Sensinode has unveiled its NanoServices strategy for the delivery and support of applications for the Embedded Web. A key component is the new NanoService Platform, which provides a Web service application development environment and network management solution.  See “Unleashing the Internet of Things”. Features include: resource discovery and management, eventing, semantic naming, semantic search and end-to-end security. These are said to provide the basis for Web services optimized for the constraints of M2M apps. 

The platform is a flexible and scalable, which facilitates deployment on private server, private cloud or public cloud environments. It enables a directory and semantic lookup of all M2M nodes and resources in the system, provides transparent proxy services between the traditional Internet and constrained-resource protocols, and supports an eventing (asynchronous push) model. The latter is critical to the effectiveness of embedded web applications.

Adam Gould, chief executive officer of Sensinode said, “The Internet of Things and its myriad of different services and applications has a unique set of constraints compared to normal Internet devices, in terms of cost, size and power consumption. These constraints necessitate a new set of features and services to make embedded Web services a reality.” 

He continued, “We call these NanoServices, and we are delivering tools at the network node, router and service management level. This will allow our customers to rapidly develop custom applications using standard Web tools, while at the same time making the details of the wireless network transparent.”

The architecture for the embedded web includes new device-level and Web application libraries. The platform represents an environment for easy development of standard REST (Representational State Transfer) applications, while conforming to standards such as CoAP (Constrained Application Protocol) and compact messaging protocols, including EXI (Efficient XML Exchange). For an encore it supports M2M networks of up to 20 million nodes and up to 100 million daily transactions per cluster.