The Outcome
Scalable, efficient, sanitation tech
With this foundation in place, Zan Compute can scale in any direction. The end result is a higher fidelity product and end-user experiences.
Soracom gives Zan Compute a solution for connectivity that balances cost with reliable coverage, technical capability, and control, allowing the team to focus on delivering value and peace of mind to their end users.
“The service companies will benefit because they can deliver more bang for the buck, the property owners will benefit because they can save money as well provide better experience to their occupants, and occupants will benefit because they get a much better experience in the property,” says Sridharan.
Soracom helps to support this effort by giving the Zan Compute team complete control over the wireless connection between remote sensors and Zan Compute’s powerful AI backend. In addition to a built-in console and API for network management, Soracom also delivers:
Data Ubiquity
While most installation sites may be blanketed by multiple, overlapping Wi-Fi networks, onboarding Zan Compute’s smart sensors to those networks presents multiple issues related to network security, connection reliability, and locus of control. To avoid the need for local network onboarding, Zan Compute sensors typically communicate with a gateway that, in turn, connects over cellular to a backend on the cloud. This minimizes both technical and business risk and lets Zan Compute systems “drop in” with minimal customer effort and virtually no local oversight required.
Network Integrity
The Zan Compute team has begun to experiment with the capabilities of Soracom Peek. This new service, released in July 2020, provides on-demand packet capture for IoT networks. With Peek, Zan Compute can inspect the network behavior of devices without setting up servers to mirror or inspect traffic.
Expansion Potential
Soracom makes it possible for Zan Compute to scale its operations at exactly the right time. It is clear that the company’s technology will be critical to COVID-19 recovery and reopening efforts.
“We believe that, post-COVID, demand for our solution is going to grow multi-fold, so we do see potential for significant growth in the coming year,” says Sridharan.
Zan Compute is leading the way toward smarter, more hygienic buildings and cities. For customers, their solutions are already helping to optimize labor costs, better predict supply requirements, and direct resources to those areas where cleaning is needed most. For the rest of us, we may simply find that the world around us gets steadily cleaner and safer thanks to Zan Compute’s pioneering vision for smart custodial systems driven by machine learning and the power of the cloud.