swXtch.io has announced that Kongsberg Maritime has selected its cloudSwXtch software-defined networking product for the company’s digital transformation strategy. This collaboration aims to enhance Kongsberg Maritime’s testing and simulation capabilities by creating a virtual cloud test environment with full IP multicast capabilities. The solution will be utilised for testing and simulating maritime products across a vast fleet of over 30,000 vessels.

By leveraging a virtual cloud environment, Kongsberg Maritime enables iterative testing and modification, facilitating the introduction of innovations to the market and enabling swift adaptation to evolving conditions. The approach helps ensure stringent quality control requirements of maritime applications are upheld.

A core component of Kongsberg Maritime’s digital simulation programme is transitioning its legacy on-premises testing environment to the cloud to increase efficiency and reduce costs. Due to the large number of IoT endpoints and other edge computing requirements, the Kongsberg Maritime team has chosen cloudSwXtch for this transition. To enable their digital transformation, Kongsberg Maritime leveraged cloudSwXtch to enable multicast in its Microsoft Azure Cloud, including Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

Enabling testing and simulation in a virtual environment lets companies like Kongsberg Maritime make informed decisions that are environmentally responsible and reduce their carbon footprint. Using simulations helps engineers evaluate the performance of new technologies and identify new opportunities to improve energy efficiency, reduce waste and minimise emissions.

“We’re excited to work with Kongsberg Maritime to bring another element of its digital transformation strategy to fruition,” said Brent Yates, a CEO at swXtch.io. “This selection is another demonstration of how cloudSwXtch is helping businesses bring high-bandwidth workflows to the cloud, and successfully integrate multi and hybrid cloud architectures to innovate faster and be more agile.”

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