As agricultural operations increasingly rely on analytics and real-time digital controls, Kognitive Networks steps in to Connect these remote sites using the latest in 5G and satellite technologies. The inherently remote nature of agriculture production presents an ideal opportunity to combine 5G and new satellite technologies, such as SpaceX Starlink, to keep remote sites connected. Kognitive Networks provides comprehensive networking solutions tailored to meet these needs, ensuring rapid deployment of secure connectivity designed for modern agriculture, with the agility to evolve alongside the dynamic demands of today’s agricultural professionals.

The Challenge: Streamlining Connectivity in Agriculture Technology

In AgTech, secure and reliable connectivity is pivotal for operational efficiency and real-time data analytics, overcoming the challenges of remote locations. However, the inherent challenge lies in the diverse and often remote locations of agricultural operations, where traditional connectivity solutions fall short. These challenges include:

• Remote Operations: Many agricultural sites are in locations with limited access to traditional internet services. This necessitates on-site technical expertise for operating and troubleshooting complex equipment, delaying sensitive timelines.
• Operational Efficiency: The integration of Operational Technology (OT) devices, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and data collection systems requires a robust and secure network to manage vast amounts of data and data collection effectively across diverse sites.
• Real-Time Data Collection and Connectivity: For precision farming, real-time data on soil moisture, weather conditions, crop health, and equipment functionality are crucial for timely decisions, and connections must be robust and reliable to enable quick reactions.

The Kognitive Edge: An Innovative Platform That Is Simple to Use

The Kognitive Edge platform emerges as a game-changer for the AgTech industry, offering a comprehensive solution to connect and secure the digital backbone of modern farming. Leveraging the strengths of cloud management, secure remote access, and ultra-reliable bandwidth bonding, the Kognitive Edge offers a tailored approach to meet the unique connectivity demands of agricultural technology.

1. High-Speed Connectivity Everywhere: Through EdgeOS and the SPORT Cloud Service Portal, Kognitive Networks ensures high-speed internet access, managing the connectivity needs of even the most remote agricultural operations securely. This enables the deployment of IoT devices and sensors with real-time management and monitoring for reliable data collection.
2. Secure Data Transmission: The Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) implementation runs 24/7 and ensures that all data transmitted across the network is secure, keeping data transfers private and networks safe from intrusion.
3. Scalable Solutions for AgTech Growth: The Kognitive Edge platform scales efficiently with AgTech growth, supporting the rapid evolution of agricultural technology with Secure and Connected solutions. With available turnkey hardware and a deep software-driven approach, incorporating new technologies and adapting to evolving network infrastructure can be supported without extensive overhauls.
4. Optimized for Wireless, ready for IoT and Remote Management: Remote Access via Konnect™ simplifies operations, specifically designed to allow Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) direct access to end devices. Easy to integrate machinery with OT and IoT data, Konnect™ facilitates access with shareable links to specific ports on networked devices. From drone technology to automated irrigation systems, all connected systems are online and accessible.
5. Tailored Data Management and Usage Controls: Utilizing the innovative Quota Kontrol™, coupled with bandwidth management and data filtering solutions, enables AgTech companies to prioritize essential operations, like operational alarms and control signals, thus ensuring efficient and cost-effective bandwidth allocation. Secondary operations like data backup and employee access can be filtered for content and scheduled with lower priority.

Step into Secure Connectivity—Right Away

• Security: Implementing robust firewall settings, filtering capabilities, and authenticated access ensures the integrity and safety of network operations, perfect for multi-user accounts across diverse sites that are characteristic of agricultural settings.
• Visibility: Real-time insights into WAN status and usage empower AgTech firms with the information needed to make informed decisions about their connectivity and data management strategies.
• Connectivity: Features like remote access to operational data and cost-efficient connectivity solutions support the seamless operation of IoT devices and critical agricultural technologies, fostering a more connected and efficient agricultural ecosystem.

The Kognitive Networks Advantage

With Kognitive Networks, agricultural technology companies can overcome the traditional barriers to connectivity and data management. Our technology not only ensures uninterrupted internet access across vast agricultural lands but also provides the security and scalability needed to embrace the future of farming confidently.

Growing Together with AgTech

Kognitive Networks is committed to empowering the AgTech sector with the connectivity solutions it needs to thrive. As we look to the future, we remain dedicated to innovating and adapting our offerings to support the growth and success of our partners, ensuring that together we can cultivate a more efficient, sustainable, and productive agricultural industry.

First responders need reliable Wireless Internet to connect in every situation. Kognitive Networks offers turnkey networking solutions, leveraging Starlink, 5G, and VSAT, optimized to secure and manage the networks that are crucial for first responders. In the critical field of emergency response, where first responders such as firefighters, paramedics, and police officers rely on swift and effective communication, the need for stable and high-speed internet connectivity cannot be overstated. These professionals face unpredictable and dynamic environments where access to real-time information and seamless communication can be the difference between life and death. Historically, first responders have grappled with unreliable communication systems, resulting in delayed information access and coordination challenges. The integration of advanced connectivity solutions, particularly those leveraging 5G cellular networks and Starlink satellite technology, represents a paradigm shift in addressing these challenges.

The Turning Point: Leveraging Starlink and 5G through Kognitive Edge

Acknowledging the vital need for steadfast connectivity, Kognitive Networks pioneers innovative solutions through the Kognitive Edge platform—with SPORT Service Portal and Konnect remote access technology—specifically designed to Secure and efficiently manage the unique communication demands of first responders. The Kognitive Edge platform ensures uninterrupted access to crucial data and communication tools with its Advanced Bandwidth Bonding—technology that combines the bandwidth of all available internet sources for higher throughput and seamless traffic shaping that maintains an always-on combined internet link without the dropouts seen by basic mobile link failover systems. Konnect technology provides system administrators cloud control with instant remote access for troubleshooting and remote system maintenance, which is complemented by the real-time analytics and edge intelligence in the Kognitive Edge system.

Strategic Implementation: Tailored Solutions for First Responders

The strategic deployment of the Kognitive Edge platform—with native integrated support for the high data rates and quick throughput of Starlink and cellular 5G modems—ensures that first responders can always connect and manage their critical operations effectively. The Kognitive Edge platform handles the connectivity needs of the department and provides efficient access controls for inter-agency communication with agency resources, critical for coordinated emergency response efforts. Konnect technology further empowers first responder teams by providing secure, remote access to network resources, enabling instant connection to Edge-connected devices from any cloud-connected device using shareable links that can be opened in any browser with two-factor authentication. This capability is crucial for making sure networked mobile systems are working and can facilitate immediate troubleshooting with remote assistance, replacing the need for traditional remote desktop protocols.

A Balanced Approach: Optimizing Network Use

To manage network usage effectively and ensure that critical communication channels remain prioritized, Kognitive Networks implements tiered usage controls and traffic policies with its innovative Quota Kontrol technology. This tool allows for the delineation of operational data needs, ensuring that first responders have uninterrupted access to the information they require while balancing the concern of exceeding data limits or incurring overage charges.

The Outcome: Enhanced Operational Efficiency and Improved Emergency Response

The integration of Kognitive Networks’ solutions improves the efficiency and effectiveness of systems that merge mobile access and fixed resources. First responders key benefits include:

• Uninterrupted Operations: Ensures reliable communication for better coordination and faster response times, keeping mobile sources connected with Advanced Bandwidth Bonding.
• Optimized Data Usage: Maximizes the utilization of available data without exceeding limits using Quota Kontrol.
• Single Pane of Glass Management: Improves decision-making, maintenance, and operational effectiveness through real-time access to information through the SPORT Service Portal and Konnect remote access technology.

Kognitive Networks’ commitment to equipping first responders with cutting-edge connectivity solutions, leveraging the power of Starlink and 5G through the Kognitive Edge platform and Konnect technology, is transforming emergency response strategies. By providing a reliable, high-speed communication infrastructure, Kognitive Networks is not only enhancing operational efficiency but also contributing significantly to the safety and well-being of communities, underscoring the critical role of advanced technology in emergency response scenarios.

With consumers now well-versed in instant comparison shopping and accustomed to two-day delivery for most products, the retail environment must present a compelling and streamlined experience to continue enticing people to shop in person. Kognitive Networks understands that storefronts must be dynamic, network outages are unacceptable, and retail owners need to be cost-competitive to thrive.

Connect

The Kognitive Edge network management platform excels in connectivity, harnessing the latest in 5G and Starlink technologies, along with wired or fiber connections, through intuitive SD-WAN controls. With standard and advanced bandwidth bonding, Kognitive Networks delivers robust connectivity that works right out of the box.

Secure

Kognitive Networks fortifies your digital frontier, integrating cutting-edge Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) technology to safeguard every data transaction and communication on your network. Integrated workflows simplify the setup of advanced network topologies, enabling secure access across multiple platforms while maintaining secure interfaces with both private and public cloud services.

Manage

Cloud Management, as standard, provides a single pane of glass from which in-house or third-party expertise can be leveraged across diverse sites. Deploy systems from the cloud, reduce site visits by troubleshooting and addressing issues remotely, and manage connectivity costs with full transparency through real-time and historical reporting.

Wireless Aware, Software First, Workflow Integrated

A Midwest-based retailer that partnered with Kognitive Networks experienced immediate and long-term improvements in their network operations. After implementing the Kognitive Edge with Starlink and 5G at their remote warehouses and operation centers, they managed to reduce connection disruptions, fine-tune wireless usage, eliminate overage charges, and ultimately lower overall network costs. The following three retail use cases explore how partnering with Kognitive Networks can improve operations and drive retailers toward enhancing their bottom line.

Case 1: UNINTERRUPTED SERVICE AND NETWORK RESILIENCE

Maintaining Connectivity When and Where It Matters

In the retail sector, network instability frequently leads to transaction failures, security risks, and logistical problems. A single hour of network downtime can cost retailers over $5 million, and the ripple effects include operational delays, strained customer relationships with reduced customer confidence, and loss of business opportunities. The need for a reliable network is paramount, especially as retail tech becomes more complex and reliant on stable connections (Opengear, 2023).

Connect with Kognitive Edge™ Advanced Bandwidth Bonding and Konnect™ Technology

Traditional network management approaches might offer basic failover and bandwidth optimization solutions, but the Kognitive Edge™ elegantly handles dropouts and congestion with dynamic WAN source failover and bandwidth bonding. Through the Kognitive Edge™, the Advanced Bandwidth Bonding and Konnect™ technology ensure uninterrupted service, effectively managing connections to maintain operational resilience against outages. With content filtering and prioritization features that can be specifically tailored for the retail environment, a single internet outage or general slowdown can be handled without issue. Critical operations like POS systems remain unaffected, while non-critical convenience networks are separate, secure, and dynamically allotted only the amount of bandwidth that won’t interfere with daily business. To complement higher availability, Konnect™ remote connectivity enables precision remote configuration and troubleshooting that reduces the need for on-site IT interventions, making network management efficient and cost-effective.

Great Results without Disruption

With the Kognitive Edge™, retailers experience a distinct reduction in network outages, ensuring continuous operations and transaction processing that quickly translate into a high Return on Investment (ROI). Enhancing network stability increases customer satisfaction by maximizing performance at immediate customer touchpoints; backend systems benefit from high availability that keeps a business running, no matter the source of disruption. A robust network infrastructure driven by Kognitive Networks enables retailers to adopt more advanced technologies and support IoT/OT devices to further improve security and customer experience, two important metrics that directly drive the bottom line.

Case 2: ZERO DAY INSTALLS & CLOUD CONTROL

The Speed of Business: No Time for a Technician

Rapidly setting up reliable network connectivity in new retail locations or during special events is a significant challenge for retailers, often leading to operational delays and missed business opportunities. In today’s fast-paced retail environment, the inability to promptly establish network connections can result in lost revenue and complicated, stressful launches (Extreme Networks, 2023). With construction schedules and varying staff availability, having to wait for a physical network install before building out the digital configuration can drag out project timelines for months and months.

Manage Scalability with the Wireless Aware Kognitive Edge™ and Zero Touch Installs

While traditional network management solutions depend heavily on wired connectivity, the Kognitive Edge™ offers an agile multi-carrier/multi-technology wireless management solution with out-of-box compatibility for LTE/5G and the newest LEO satellite networks: Starlink now, and soon, OneWeb / Kuiper / AST. Deploying networks using wireless technology ensures immediate connectivity, taking the serial nature of network installation and physical issues out of the equation. With cloud-managed configuration and connectivity, deploying the Kognitive Edge feels truly software defined—scaling quickly is simple with digital system registration and remote system profile for a Zero Touch Installation. Once wired services become available, they can be instantly integrated into the individual system manually or by remotely loading stored configurations from the cloud for consistency across entire deployments.

No Delays on Opening Day, Simple Transitions to Everyday Operations

Launching an initiative with the Kognitive Edge™ allows retailers to ease into new stores or hosted events without the fear of day-one connectivity issues. This immediate network availability from the onset enhances customer engagement and ensures a seamless customer experience from the moment the doors open. Moving forward, new sites become immediately integrated into the existing network topology without having to modify the network stack.

Case 3: WIRELESS FREEDOM

Rural connectivity—Are there hidden costs?

With new wireless networks, high-bandwidth links are available in every corner of the globe, but costs can quickly skyrocket as new networks come online if users and usage patterns continue to behave as they did on unlimited-use wired internet links. As new users in remote areas gain access to this high-speed internet, misuse and security problems start to manifest as the networks see more traffic.

Secure Content Filtering to Limit Use, Traffic Shaping with Quota Kontrol™

Kognitive Networks addresses this challenge through a combination of content filtering of applications and site access for users and with the advanced usage-based traffic policies in Quota Kontrol™. A metering platform built around usage policy for cutting-edge metered wireless technologies like satellite links and LTE/5G, Quota Kontrol™ makes intelligent traffic routing decisions based on overall usage. When usage approaches pre-set quotas, access controls automatically adjust device access and link use to keep within defined usage criteria. This approach ensures responsible usage of high-speed, low-latency connections while also controlling costs, crucial for maintaining consistent service and staying within budget.

Stay Cost-Competitive with High-Speed Connectivity

Retailers equipped with the Kognitive Edge™ enjoy responsible use of high-quality connectivity, expanding access to new sites while staying within budgets. Controlled access networks keep users safe while reserving bandwidth for essential business operations. Spending less resources on unanticipated overage costs allows these retailers time and capital to invest in new technologies that drive engagement and the bottom line.