Rackspace Technology Works with Century Engineering to Create Enhanced IoT Experience to Keep Waterways Clean
March 16 2021 - 10:05AM
Rackspace Technology™ (NASDAQ: RXT), a leading end-to-end
multicloud technology solutions company, today announced it has
worked with multidisciplinary professional consulting firm Century
Engineering, Inc. to extend and enhance an innovative stormwater
management solution its team developed, named SmartSWM™. Rackspace
supported Internet of Things (IoT) hardware and firmware components
of the project and an IoT backend for Amazon Web Services (AWS) to
realize a more resilient, reliable, and secure intelligent
stormwater infrastructure solution.
Century Engineering utilized AWS Premier Consulting Partner,
Onica, a Rackspace Technology company, to support its objectives of
building a technological approach to stormwater management that
improves water quality and quantity management. Century had a
functional proof-of-concept but required more expertise to prepare
its product for production-level use. The firm turned to Rackspace
Technology to help refine the solution to provide automated,
real-time remote stormwater monitoring and IoT connectivity to
local weather forecasts.
“Driving real innovation in the environmental engineering sector
was a top priority for this project. By integrating modern IoT and
AWS capabilities, Century Engineering will be positioned to
influence the industry at large and make a significant impact on
the health of our environment,” said Amir Kashani, Vice President
Cloud Native Development and IoT Solutions. “By leveraging IoT and
cloud computing, Century Engineering will be able to use machine
learning and AI to continually modernize their solution as new
challenges and regulations emerge.”
Century Engineering created an intelligent stormwater management
system that leverages an IoT device and AWS. Century Engineering is
well established in the industry but hoped to stay ahead of the
competition and turn the stormwater monitoring solution into a
commercially viable product. To do so, the Rackspace team
integrated functions from Century Engineering’s existing solution,
built out the new automation capabilities and added a solar-charged
controller. Finally, Rackspace made improvements to the existing
hardware stack.
“Working with Rackspace Technology was critical to the success
of this initiative. We had knowledge gaps around cloud
architectures and AWS services in general, but the Rackspace
Technology team’s knowledge and experience helped to get our
solution off the ground,” said Bob Bathurst, PE, D.WRE, Principal
at Century Engineering. “With the help of Rackspace Technology, we
were able to rapidly create a market-ready solution that further
establishes our leadership in the industry.”
About Rackspace TechnologyRackspace Technology
is a leading end-to-end multicloud technology services company. We
can design, build and operate our customers’ cloud environments
across all major technology platforms, irrespective of technology
stack or deployment model. We partner with our customers at every
stage of their cloud journey, enabling them to modernize
applications, build new products and adopt innovative
technologies.
About Century EngineeringCentury Engineering is
a multidisciplinary professional consulting firm that sets the
standard for what it means to be a responsible partner to clients,
stakeholders and employees. Century has been serving the
mid-Atlantic region and beyond since 1953. For over 67 years,
Century has been an industry leader in providing professional
services. The firm’s success is a direct result of the quality of
its staff, teamwork, and time-proven procedures. Through the
SmartSWM™ technology, it strives to merge innovative technologies
with traditional engineering to create more resilient, functional,
responsive and intelligent public infrastructure.
Media ContactNatalie SilvaRackspace Technology
Corporate Communicationspublicrelations@rackspace.com
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