Article Life on the edge with Antonio, Dave, and Mark We’ve talked about Atlas Edge a lot in this edition of the Atlas World With solving that problem a high priority, three of our bright minds have Magazine and for good reason! It was a focal point of one of the largest been working on simple edge device deployment within Atlas and have innovation projects we’ve been involved in, WeldZero, which wrapped made great strides. It has involved a combination of under-the-hood this year. It’s also a product that was born out of our involvement in the developments to the Atlas Platform, processes mapped within Atlas Play, innovation sphere. and a lot of time and effort. These factors are coming together to make a straightforward route to deployment of simple edge devices in any business Watching its birth and growth, especially over the last 12 months, has been that might need them. fascinating and exciting for us behind the scenes. One of the growing pains around the product is the complexity and time commitment that comes One of the real joys of this venture is that it uses each element of the Atlas with deploying an edge device. Platform to its advantage. Play is used to design and deliver a process that collects the data and information about the device that needs to be Even experienced technicians and engineers can take up to two days to deployed. Optimise stores the configuration of your deployable devices. complete the process. When you have a factory full of equipment that Boost collects the data from the connected device, enabling the creation of needs to be retrofitted with edge connected sensors, that’s going to be dashboards and data visualisation. And, of course, Edge connects your IT a problem. systems to the deployed device. ATLAS WORLD MAGAZINE AUTUMN, 2022