Crestron XiO vs. Microsoft Azure IoT Edge

XiO is definitely well suited for applications like ours where we have a large number of devices to manage. I like being able to see all my devices and locations in one place. It is very helpful to see if any devices are offline each morning and be able to troubleshoot before any customers realize there is a problem

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It is well suited if you have a production plant and you want to cut down the cost of cloud storage. It is best for medium to large companies if they want to process their machine generated data at their production site and only store the data that is required in cloud storage. It is less appropriate for small companies.

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• Scheduled re-boots and updates
• I like the way the hierarchy can be set up
• individually customizable group settings within the hierarchy
• I like the capability of setting up background images for brand promotion or employee information

Incentivized

• Innovative virtual learning environments that fasttracked our transition to remote learning at the height of the Covid pandemic in 2020
• Mission critical business solutions for academic members of staff
• Video conferencing and IoT devices connections

Incentivized

• I would like the option to choose IP addresses as one of the viewable columns when looking at/sorting through all your available devices.
• It would be nice to be able to link the IP address listed directly to their devices.
• Sometime trying to reboot a device in XiO does not work for me and I need to go directly to the device's admin page.

Incentivized

• We had some trouble such as latency issues [and] connectivity while using Azure blob storage as an Edge Module on Azure IoT Edge runtime, so they should look into it.
• We were stuck while defining the routes for different Edge Modules on Azure IoT Edge, so they should simplify it and improve the related documentation section as well.

Incentivized

XiO is a necessity when managing the large number of device our company has

Incentivized

In terms of creating a smart digital workplace, in terms of being granular in enterprise security, provides a modernised experience, high quality data analysis at the edge of computing, while providing efficient mobility and workplace services.

Incentivized

• being able to manage all my devices remotely saves us time/money
• XiO reduces the need to have someone on-site/in person to manage my devices

Incentivized

• Very High ROI as Microsoft Azure IoT Edge completely enables the features of Edge computing.
• Real-time analytics can be achieved with Microsoft Azure IoT Edge.
• No Negative impact as such.