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05 · Connected & Real-time Systems

Software for things that happen in real time.

Some systems can’t wait for a page refresh: devices reporting from the field, operators watching a fleet, teams editing the same document. We build the platforms, pipelines and apps that keep them in sync.

When teams call us

You might be here because…

  1. 01You have devices in the field and need a platform to provision, monitor and update them.
  2. 02Your telemetry arrives faster than your system can store or make sense of it.
  3. 03Users expect presence, live updates and collaboration, not polling.
  4. 04You need an app that works on a factory floor, a vehicle or a site with poor connectivity.
  5. 05Your hardware team needs a software partner for everything above the firmware.

01What we build

Connected & Real-time Systems, in practice.

  • 01

    Device-to-cloud platforms

    Device identity and provisioning, secure messaging over MQTT or WebSockets, command and control, and over-the-air update orchestration.

  • 02

    Telemetry pipelines

    Ingestion, validation and storage of high-frequency data in time-series stores, with alerting and dashboards operators can act on.

  • 03

    Real-time applications

    Presence, notifications, live collaboration and chat built on persistent connections, with reconnection and ordering handled carefully.

  • 04

    Streaming and events

    Event-driven processing that turns streams into decisions: thresholds, anomaly detection, routing and downstream updates.

  • 05

    Edge applications

    Software that keeps working when the network doesn’t: local processing, store-and-forward and conflict-free sync when connectivity returns.

  • 06

    Hardware integrations

    Bluetooth, serial, USB and vendor SDK integrations for desktop and mobile apps. Where firmware work is needed, we partner with embedded specialists and own the software above it.

02How we hold the line

The standards that come with it.

Every device has an identity
Per-device credentials, rotation and revocation. Never a shared key baked into a thousand units.
Designed for bad networks
Backoff, buffering, idempotent messages and clear rules for what happens when two sources disagree.
Observable in the field
Health, versions and connectivity for every device visible in one place, with alerts before customers notice.
Updates you can roll back
Staged rollouts, health checks and a way back for every over-the-air update.

03Across the loop

How this practice shows up at every stage.

  1. 01 · 000°

    Design

    Device, network and user realities mapped before the architecture is chosen.

  2. 02 · 060°

    Engineer

    Platform services, pipelines and apps built with simulated fleets from day one.

  3. 03 · 120°

    Integrate

    Devices, gateways, vendor clouds and business systems connected with clear contracts.

  4. 04 · 180°

    Secure

    Device identity, encrypted transport and least-privilege commands.

  5. 05 · 240°

    Scale

    Load tests at fleet scale and storage that grows with message volume.

  6. 06 · 300°

    Maintain

    OTA updates, certificate rotation and fleet health monitoring over years.

04Tools we reach for

Chosen for your constraints, not our habits. These are common starting points, not a catalogue.

Protocols
MQTTWebSocketsBLEHTTP/2 and gRPC
Data
Time-series databasesStream processingEvent buses
Clients
Mobile and desktop companion appsEdge runtimes

See the full stack

05How engagements run

How engagements run

  • Connected product build

    Platform, apps and pipelines for a new connected product, alongside your hardware team.

  • Real-time upgrade

    Adding live updates, presence or collaboration to an existing product.

  • Fleet platform review

    An assessment of device security, update safety and data pipeline capacity.

See how an engagement runs, from the first call to handover.

06In the work

Where you can see it.

Questions

What people ask first.

Our focus is the software above the firmware: platforms, pipelines, apps and integrations. When a project needs firmware, we work with embedded specialists and take responsibility for the system as a whole.

Usually, yes. We introduce persistent connections and an event layer alongside your current API, then move features over one at a time.

With simulated fleets that reproduce real message rates, network faults and firmware versions, long before physical devices arrive in volume.

Start a conversation

What needs to happen the moment it happens?

A few lines are enough. We reply in writing, with questions rather than a sales deck.

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