FoundriesFactory™ SaaS platform offers you the control, to simplify and reduce time to market for Linux based IoT and Edge devices on your choice of hardware, with lowered costs and code that remains yours

Name: FoundriesFactory®
Brand: Foundries.io

The Benefits of FoundriesFactory

Faster Time to Market

With FoundriesFactory, DevSecOps actions can be performed quicker than on a proprietary platform.

Reduced Costs

Our model is a simple fixed subscription per project with no per unit royalties, and no per transaction fees or other hidden costs.

Security

The FoundriesFactory product is security-focused by design, and its updating and continuous maintenance are handled by Foundries.io.

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Inside FoundriesFactory Workflow

The FoundriesFactory Cloud Service integrates the best open-source resources to deliver an optimized solution for your product. The diagram below illustrates how it streamlines the myriad options available within the open-source community into a tailored combination essential for developing an optimized embedded product. This set of tools empowers you to begin with a reference architecture and easily incorporate your own customizations and development processes.

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Key features

Development workflow

Simplified Collaboration Tools

The FoundriesFactory SaaS offers a streamlined set of collaboration tools that reduce the complexity of developing IoT and Edge devices. Utilizing a GitOps workflow, you can easily build, customize, and deploy your Linux Yocto-based images and containerized applications. From day one, your devices can receive both online and offline updates, allowing for rapid development and a direct path to production.

Security

Enhanced Security with Built-In Features

Developing securable IoT and Edge devices is challenging, but the FoundriesFactory platform makes it easier. This platform includes the necessary software and tools to accelerate your time to market while enhancing security. The FoundriesFactory update mechanism uses The Update Framework (TUF) to protect your devices from various threats during both online and offline updates. Additionally, a dedicated team maintains the base distribution, and the CI/CD and SBOM generation tooling help keep your devices tamper-resistant.

Updates Online and Offline

Comprehensive Device Control

Having control over your devices in the field is crucial, and the FoundriesFactory platform ensures this by enabling updates not only for applications but also for the entire operating system and firmware. Combining the Linux microPlatform operating system with the FoundriesFactory platform provides a complete solution that allows you to perform atomic, immutable, secure and incremental updates both online and offline. This capability lets you start updating devices from the beginning, facilitating testing of the update mechanism, enabling hardware sharing within your team and speeding up development.

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Device configuration management

Effortless Device Configuration and Fleet Management

You can send configuration files to individual devices or groups, and the FoundriesFactory device management panel provides comprehensive information about each device, including a complete update history.

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Software Stack

The FoundriesFactory service combines many open-source projects to provide a comprehensive software platform for your product. Your own Factory enables you to easily customize each of these to your own product requirements, and to add your own proprietary IP.