Network Resilience for Your Transportation Network
The global economy thrives on the seamless movement of people and goods. Individual cargo ships transport 8,000 containers on a single voyage. Mass transit systems carry over 53 billion riders each year, while over 8.8 billion passengers flow through airports around the world.
Think about the impact of a system outage or technology glitch on the processing of people and products. Missed connections, delayed baggage, and unsafe environments are just some of the implications. Unplanned downtime happens for multiple reasons – a device breaks down from operating 24/7, a networking change disturbs an OT system, a cyber incident halts a critical process.
The transportation industry relies on a resilient network for airplanes, trains, semi-trucks, mass transit to meet demanding on-time schedules for corporate and consumer deliveries. The global economy and supply chain logistics depends on trouble-free freight handoffs between cargo ships, trains, semi-trucks before the component or products arrives at the warehouse or final destination. Having network visibility and access to real-time data helps transportation companies assess, react, and adjust for an efficient and on-time delivery. In transportation every minute counts, operators can lose valuable time trying to understand and address issues that arise. Imagine the benefits of proactively identifying potential equipment problems and spotting cyber threats before they disrupt operations?
A Gearlinx™ NR4400 Network Resilience Platform provides transportation networks secure remote access, cellular connectivity plus failover, and automation so the network team can deploy, manage, and remediate network infrastructure no matter its location.
Transportation Connectivity. No network. No delivery.
A ship earns money only when she’s at sea maximizing time spent on the water (uptime) and minimizing time spent in dock (downtime), an airline only makes money when wheels are up and completing flights, a semi-truck only makes money when it’s moving on the highway. Everything is on a time schedule therefore a cloud-based network resilience solution provides the scale, reach, and uninterrupted connectivity to access route and operations information, as well as communicating with drivers, chief mates, pilots, or fleet managers.
A cloud-based telematics solution provides operational data that enables continuous improvement in the supply chain and delivery of goods and services. It sends and receives GPS satellite information from the transportation asset, sends the location to a cellular network, that sends the data to edge servers and data centers for real time tracking. Uber and Lyft have perfected the experience for the consumer by connecting them to the driver that tracks the car location, arrival times based on traffic or construction, fastest route, and average driving speed.
Network downtime creates transportation bottle necks and telematics provides no value if the network or data center is unreachable. As we move towards autonomous vehicles there will be a larger reliance on edge compute or putting the edge data center where the drivers are located. Edge technologies are essential to minimize cost and maximize service.
Gearlinx™ network resilience solutions ensure transportation companies can stay connected, no matter their location.
Network Resilience as a Service™. What you need when you need it.
The Gearlinx™ Network Resilience as a Service™ consumption model is ideal for today’s transportation companies who desire to convert from a capital expenditure (CAPEX) to operating expenditure (OPEX) model. The NRAAS™ consumption model provides businesses greater cost savings, pay-as-you-go flexibility, resource scale, and faster time to market.
The NRAAS™ consumption based OPEX model enables businesses to pay for their network infrastructure when they need it and as they need it. This approach offers cost management benefits and helps businesses avoid unforeseen expenses. NRAAS™ also offers operational enhancements that can enhance efficiency and effectiveness, resulting in increased productivity and lower costs. Given its ability to generate an immediate net positive return on investment, NRAAS™ is a great investment for businesses of any size.
Operational Resilience Simplified (ORAAS™)
Gearlinx™ Operational Resilience as a Service™ (ORAAS) simplifies cost management, streamlines operations, and reduces downtime for transportation companies. The service is based on a subscription model, and it includes features such as Total OOB™, cellular failover, innovative automation, monitoring and reporting, incident management, and IT service management. By using Gearlinx™ ORAAS, transportation companies will improve and simplify their operational efficiency while reducing costs associated with managing and maintaining their network infrastructure.
The ZERO ORAAS™ platform provides a centralized view of your Gearlinx™ fleet and 3rd party devices in data centers, colocations, warehouses, sales offices, and remote edge sites. It gives the network team and operations complete control of their network along with the information they need to make operational improvements and life-cycle management. It puts your network team in control of the information so your business is more agile and can make real-time fiscal budgeting decisions.
Transportation companies can unlock the power and flexibility of the ZERO ORAAS™ platform to manage their network and business by ensuring operational simplicity and life-cycle management. With so many assets to track and manage, it only makes sense to have secure remote access to your cloud network of routers, switches, firewalls, servers and a single source of truth of your network, device locations, subscriptions, serial numbers, warranty and support.
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ZERO ORAAS™ platform is the foundation of not only network resilience, but operational resilience for life-cycle management of your fleet. It is your single pane of management of all your downstream Gearlinx™ devices, locations, and the status of the devices connected to them. Subscription status, serial numbers, warranty information, technical support, all at your fingertips.
The NR4400 Network Resilience Platform and ORAAS™ subscription allow a transportation enterprise the flexibility to scale up sites and locations as they want or need to. The NR4400 was designed to provide the innovation and technology for the most demanding network environments. Total OOB™ for secure remote access, 4G LTE and failover, advanced automation, and cloud-based centralized management.
The Duckfone™ and ORAAS™ subscription provides reliable, flexible 4G LTE connectivity or failover for any device. It can cellular enable or failover a router, switch, firewall, kiosk, atm machine, or any IoT device. Just plug it in and go!
Gearlinx™ delivers business continuity for the Transportation industry.