SWIM enables real-time edge data analytics on Microsoft Azure

Edge computing company SWIM Inc. wants to help enterprises bring all of their data-generating assets together within Microsoft Corp.’s Azure cloud platform.By doing so, the data can quickly be analyzed in real-time, labeled appropriately and then put to use by any Azure-based applications that require it, the company said.SWIM is an interesting company that emerged from stealth last year. Its main product is DataFabric, which is a software stack for internet of things and other edge devices. In a nutshell, the DataFabric combines local data processing and analytics, edge computing and machine learning to deliver real-time business insights from data produced by edge devices.Generally available starting today, DataFabric offers extremely tight integration with Microsoft’s Azure cloud. The way it works is that data from edge devices is collected, cleaned and analyzed in real-time, and then immediately labeled, before being stored in Azure Data Lake Storage. From there, it can then be used by applications that rely on Azure Power BI, or those that are built using the Azure Power Apps service. Everything is managed using the Azure IoT service.