(Newswire.net — November 24, 2020) —  Managing large groups of smart devices can come with a slew of problems that, if unattended, can derail the whole project. This is why you need the right platform, such as an LwM2M server, to easily control all your devices, regardless of the scope of your project and the challenges it poses. Learn how to avoid failure with our tips on how to best deal with deployments at scale.

Consider device accessibility

One thing you need to remember is that your devices, once planted, are very likely not to be easily accessible later. This is either because they will be in hard-to-reach places or it won’t make business sense to send anyone to retrieve them when the need arises, due to the sheer effort this would require. So you need to make sure that you have a way of “reaching” them virtually to ensure proper lifecycle management, including upgrades or decommissioning.

Find a way to overcome variety

Typically the bigger the scope of your project, the more heterogeneous your device pool is – some may serve different purposes, some may be legacy solutions etc. Unless you find a way to “divide and conquer,” i.e. label your devices and run group tasks, you may quickly lose control of your assets. This is why you need to make certain that whatever tool you use to handle your devices is versatile enough to cope with all of them and has flexible grouping mechanisms that make it easier for you to make sense of and control your resources.

Take hold of your data

A lot of devices also means a lot of data, which can be a blessing (if you use it well) or a curse (if you let it overwhelm you). Once you’ve established a lasting connection with all the different devices, you need to look into solutions that will make it easy for you to aggregate and analyze the information, so that you can use it to your advantage and make smarter business decisions that will bring a return on the investment you made into your device pool.

Key takeaways

As we’ve established, what you need to manage large groups of devices are: a way to handle constrained devices regardless of where they are; means of grouping and managing them in bulk; and tools to collect and aggregate the data they generate for future use. Now, how to achieve that? Well, there hardly is a better way than to invest in an LwM2M server that will basically do all of that for you, so you can truly focus on running your business, rather than micromanage the tools!