No connection to IoT? You will be connected!

McKinsey's Global Institute predicts that the IoT will have an economic impact of between 3.9 and 11.1 trillion US dollars by 2025. IoT refers to the networking between real or virtual objects that are connected via digital networks. This allows automated processes to run - even without the intervention of a user. Networked solutions and services therefore reduce operating costs, increase efficiency and expand the customer base far beyond existing business and national borders.

However, in order to exploit the potential of the new connectivity technology along their own value chain, companies need to prepare for it properly. Many are hesitant, but converting or expanding their own system to include IoT is not as complicated or expensive as feared.

IoT is already being implemented efficiently

For Geutebrück, a manufacturer of image-based video security solutions, IoT is no longer "new territory". The company's self-developed fail-safe solutions have long been based on this principle. Redundant recorders or servers run in the video system and automatically take over the functionality of other components as soon as they fail - without the need for direct user intervention.

About Geutebrück

Geutebrück is one of the global market leaders for video systems "Made in Germany". The company's customer and project list primarily includes medium-sized and large companies looking to make savings in their supply chain, as well as cities, public authorities and a wide range of institutions with requirements for reliable security.

The family-owned company supplies all components from a single source. Geutebrück employs more than 250 people worldwide and has customers in over 70 countries. Founded in 1970 by Thomas Geutebrück literally in a garage, Geutebrück is now run by the second generation, his daughter Katharina and her husband Christoph Hoffmann. The company headquarters, production facility and development center are located in Windhagen.

IoT has an ideal application in automated yard management. License plates are recognized by a camera. As soon as a registered vehicle drives up, the command to open the plant barrier is issued. Other subsequent events, such as the opening of the target ramp or the activation of additional cameras, can be initiated at the same time. There are virtually no limits to the possibilities of allowing external systems to "see" with cameras - at least from a technical point of view.

Interfaces: Translators between the software worlds

An interface is required to enable different products to communicate with external systems. It is the connection point for data exchange. An interface "communicates" by converting the language of its own system into that of the third-party system or vice versa. A distinction is made between G-Core integrations, software development kits (SDK) and G-Link.

G-Core integration as a connection

The integration server connects G-Core with several third-party systems and thus creates a centrally operable overall system.

The G-Core integration is a connector manufactured by Geutebrück that fits the connected third-party system exactly. Put simply, G-Core communicates in the language of the customer. G-Core/OpenData is an example of integration. It is an interface between the Geutebrück video management system G-Core and potentially all ERP systems or databases that support the standardized Open Data interface. G-Core/OpenData enables additional metadata from the respective ERP system to be activated when an "event" is triggered, for example by scanning a package.

With the SDK, Geutebrück provides the customer with a programming platform with which Geutebrück solutions can be precisely integrated. All SDKs contain comprehensive documentation and numerous development examples.

G-Link was designed to implement connections quickly and easily according to customer requirements. The integration server connects G-Core with several third-party systems and thus creates a completely centrally operable overall system. G-Link is an adapter that understands and interprets the various event messages from all connected security systems and transmits them to the other systems in an understandable format. From the fire alarm system, access control or intruder alarm system to video analysis, the various components can be integrated into one system.

Geutebrück currently offers around 150 different interfaces. All interfaces combine an existing, image-based security system into a complex, centrally operable, homogeneous overall system.

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