ClearBlade: Device connectivity, local processing and configurable asset applications

ClearBlade provides IoT connectivity, local application processing and digital-asset software across managed cloud and private deployments.

Summary

Best for
Industrial organisations combining distributed equipment data with operational workflows.
Less suited to
Projects requiring a complete metering hardware package rather than a software platform.
Deployment
Managed services, private infrastructure and local ClearBlade Edge software.
Data in
MQTT and HTTP device connections, adapters and enterprise-system integrations.
Pricing
Public pricing was not established from the reviewed sources.

Overview

ClearBlade supplies software spanning device connectivity, industrial application infrastructure and asset-focused applications. Its technical introduction describes a central platform and ClearBlade Edge software running near equipment. IoT Core provides a managed connection and data-ingestion service, while Intelligent Assets supplies a configurable operational application above device data. The portfolio supports public-cloud, private and site-based deployment patterns. For industrial monitoring, the distinguishing feature is the division between where devices connect, where application logic executes and where operators view assets and act on events. Each layer has a different software and deployment role.

Offering

IoT Core is documented as a managed service for connecting and managing devices and ingesting their messages. The standard service uses a shared multi-tenant environment separate from IoT Enterprise. The documentation also describes an enhanced variant on dedicated enterprise infrastructure. IoT Enterprise architecture includes a JavaScript code engine, data collections, custom portals, deployment management, an MQTT broker and adapters. Collections provide access to different data stores, while deployment configuration determines which services, data and portal assets reach local systems. These are application-building facilities rather than a single fixed monitoring dashboard.

Products and platforms

  1. ClearBlade IoT Core

    Managed device connectivity

    Multi-tenant service for connecting devices and ingesting data; dedicated infrastructure options described separately.4

  2. ClearBlade IoT Enterprise

    IoT application infrastructure

    Code engine, data collections, portals, deployments, broker and adapters.5

  3. ClearBlade Edge

    Local processing software

    Local authentication, processing and actions with configurable synchronisation.3

  4. Intelligent Assets

    Asset monitoring application

    Digital asset models, dashboards, alerts and operational workflows.2

Technology

ClearBlade Edge performs authentication, data processing, analysis and actions locally, including during loss of its upstream connection. Its documented connectivity includes MQTT and HTTP, with adapters for other interfaces. Synchronisation manages application assets and data between local and central systems. User and device schemas follow the central platform, while other collection behaviour can be configured with platform, local or custom conflict resolution. The documentation distinguishes persistent operation from cache-only mode and a lean mode that omits some analytics and log storage. Those modes change resource use and retained local state rather than being interchangeable deployment defaults.

Markets

Intelligent Assets presents equipment through digital models, dashboards, alerts and configurable workflows. The application supports user roles and commands as well as observation of readings. Its documented integrations include maintenance platforms such as Maximo and ServiceNow and event or analytics systems including Kafka, Power BI and Azure EventHub. Alert rules can route an equipment condition into the operational tools used by the responsible team. The product page also describes anomaly detection and forecasting components. This is the operator-facing application layer, distinct from the broker, device registry and custom microservices underneath it.

Company

ClearBlade's corporate history dates the company to 2007 and names Eric Simone as CEO and Aaron Allsbrook as CTO. Its current address is 1701 Directors Boulevard, Suite 250, Austin, Texas, also printed in its corporate resources. The business describes deployment across public cloud, private infrastructure and local systems and serves energy, transport, manufacturing, buildings and critical infrastructure. Its current product presentation combines IoT Core, enterprise application functions, Intelligent Assets and local processing. Developer documentation and professional services accompany these software products, while the leadership page also publishes vulnerability-disclosure and ethical-reporting channels.

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References

  1. ClearBlade about and leadership (opens in a new tab)
  2. ClearBlade Intelligent Assets (opens in a new tab)
  3. ClearBlade platform and Edge introduction (opens in a new tab)
  4. ClearBlade IoT Core deployment options (opens in a new tab)
  5. ClearBlade IoT Enterprise architecture (opens in a new tab)
  6. ClearBlade corporate contact and press (opens in a new tab)

This profile does not imply a commercial relationship with ClearBlade and may contain inaccuracies.