December 2019 14 CIO R e vie w December 2019 15 CIO R e vie w Alongside such a unique approach Rajant s biggest weapon at bay is its team of highly qualified employees who share a culture of ur gency to match and exceed the rate of change and strong vigilance around customer feedback which explains the solution s versatility Rajant s new product lineup exemplifies this versatility By making its core technology more potent with higher bandwidth and redundancy while at the same time downsizing the packaging to enter new market segments the company has launched several new products with more robust networking capabilities in smaller packages First in the list is the KM3 Dual Radio BreadCrumb for deployments inside environmentally protected enclo sures This flexible DIN railmounted wireless node is a nonruggedized dualradio product similar to Rajant s industry leading ME4 with comparable outdoor performance capabilities and features without the hardened IP67 housing The KM3 allows customers to build upon what they already have from Rajant which saves tremendous cost and space given that there are no new boxes required Next is the ES1 BreadCrumb node which is a costef fective option to use in conjunction with all other Rajant nodes to form or expand the coverage of a resilient autonomously adaptable Kinetic Mesh network The ES1 is ideal for IIoT applications and lightduty vehicles because it is compact lightweight and costs less Considering that not all or ganiz ations require the extre me ruggedization that Rajant s BreadCrumbs provide the ES1 comes in an IP67 package that is ideal for operation in outdoor environments At the brink of 2019 Rajant introduced another BreadCrumb product the DX2 It is Rajant s smallest and lightest BreadCrumb forming a mesh network when used in conjunction with its LX5 ME4 KM3 ES1 and JR3 models Encased in magnesium the DX2 weighs 123g making it ideal for lightweight autonomous vehicles drones and small robots T echnologies continue to get smaller and lighter while the demands for mobility and autonomy exponentially grow says Schena Rajant s DX2 addresses this trend Being compatible with all other Rajant nodes the DX2 forms a wireless Kinetic Mesh network that maintains continuous connectivity unlike traditional breakbefore make infrastructures But things do not end there for Rajant While typical players in this space cater to more or less the same list of clients with solutions less capable Rajant goes above and beyond the status quo by of fering its solutions to the sportiest and perhaps extreme of events A Real Visionar y with A Reliable Brand Recently Rajant hosted its firstever live videostream of a manmachine aircraft jump using its Kinetic Mesh technology with InstaMesh Rajant s radios were attached to four members of the Aerial Extreme Skydiving T eam and a set of drones as they embarked on their jump This provided the team with the failsafe continuous connectivity that delivered audio video and position information to teams on the ground and in the air in real time Rajant s wireless radios dynamically resolved connectivity issues associated with releasing skydivers and drones from the fastmoving jet The company s adaptable ever moving web of connection between the plane and landing site ef fectively overcame many frequency shifts As the operation became handsfree it allowed the parachute team to attend to other precautionary matters in flight W ith continuous communication between the plane and the ground spectators experienced the perspective of the Aerial Extreme Skydiving T eam s and the machine s descent in realtime via a live video and audio stream Having data video and voice connectivity proved to be a fundamental valueadd for safety as lead jumpers were able to give immediate feedback to their teammates about what is being experienced during the fall and on the landing site Going beyond man and machines Rajant has developed more exciting applications such as the HorsePony Mesh In this case Rajant s technology goes on horses to broadcast live video audio and telemetry of horses while they are running racing or jumping At the heart of all this lies the intelligence and reliability of our InstaMesh operating system and technology that allows us to go after all these dif ferent types of applications markets and at the very present is opening up a lot of fun and interesting opportunities for us says Schena Acknowledging every single change in the networking landscape and embracing it with open arms Rajant in every way has proven the fact that they are beyond mere technology providers The company continues to evolve and be battleready for what s to come in 2020 As mentioned everything is moving in an autonomous mobile direction and even if a particular industry does not see it it is most certainly imminent and immediate says Schena W ith that being said I can proudly state that Rajant is truly the only industrial wireless network provider that can satisfy that need and will continue to grow as that need evolves I will ensure one thing at the end of the day if it s moving it s definitely Rajant I f i t s mo v i ng i t s R a j a nt Robert Schena CEO network to be dynamic inmotion and to change without any human intervention That dynamism is what we call Kinetic as the name itself means inmotion In a nutshell InstaMesh is the OS operati ng system and Kinetic Mesh is a descriptive name that illustrates how our technology works when InstaMesh is applied explains Schena who leads Rajant as its CEO and Chairman Powered by these tech nologies the company also of fers many other pervasive multifrequency wireless solutions that are entirely mobile ef fective and can operate in the harshest of environments Rajant s Kinetic Mesh is a living mesh solution that moves and evolves with the ever increasin g connectivity demands By using a combination of BreadCrumb wireless network nodes and InstaMesh networking software Rajant s Kinetic Mesh networks facilitate anynode to anynode capability to continuously and instantaneously route data via the best available traf fic path and frequencyall with extremely low overhead Rajant s BreadCrumbs can communicate with any W iFi or ethernet connected devices to deliver lowlatency highthroughput data voice and video applications across the meshed selfhealing network This technical functionality infuses Kinetic Mesh networks with adaptability flexibility intelli gence and mobility that help or ganizations across industries improve operational ef fectiveness enhance the quality of service drive productivity and increase ROI As of today Rajant s technology and solutions are used across a broad array of industries including military mining ports rail oil gas petrochemical plants municipalities utilities and agriculture Amongst its diverse clients are behemoths like DP W orld Antwerp Anglo American Norfolk Southern and DeW alt Now that the ruggedization we introduced in the marketplace became the new standard we are currently focused on getting smaller lighter and less ruggedized After 18 years of evolution Rajant has been successful in developing a technology that is smart intelligent and automatically administers a great deal of what has come to be known as networking says Schena But what s driving such a dramatic change Faster networking technologies with greater processing power and enhanced capabilities are being rapidly pushed into the market in conjunction with declining costs This is powering the concept of autonomy in multiple industries In essence what was dif ficult to achieve in autonomy a decade ago due to cost factors is possible today This is af fecting networking globallyboth from the vendors and customers standpoint The discontinuity of change is dramatic and dynamic right now As networking technologies become more versatil e and af fordable there is an increasing sense of anxiety in the minds of companies across the globe Their struggle lies in understanding what they need and dif ferentiating between their necessities from what s new in the market Adding to the dilemma is the fear of making the wrong decision while picking a technology solution as newer ones are being launched every single day which perform better What s new today could become obsolete tomorrow At Raja nt we tackle this issue in a fairly dif ferent way asserts Schena While we are continually improving our technology working on automating networking and launching new products with advanced capabilities Rajant s answer to the discontinuity of change is to understand our client s networking application goals and needs while ensuring that we never obsolete our own technology Clearing the Grounds for Others to Follo w Before deploying a solution or even suggesting one Rajant first understands the client s requirements by having them answer questions like What should their network do How important is security How much data would they like to access at a given time W e never force our existing customers into buying the latest products W e have a cultu ral policy to ensure that our latest technologies always reach multiple generations back So we backward integrate into our own technology W e solve the confusion by allowing them to leverage the technology that they bought from us years ago to meet their current needs Such is the adaptability and reliability of our solutionswhich is what we are known for says Schena A f t e r 1 8 y e a r s o f ev o l u ti o n R a j a n t h a s bee n s u c c e s s f u l i n d e v e l o p i n g a t ec h n o l o g y t h a t i s s m a r t i nte l l i g e nt a n d a u t o m a t i c al ly a d m i n i s t e r s a g r e a t d e a l o f w h a t h a s c o m e t o be k n o w n as n e t w o r k i ng