Twilio Expands IoT Offering with Introduction of Microvisor IoT Platform
September 30 2020 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Twilio IoT expands beyond cellular connectivity
to solve end-to-end infrastructure challenges for IoT builders
SIGNAL 2020 — Twilio (NYSE:TWLO), the leading cloud
communications platform, today announced a major expansion of the
company’s IoT offerings with the launch of Microvisor, an IoT
connectivity and device management platform that offers embedded
developers a one stop shop for building connected devices, keeping
them secure, and managing them through their lifetime. Twilio aims
to significantly accelerate IoT adoption by providing as much
critical but common infrastructure as possible, so that IoT teams
can focus on delivering unique value to businesses and consumers.
To learn more about Microvisor, visit the Twilio blog and sign up
for our webinar on November 5th.
“While Super SIM solved the cellular connectivity challenge for
IoT builders, we quickly learned that customers were still
wrestling with the other foundational aspects of embedded software
that are unique to IoT,” said Evan Cummack, general manager of
Twilio IoT. “Microvisor is the only platform that offers embedded
developers the conveniences of a fully managed IoT platform, while
giving them the freedom to craft their embedded software exactly
how they’ve always done.”
“Twilio IoT has enabled us to adapt to disruptive industry
trends and build new IoT solutions fast, without compromising
critical security or reliability,” said Raj Krishnamurthy, CEO at
Freespace, a workplace technology solutions company. Freespace
built a “return to work” solution on Twilio using IoT sensors and
digital signage that allow facility managers to safely re-open
large office spaces during the pandemic. “Whether it’s taking care
of critical security or allowing us to write embedded code that
will work reliably and long-lived, Twilio has proven to be a
rock-solid partner for the long run.”
In order to deploy a fleet of connected devices, IoT builders
have to solve for device security, reliable connectivity,
over-the-air firmware upgrades and connectivity issues — all of
which require specific domain expertise and none of which
contribute to the product experience of a device. This complexity
contributes to a high rate of failure for IoT projects. The new
Microvisor platform abstracts away many of the common
infrastructure challenges burdening IoT developers by offering:
- Lifetime Managed Security: A one-time fee will take care
of constant monitoring of vulnerabilities and applying security
patches to the devices and involved cloud components, performed by
Twilio.
- Fail-safe over-the-air code debugging and updates:
Developers can debug devices remotely, wherever in the world they
are deployed, and push code updates frequently and safely, without
worrying about breaking the device with a bad update.
- Support for any language & embedded OS: The
architecture of Microvisor lets developers reuse any existing
embedded code and continue developing in the language and embedded
OS of their choice. This is achieved using Arm® TrustZone® hardware
isolation technology, which is now becoming available for Cortex®-M
microprocessors, and is supported on select STMicroelectronics®
chips.
With Microvisor, IoT builders can expect lower development
costs, faster time to market and the agility to innovate, while
relying on Twilio to maintain the critical security and the ability
to push code updates not only at deployment time, but for the
lifetime of the device. Microvisor brings the agility and
resiliency of cloud computing to the world of embedded devices and
IoT.
In order to build the world’s leading customer engagement
platform, Twilio developed deep expertise interfacing with
telecommunications networks around the world — this expertise
enabled Twilio to make Super SIM the best option for global
cellular IoT connectivity. With Microvisor, Twilio expands its IoT
ambitions to leverage the company’s true secret sauce: developer
experience, developer relations, and the creation and operation of
a mission-critical developer platform that scales from innovators
to enterprises.
Microvisor enters private beta at SIGNAL 2020. To request
inclusion in the beta program, visit twilio.com/iot.
About Twilio
Millions of developers around the world have used Twilio to
unlock the magic of communications to improve any human experience.
Twilio has democratized communications channels like voice, text,
chat, video, and email by virtualizing the world’s communications
infrastructure through APIs that are simple enough for any
developer to use, yet robust enough to power the world’s most
demanding applications. By making communications a part of every
software developer’s toolkit, Twilio is enabling innovators across
every industry — from emerging leaders to the world’s largest
organizations — to reinvent how companies engage with their
customers.
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