SolidRun, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance embedded solutions, and edge computing platforms, today announced support for the public beta of Google Cloud IoT Core, a fully managed service on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to securely connect and manage IoT devices at scale. Cloud IoT Core is now publicly available to all users in beta, including new features and pricing plan. With Cloud IoT Core, businesses can easily connect and centrally manage millions of globally dispersed IoT devices. When used as part of the broader Google Cloud IoT solution, it can ingest all IoT data and connect to Google Cloud's state of the art analytics services including Cloud Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Bigtable, BigQuery, and Machine Learning.

The MACCHIATObin ClearCloud 8K, is based on a Marvell ARMADA A8040 SoC, and features a quad core Arm Cortex A-72 1.6GHz processor, including 4GB DDR4 DIMM memory (16GB optional), dual 10GbE, microSD connectors, 3 x SATA 3.0, USB 3.0 and PCIe x4 3.0 slot. SolidRun's MACCHIATObin ClearCloud 8K with Google's Cloud IoT Core allows users to easily and securely connect to GCP. The solution has been developed in collaboration with Sartura Ltd., a leading specialized open source developer and integrator for embedded applications, in conjunction with Marvell."It is only natural that a leading edge computing and gateway solution provider like SolidRun will complement its offering with an easy access to cloud services such as Google Cloud Platform," says Dr. Atai Ziv, SolidRun's CEO.

"With the MACCHIATObin ClearCloud 8K broadly available to customers on IoT Core, customers can gain visibility into new operational data and optimize for change in real-time," said Adam Massey, Director, Strategic Technology Partners, Google Cloud. "Together with SolidRun, we are striving to make it easier to connect, manage, and drive real business value from IOT devices."

MACCHIATObin ClearCloud 8K comes with a unique fanless GCP enclosure, and accessories for a price tag of $399.