Name: Optimizing Development: An Overview of Connext Tools
Start: 2023-11-02T16:00:00Z
End: 2023-11-02T16:00:47.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
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There’s one thing that system administrators can all agree on: Deploying and managing large-scale distributed systems is complex. And if you have hundreds of applications, trying to do everything manually would not work. So, to overcome this problem, container technologies have been widely adopted for large-scale distributed systems across a variety of industries. 
 
A container is a unit of software deployment that packages an application and its dependencies. Container technologies could be useful for Data Distribution Service™ (DDS) systems, especially if you have a large-scale system and need to remotely deploy, update and scale it. At RTI, we have been exploring Docker and Kubernetes for quite some time now and have learned many lessons. This webinar will focus on how containerized DDS applications can be managed and deployed using Kubernetes, the lessons learned and issues to avoid.

Kubernetes for Enhanced Software Delivery in Large-Scale DDS Systems

In the second episode of this device security webinar series we will explore the challenges of incorporating security in the most demanding environments of critical systems and demonstrate the related performance impact. In addressing these security challenges, we will continue to analyze how the DSS standard allows us to meet more requirements of the Zero Trust architecture.

Attendees will gain insight on:
- How security affects system performance and productivity.
- Device authorization and the principle of the “least privileged access.”
- Best options when resource-constrained devices or unpredictable networks intervene.

Join us for this webinar where we will explore relevant use cases and demonstrate the corresponding solutions using the new features available in RTI Connext Secure 7.2.

Securing Devices within Critical Systems on Unreliable Networks

Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) are rapidly expanding in logistics environments, as manufacturers seek to achieve safety, productivity and cost-saving goals. Technical innovation is fueling AMR expansion, particularly from gains in AI and data management that can process massive, uninterrupted streams of data for reliable operations.

This session will discuss the main protocols used in connected manufacturing environments to optimize AMR coordination, scalability and reliability. It will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of DDS, MQTT and OPC UA in AMR environments, where the dependence on low-latency, fault tolerance, and efficient data distribution is critical. 

The webinar will include audience Q&A.

IIoT Protocols for Autonomous Mobile Robots: Comparing DDS, MQTT and OPC UA

OEMs are learning that developing proprietary software architectures does not necessarily accelerate their progress towards electric and autonomous vehicles. Proprietary code, custom designs are giving way to a complete architectural revolution, centered on the concept of the software-defined vehicle (SDV).
 
Transitioning to a SDV is massively complex, requiring a combination of modern architectures, connected systems and a guaranteed interoperability with legacy technologies to fulfill the need for high-performing domains.
 
In this webinar, RTI will present the scope of modern architectures and discuss how the SDV transition has given rise to global industry cooperation and standardization, which is accelerating time to production while optimizing cost, time to market and flexibility.

Simplifying Development of Software-Defined Vehicles

As the number of embedded smart devices grows, distributed systems need to increase protection against fast-moving cybersecurity attacks. This webinar focuses on using digital certificates to protect information flow across connected devices using DDS, the data-centric, publish-subscribe protocol. It will discuss a flexible architectural approach that integrates automated certificate management, crypto libraries, observability and SIEM solutions to detect security breaches and take immediate action.

Attendees will learn best practice approaches to:
- Match device identification with their corresponding digital certificate
- Automate the identity management function  
- Rapid response to cybersecurity breaches to mitigate damage

Register now to gain actionable insights in the challenge to securely manage system access and configuration.

Securing Device Identity via Digital Certificates: A Data-Centric Approach

The US warfighter requires fast and accurate data to achieve a "decision advantage" on the battlefield, while operating across remote terrain. Containerization helps users to more easily build, deploy and manage their critical applications, and DDS is the proven technology in container development that can provide fast, reliable data transmission across systems in challenging environments.  This webinar will discuss the benefits of integrating DDS with containers to ensure seamless application discovery and communication across multiple environments using a single codebase. The webinar will feature  different use case scenarios from successful field deployments and will include audience Q&A.

The webinar will cover:
- Basic principles of container development
- How DDS works in container environments
- How to communicate between containers, and from container to host
- Common pitfalls and how to avoid them
- How to deploy DDS application on Kubernetes

Data Communication Issues and Strategies in a Containerized Environment

This webinar builds on the previous introduction to the new OMG® specification DDS™ Extensions for TSN. In this episode, we explore the integration of DDS and TSN from a practical standpoint. We will introduce a simple DDS system, identify time-critical topics, and define the appropriate deployment requirements to configure the underlying TSN infrastructure. Audience Q&A will follow the presentation.

Designing and Configuring a DDS-TSN System

The Object Management Group® (OMG®) has recently released the new DDS™ Extensions for Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) specification. This latest addition to the DDS family of specifications leverages the capabilities of the IEEE TSN collection of standards to provide system architects with an integrated solution to build data-centric highly reliable deterministic applications over standard Ethernet. In this presentation, we will discuss the new OMG specification, describe its most salient features and concepts, and explain how existing DDS applications that exchange time critical information can be deployed over TSN.

Introducing the DDS Extensions for TSN specification

Developing, testing and deploying next-generation distributed systems is challenging enough on its own. When developers and system architects then need to deploy over networks that may be unreliable or have unpredictable bandwidth and latency, such as shared, wireless or public networks, the challenges proliferate. Monitoring the health, security, and performance of applications in real-time can significantly decrease your development time, costs and risk. 

RTI, the largest software framework company for autonomous systems, is leading the software-defined future and working alongside the world’s leading companies building intelligent distributed systems. Join this webinar to be the first to hear about the latest software developments and tools for companies building observable next-generation DDS-based systems.

How to Develop and Deploy Observable Next-gen DDS Systems

ROS was created by and for the use of robotics researchers and educators. It has an open, hackable architecture that encourages experimentation, but this can be at odds with the needs of military applications.

Fortunately, ROS 2 was built on top of the Data Distribution Service (DDS) framework, a battle-tested open standard used in countless military applications. This webinar will discuss proven ways to  toughen and optimize ROS 2 systems for military-grade usage by leveraging the DDS that's already present in ROS 2, awakening the warrior inside the academic.

Bridging the Academic to Military Divide in ROS 2

Oceans cover 70% of the Earth’s surface, yet 80% of the ocean remains unmapped, unobserved and unexplored, primarily since the maritime environment is so dangerous to humans. Maritime smart machines enable safe, informative ocean exploration, off-shore energy, undersea drilling and mining, sustainable aquaculture, maritime autonomy, and naval defense. Yet these systems are only effective when they can share data in real time from undersea to surface to shore.

All of these applications face common communications challenges on how to collect and share the data so it can be used for timely, improved decision making for developers of these systems, “IOT” stands for the Internet of Ocean Things. Join this webinar to learn how a data-centric approach to system architecture can solve the challenge to help your maritime systems work as one.

The webinar will discuss:  
- Emerging standards for autonomous maritime vessels
- Case studies on:
      - Coordination of turbines in off-shore power generation
      - Remote control of unmanned subsea robots
      - Sea-based sensor networks for sustainable aquaculture
How data-centric communications enables all of these applications

Towards a data-centric Internet of Ocean Things

The most recent version of the UK MoD's Generic Vehicle Architecture (GVA) includes a number of changes that outline the direction in which the standard is evolving.

In this presentation we will discuss:
- Some of the most significant changes in the standard (for example, integration levels).
- How those changes point towards an evolved future for GVA systems.
- How other significant technologies, such as TSN, could be important drivers for GVA in the future.
- How connectivity (for example, between simulation systems) is becoming critically important and how GVA is ideally situated to enable it
- What effects recent revisions to the Land Data Model (LDM) have had.

GVA and its Place in a Connected Future

Many medical, IIoT, and Industrial Systems require sharing of data across networks, across different transport protocols, or among devices.  These systems often require capabilities such as fault-tolerance, scalability, low-latency, and sub-system isolation. DDS enables these types of applications by providing a data-centric, highly scalable and efficient databus architecture. Furthermore, layering databuses has many benefits, including scalability, isolation, and redundancy.

However, key questions must be answered when designing a layered databus system:
·  What are some recommended approaches for defining the layers?
·  How are the layers connected?
·  What effects does layering have on performance?
·  What are the different approaches to implementing a layered databus?

This presentation will provide an overview of these topics and offer insights and recommendations for designing your own DDS-based systems.

Architecting your System with Connext: Designing a Layered Databus System

The war in Ukraine emphasizes the need to manage a military posture that places the United States and our global coalition partners in a heightened state of competition with malign actors worldwide. Synthesizing data from coalition partners and allies into information and intelligence that drives understanding and enables accelerated decision-making in a multi-domain environment provides both a posture to avoid a potential conflict, and also the decision-making advantage over adversaries if a large-scale conflict evolves.

For this reason, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) created the Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) strategy. JADC2 describes the urgent need to empower our Joint Force Commanders with required sensor data to drive the understanding needed to command and control (C2) kinetic and non-kinetic weapons capabilities across all domains – to deter, and if necessary, defeat any adversary at any time and in any place around the globe. 

To succeed, the JADC2 strategy requires the unimpeded delivery of real-time data that enables situational awareness over Zero Trust networks to Joint Force Commanders, regardless of the military domain or location. To accomplish this goal, we must embrace the U.S. DoD Strategy that transforms the DoD into a data-centric organization using data at speed and scale for operational advantage and increased efficiency and to “treat data as a weapon system and manage, secure and use data for operational effect.”

This webinar will describe the current state of the JADC2 strategy from a business perspective. We will also detail the requirements for creating a data-centric framework for JADC2 that enables real-time data sharing technologies to deliver information and decision-making dominance to Joint Force Commanders.

JADC2:  The Business Foundation of Treating Data as a Weapon System

The inclusion of the Data Distribution Service (DDS™) standard within the Generic Vehicle Architecture (GVA) and the Nato Generic Vehicle Architecture (NGVA) standards is dramatically improving modularity, interoperability and productivity for builders of military ground vehicles. But is it possible to build systems that are compliant with both standards? What can builders of GVA / NGVA systems do to reduce discovery times? Do they face other common challenges? Finally, what role does DDS-SECURITY™ play and how is it relevant for protecting classified data?

These are the key topics that will be covered in the second installment of our GVA webinar series.

DDS in GVA and NGVA: Common Challenges, Common Solutions

Next-generation healthcare systems promise to deliver more targeted treatments, improve patient outcomes, and lower patient and hospital costs. To make this vision a reality, the industry must overcome key blockers, particularly around medical device interoperability.

While a connected device ecosystem will deliver better outcomes, it also increases system complexity. The solution is an open, interoperable connectivity architecture that can enable future-forward flexibility and scalability while maintaining reliability, cybersecurity, and performance.

In this webinar we'll discuss how the right architectural framework connects systems of medical devices so they work as a single integrated solution – reliably, securely and in real-time. It will discuss how using commercial off-the-shelf software, based on open standards, can manage the necessary infrastructure to optimize outcomes and productivity, allowing developers  to focus on application development and the integration of new technologies, instead of infrastructure.

Connectivity for Next-Gen Medical Devices: Real-Time, Secure, Scalable

RTI Connext Tools provide visibility into operational systems, help troubleshoot application connectivity, solve complex data integration problems and speed time to market. Connext Tools add unique value, easing the entire development lifecycle, from design to production.

In 40 minutes, we will introduce RTI's proprietary debug tool, Admin Console, and its abilities to quickly identify connectivity problems, display Topic structure and real-time data, and many other capabilities. 

We will also explore other Connext Tools which assist developers in:
 · Creating and running applications
 · Debugging connectivity issues between applications
 · Optimizing application behavior
 · Characterizing and optimizing network performance prior to deployment.

Optimizing Development: An Overview of Connext Tools

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