Certified hardware kits and software libraries you can use to bring your remote assets into the cloud. These can be specialized devices for a particular use case, such as location trackers, OBUs, and vending telemetry devices. They can also be developer kits for building generic devices, such as Raspberry Pi, Cinterion boards, and Tinkerforge sensors. Other devices can also run the software with no or little modification, and there are generic client libraries for Java, JavaME, C/C++, and Lua for your own implementation. If your device uses a completely proprietary runtime environment, you can always use Cumulocity's REST interfaces.

Mobile networking support. Cumulocity supports any type of Internet connectivity in a secure manner. It deals with intermittent, bandwidth-restricted, and uni-directional connections (such as communication through NAT). Cumulocity can control remote devices in real-time. Mobile Internet connectivity is ideal for machine-to-machine applications, since it works well nearly everywhere without requiring integration with a company's network infrastructure. This is especially true if your M2M SIM card allows for free roaming between mobile networks. With Cumulocity, you can benefit from mobile connectivity without requiring additional network provider services such as VPNs and public or even static IP addressing.

Device management, data visualization, and remote control functionality through the web. This includes:

Hardware and modem information.

Connection monitoring, service level monitoring, and centralized fault management.

Configuration, software, and firmware management.

Frequently used remote controls (for example, restart button and switches).

Troubleshooting features such as event lists and operations queues.

Rapid customization of the above. You can:

Write alarm rules to re-prioritize or suppress alarms and to define your SLA parameters.

Implement real-time business rules (for example, get an email when critical events happen, or trigger automated actions on devices).

Set up a graphical dashboard with your most important KPIs.

Subscribe to plugins that contribute new functionality to the Cumulocity application.

APIs for extending existing functionality or interfacing Cumulocity with your other IT services such as ERP or CRM systems. Cumulocity can also host your HTML5 applications. Cumulocity uses HTTP/S and REST, which work on any Internet-connected device ranging from small embedded microcontrollers up to desktop PCs.