MariWeb and PortWeb can be deployed in three flexible topologies — On Premises, Hybrid, or Cloud — to match the operational and infrastructure needs of any maritime authority or commercial operator.
The MariWeb and PortWeb systems can be deployed in three different topologies. Each offers a different balance of control, resilience, and infrastructure investment — allowing IMIS Global and its partners to tailor the deployment to each customer's specific requirements.
The entire system is installed on hardware located within the customer's own premises. The customer has full ownership and control of the infrastructure, and all data remains on-site.
The portion of the system dealing with primary functions is installed on the customer's premises as an Edge Node. The remainder — including historical analytics and storage-intensive workloads — runs on the IMIS Central Node in the cloud. Users can connect to either node for day-to-day operations, providing significant redundancy.
The Hosted MariWeb cloud solution uses the IMIS private cloud in the United Kingdom. This allows partners and customers to rapidly establish MariWeb and PortWeb systems since the infrastructure is already up, running, stable, and tested. MariWeb and PortWeb can also be deployed on other private, public, or governmental cloud environments.
With an On Premises deployment, the full MariWeb or PortWeb system is installed on hardware that is located within the customer's own facility. This approach gives the customer complete control over data residency, network security, and system configuration. It is well suited to national maritime authorities with existing data centre infrastructure or strict data sovereignty requirements.
The Hybrid topology distributes the system across two nodes. The Edge Node — installed on the customer's premises — handles primary real-time functions including data collection, processing and display. The IMIS Central Node in the UK handles historical data analytics and storage-intensive operations. The Central Node has significant storage and processing capacity through its CEPH Storage Area Network.
Operators can connect to either the Edge Node or the Central Node for day-to-day operations, offering a high degree of redundancy and operational resilience. This is particularly valuable for customers where continuous system availability is critical.
The Hosted (Cloud) MariWeb solution is deployed on the IMIS private cloud infrastructure in the United Kingdom. Because the platform is already operational and serving multiple customers, deployment times are significantly reduced and very little pre-deployment testing is required from the customer's perspective.
MariWeb and PortWeb can also be deployed on other private, public, or governmental cloud environments where a customer has an existing cloud infrastructure preference or regulatory requirement.
Not sure which topology is right for you? Contact IMIS Global to discuss your operational requirements and infrastructure constraints — we'll recommend the most appropriate deployment model for your needs.
