Why is the Lobaro Platform mandatory for

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our NB-IoT Sensors & Gateways?

This question sometimes arises from integrators who run their own type of IoT platform tailored to a particular use-case and don't want an intermediate between their system and the IoT hardware to integrate. In contrast to this our platform is primary considered for device management of Lobaro and 3rd party sensors and gateways. It's meant as secure abstraction layer to the actual hardware complexity and gives the following benefits to the integrator or end-user:

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As you can see, all these functions require a high level of knowledge about the hardware and how it works. Lobaro can only support and guarantee the correct functioning of its hardware if the Lobaro platform is used. A direct connection to our hardware could be discussed for projects with very large numbers of hardware sold, as there is usually an adequate budget to do this. In the vast majority of cases, the manageable prices for using the Lobaro Platform as SaaS or on-premise are the economically much better option and create less overhead on both sides. As an alternative many of our hardware can be used also with LoRaWAN instead of NB-IoT which gives you independence from our IoT platform.