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Cogent DataHub® service for Microsoft Azure

Skkynet technology provided in a Microsoft Azure Managed Application for secure, real-time industrial data communications.

Implement OT/IT, IoT projects, and remote data access securely

Your production systems stay secure

Securely acquire, monitor, control, consolidate, and share live process data. Patented technology for outbound-only connections ensures no exposed attack surface in your plant network—no IT policy changes, no open inbound firewall ports, no VPN, and no extra hardware on your production network.

MQTT Smart Broker

Enhance MQTT / MQTT Sparkplug B flexibility by interpreting message payloads, handling multiple MQTT message types, responding to errors, and adding data quality information so all clients are connection-aware. Includes built-in support for OPC.

Centralize your alarms and events

Network and collect alarms and events from multiple locations.

Aggregate and connect any Azure app

Take advantage of the hundreds of 3rd party tools available in the Microsoft Azure marketplace. Seamlessly connect to Azure IoT Hub—or any OPC UA or MQTT supported system—for real-time remote monitoring, and control. Use standard protocols, and add applications and programs running on Azure or elsewhere, as needed.

Collect data for analytics or AI

Log process data directly to historians like AVEVA PI, AVEVA Insight, InfluxDB, and others, for further processing by AI or analytical tools.

Create dashboards or HMI views

Enable a full featured HMI to view your data or use Grafana to generate HTML views.

Available on Azure Marketplace

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DataHub Technology

The Cogent DataHub service for Microsoft Azure uses DataHub technology, continuously developed for over 25 years. This real-time middleware lets you connect, concentrate, integrate, and redistribute your live data among sources and users in real time. It pools data from all sources and protocols into a single, unified data set, and can receive, integrate, and stream over 50,000 data changes per second.

Microsoft Azure Managed Application

The DataHub service is available as a Microsoft Azure Managed Application, allowing you to make secure connections between machines, applications and embedded systems that utilize real-time data.

Connect

Integrate common industrial protocols.
Act as a gateway to Azure IoT Hub.
Offer an MQTT Broker in the cloud.
Securely integrate cloud SCADA.

Collect

Aggregate multiple data sources and protocols.
Pass data to any data lake.
Centralize your alarms and events.
Feed data from multiple locations into other Azure Managed Applications.

Create dashboards with Grafana.
View your HMI with any PC, anywhere.
Share information with third parties.
Make data from your plants available to remote users.
Securely network multiple facilities.
Provide real-time remote monitoring and control from many locations

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Pricing

Pricing for the Cogent DataHub service is based on the features and extensions you enable.

Usage charges for data services are based on the number of open connections, data points and updates.
Extensions, such as OPC UA, MQTT, Redundancy, Bridging, etc., are billed on an hourly basis.

At any time, you can access the SkkyHub Portal, which provides tools and reports to help you monitor usage of your DataHub service.