Difference between Cumulocity IoT ML and Zementis?

[Fourkane_Irki]

What is the difference between those 2 products (Cumulocity IoT Machine Learning/ML Workbench and Zementis)

[Rob_Jones1 (Rob Jones)]

Cumulocity IoT’s machine learning capabilities are powered by Zementis behind the scenes.

Machine Learning Workbench is a new tool that allows you to build and train models directly using Cumulocity IoT (whereas Zementis is predominantly an execution environment for pre-built models).

There are more introductory notes on the new MLW capabilities here:

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[Sandeep_Akhouri]

Hi Irki,

There is a little bit of a history here… Zementis was the company that software AG acquired. We incorporated their standalone machine learning runtime into the Cloud as a Cumulocity IoT ML micro-service. In the latest 10.7 release, we have extended the runtime (or inference engine) with an ability to also train models.

Cumulocity Machine Learning Documentation

Thanks,
Sandeep

[Fourkane_Irki]

Ok Thanks for the clarifications. We want to explore Zementis and test the ML features (pre-process data, build and deploy model, etc). Should we run Zementis server seperately or just use the integrated micro-service in Cumulocity ? What are the pros/cons of each option ?

We also have, Cumulocity IoT edge instance, is it easy to have Zementis or Cumulocity IoT ML installed on the edge ?

Thanks,
Fourkane

[Sandeep_Akhouri]

Hi Irki,

The Cumulocity IoT Machine Learning would be the recommended way forward as it is available as a microservice on the cloud AND on the edge server. Subscribing to this will automatically provision a zementis (inference engine) micro-service for you. Depending on the use case, you would also have the flexibility to choose additional micro-services e.g. use ONNX if you are using deep learning (image recognition), NYOKA for time series analysis, MLW for model training, pre-processing data, 1-click deployment etc.

The Zementis server is more of a standalone server that enables machine learning integration with other products so it would not be relevant for you.

Thanks,
Sandeep