UK-headquartered technology company Pole Star have launched a new, intuitive cloud application platform in order to enable its customers to connect with their ships in a whole new way.
This launch is the first step in Pole Star’s efforts to create an open platform for connecting the internet of things at sea. According to the company this configurable, extensible and easy-to-use cloud application platform will facilitate their vision to enable a universal maritime ecosystem.
The platform has been built with usability in mind, designed from the “ground up to make its users’ jobs easier”. It hosts a wide range of services all available on one convenient platform that have a modular structure, thus can be selected and combined as desired. It is accredited, scalable, redundant, and was developed upon secure cloud-based architecture.
The launch is the primary phase of a multi-phase migration strategy that will see all Pole Star’s services combined on one platform.
What Do Polestar Say?
Julian Longson, Managing Director, Pole Star said:“Underpinning everything we’ve developed is our brand new, open API. All of our new services, as well as future applications created by us and our trusted partners, will be developed on this common API. All of these applications leverage one user interface, one code base and one data model to create a single platform for connecting the maritime ecosystem. To become the ‘open platform’ for connecting the Internet of Things at sea”.
Peter Davies, Chief Technology & Marketing Officer, Pole Star told us: “Essentially, the Pole Star API gives our customers the freedom to extract, analyse and integrate all of the data that is available to them within Pole Star’s services, allowing them to connect their Pole Star account with their ERP or existing IT systems.”
