, personal data is often identified without anyone realising – movement profiles can be derived from location, usage or sensor data. At centron, telemetry and data analysis remain in Germany, without having to go via third-party platforms. The data centres are certified to ISO 27001 on the basis of IT-Grundschutz; for ccloud³ / Managed Cloud there is an unrestricted BSI C5:2020 Type 1 attestation. Further details can be found in the Trust Centre.