This week we present the report that El Mundo has published on Boonder, The tool that Agrego Sistemas has developed to meet the connection needs of the devices.
Josep Miquel Sánchez, Boonder's CTO, explains that the development of this solution is based on the idea of creating an interconnectivity system through the Internet that is similar to radio: «A sort of platform that allows for transparent connectivity between different operators, so that it is not necessary to ask each operator to connect».
As reported in El Mundo, Boonder's technology replaces network hardware with software, making it capable of creating software-defined networks over the Internet to facilitate large-scale connectivity. In a metaphorical way, it would be a matter of replacing the rails of an address with fast, information-laden highways. An idea that allows them to create a network infrastructure using the connectivity available at each location, regardless of the operator.
In practical terms, Boonder improves Internet connectivity in areas where service is scarce. Josep Miquel Sánchez qualifies: «It allows us to go to industrial estates where fiber optics does not reach. For example, in a rural house in a small town with connectivity problems, this technology can take advantage of existing infrastructures, whether ADSL, fiber optic or 3G, to extend the bandwidth and provide connection.
«By creating virtual cables and connecting systems, I can establish a particular network using the Internet as if it were a broadcast space. A node that is able to connect to different virtual devices regardless of the type of network,» says Sanchez.
As a main advantage, Boonder provides a increased security in the systems. Given the network aggregation on which it is based, it not only ensures greater bandwidth connectivity, but the network is also abstracted from all Internet infrastructure issues.
Which companies are using Boonder?
The system has already been used to provide industrial parks with connectivity and also in certain areas of municipalities in the areas of home automation. In this way, they have more data to prevent errors or failures.
It has already been implemented in the machine network. Novell coffee pots. Sánchez explains that in order to guarantee the proper functioning and to have control over the demand for coffee, each one of the machines is connected to the company's central system: «It allows them to monitor the consumption of capsules in the bars», explains Sánchez.
In practical terms, establishing this connection between machines in different premises and the central office would require a technician to make the network connection. However, this technology incorporated in the coffee machine only involves a procedure similar to that of a smartphone connecting to the Wi-Fi network.
Sanchez also explained in El Mundo that Boonder is developing a system to determine whether there will be a epidemic. There are trends to do real-time analysis on the farms themselves without touching the animal, just looking at microorganisms such as viruses and bacteria that are in the air. Boonder's CTO puts it this way: «If I am able to take samples from the air, extract the parameters and send them to the data control center, from the samples obtained it will be possible to define certain patterns that occur during epidemics.» This information, cross-referenced with real-time Google searches, would make it possible to begin to see epidemic movements.
Another application of Boonder's management is the maintenance of the Bsh company pools. They control, remotely, the level of chlorine in the water and regulate it thanks to the data collected by the built-in sensors. This technology makes it possible to remotely control pool water quality, receive alerts and modify chlorine levels.