Cloud infrastructure for manufacturing and IoT
Connect plants over encrypted tunnels, collect machine and sensor data on infrastructure you control, and run ERP and supply-chain systems in India at a fixed monthly price in rupees.
In short
What does Neon Cloud offer manufacturers and IoT platforms?
Neon Cloud connects plants, warehouses and offices to private networks over encrypted site-to-site VPNs, and runs the systems behind them: ERP, MES and supply-chain applications on Linux or Windows Server VMs, IoT platforms with the message broker and time-series database of your choice on VMs or managed Kubernetes, and object storage for sensor history and documents. Prices are fixed per resource per month in rupees, and data stays in India.
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- Best for
- Discrete and process manufacturers, auto-component and electronics makers, and IoT platform companies.
- Typical setup
- A site-to-site VPN per plant, ERP on Windows Server VMs, an IoT stack on Kubernetes and sensor history in object storage.
- Where your data lives
- In India, in our Delhi NCR region. Backups stay in India too.
- How it's billed
- In rupees, a fixed monthly price per resource, excluding GST.
- Security assurance
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified and SOC 2 Type II audited.
- Support and uptime
- 24/7 support and a 99.95% uptime SLA on the Essential and Premium plans (99.9% on Starter).
The challenge
What do manufacturers need from a cloud?
Plants, machines and the ERP all have to work together, every shift.
A secure link from every plant
Each plant, warehouse and office needs a private, encrypted connection to central systems, without exposing machines to the internet.
Machine data that never stops
Sensors and machines send readings around the clock. The platform that receives them has to keep up and keep the history.
An ERP that runs the business
Planning, inventory, purchasing and finance live in the ERP, and month-end and quarter-end closes put it under the most load.
Costs finance can plan
Manufacturing runs on budgets, and dollar-priced cloud bills that change every month are hard to fit into them.
How Neon Cloud fits
Which Neon Cloud services fit manufacturing and IoT?
Connectivity, compute and storage for connected operations, on one bill in rupees.
Site-to-site VPN
An IPsec VPN gateway connects each plant to your private network, and client VPN gives engineers and vendors secure remote access.
ERP-ready virtual machines
Memory-optimized and high-memory VMs for ERP databases, with Windows Server and SQL Server licences billed monthly with the VM.
Managed Kubernetes for IoT
Run your message broker, ingestion services and dashboards on Neon Kubernetes Engine, with node pools that grow with your fleet of devices.
Storage for sensor history
NVMe volumes for time-series and operational databases, and S3-compatible object storage for raw readings, drawings and documents.
Security for connected plants
A dedicated firewall with intrusion prevention between plant networks and central systems, and next-generation antivirus on each VM.
Managed operations
Neon RMM monitors, patches and backs up your servers, with half-yearly disaster-recovery drill support on the Enterprise tier.
Reference architecture
What does a typical manufacturing setup look like?
Plants connect over IPsec tunnels into a private network; device data flows to an IoT stack on Kubernetes, and the ERP runs on Windows Server VMs beside it.
Map the sites
List your plants, warehouses and systems. We plan the tunnels, networks and sizing with your IT and plant teams.
Connect one plant
Set up the tunnel and firewall rules for a first plant and check the data flow end to end.
Move the ERP
Migrate the ERP over a weekend away from month-end, with your ERP partner involved.
Roll out
Connect the remaining sites one at a time, and hand day-to-day operations to managed services if you want to.
Security and compliance
How does Neon Cloud help secure connected operations?
Connecting plants to the cloud should never open plant networks to the internet.
- Plants connect over encrypted IPsec site-to-site tunnels, not over the open internet.
- A dedicated firewall with intrusion prevention and application control between plant networks and central systems.
- Security groups that open only the ports each system needs, and client VPN with multi-factor sign-in for engineers and vendors.
- Production, design and business data stays in India.
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified and SOC 2 Type II audited, for customer and supplier audits.
Machines and controllers on the plant floor stay on your own network and hardware; Neon Cloud hosts the central systems they report to.
Use cases
What do manufacturers run on Neon Cloud?
From the ERP to the sensor on the line.
ERP hosting
SAP Business One, Tally, Microsoft Dynamics and other ERPs on memory-optimized Windows or Linux VMs.
IoT and telemetry platforms
Message brokers, ingestion services and time-series databases for machine and sensor data, on Kubernetes or VMs.
Production and quality systems
MES, quality and traceability applications, connected to every plant over site-to-site VPNs.
Dealer and supplier portals
Ordering, warranty and supplier portals behind a load balancer and firewall.
Predictive maintenance
Models that spot failing machines from sensor history, on memory-optimized VMs or cloud GPUs.
Drawings and documents
CAD files, drawings and quality records in object storage, with versioning.
Manufacturers including Avon Cycles, Hero Ecotech, Microtek and Elofic run on Neon Cloud.
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Neon Cloud for manufacturing and IoT.
- Yes. Each plant connects through an IPsec site-to-site VPN gateway into your private network, and a dedicated firewall can sit between plant networks and central systems. Engineers and vendors use client VPN for remote access.
- Neon Cloud provides the infrastructure rather than a packaged IoT service: you run the message broker, ingestion services and time-series database you choose on VMs or managed Kubernetes. Processing on the plant floor stays on your own edge hardware, which sends data over the VPN.
- Yes. ERPs run on Windows Server or Linux VMs, with SQL Server licences billed monthly where you need them. Memory-optimized and high-memory VMs suit ERP databases, and we plan month-end capacity with your ERP partner.
- In India. Neon Cloud runs in a data centre colocated in a Tier III facility in Delhi NCR (Noida), and your data, including backups, stays in India unless you move it.
- Plant networks reach central systems only through encrypted tunnels and a dedicated firewall with intrusion prevention. Next-generation antivirus runs on each VM, and regular backups with tested restores let you bring systems back.
- Site-to-site VPN gateways and client VPN users have fixed monthly prices in rupees on the pricing page, so each new plant is a known cost. Firewalls are priced per instance, and managed services are quoted for your setup.
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Connect your first plant
Tell us about your plants, machines and ERP. We'll design the network, size the systems and show you the monthly cost.