Could you explain how Druid’s Raemis™ core platform was tailored to meet the demanding connectivity and latency requirements of port automation, crane control, and vehicle tracking?
Speaker: Fergal Concannon (Druid Software)
To begin with, I’d like to emphasize that Druid’s Raemis™ core was already designed for this type of use case. Our focus has never been primarily on public networks; it has always been on private networks. Over the years, we’ve built significant expertise in meeting the unique requirements of these industries — including low latency, compact installation footprint, and lower-cost hardware.
Cost efficiency is especially important because if you arrive with very expensive hardware to run your core and network, it directly impacts port operations and slows adoption. Druid’s core, by contrast, has been built from the ground up as an industrial and enterprise core, rather than as a traditional public MNO core.
We do, of course, support public MNO deployments as well, but our primary focus has always been on industries where failure is not an option. These are mission-critical environments that require communications to be continuously available so operations can proceed at all times.
A port, after all, is the entry point to a country — and if a port stops operating efficiently, it can disrupt an entire nation’s economy. Therefore, every element of the Druid core is designed around the needs of operational technology (OT) staff — ensuring they can easily use, manage, and maintain it. Simplifying management for non-telecom engineers was key, so we built Raemis™ to make support and operations as straightforward as possible.
