The challenge of the integration of data in the digital economy
The digital transformation of organizations are generating volumes of data is unprecedented, but his real value is dependent on the ability to integrate and operate them between different systems. In the present, both in the public and private sector, the technological fragmentation hinders the interoperability, limited to the automation of processes and increases the access to the data. This challenge is especially relevant in the context of the spaces of data promoted by european initiatives such as the GAIA-X, IDSA or FIWARE, betting ecosystem where data is shared in a secure manner, governed and sovereign.
Ianus was born as a response to this need: a piece of technology (building block) that makes the connection secure and flexible between heterogeneous data sources, reducing the barriers of entry to the spaces of data and accelerating their adoption in many sectors.
Technical architecture: interoperability as standard
Ianus is designed under an architecture of microservicios decoupled, implemented on an environment which is orchestrated with Kubernetes and drop-down by using Helm charts, which ensures portability, horizontal scalability, and operational efficiency. This approach allows each component evolves independently, facilitating adaptation to different deployment requirements: environments for on-premise, hybrid or in the cloud.
One of the main differentiators of Ianus is your approach agnostic in terms of technologies and providers. Your primary connector supports:
- RESTful APIs, SOAP, and industrial connectors (OPC-UA, MQTT, Modbus).
- Cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and platform edge.
- Authentication systems such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect credentials and verifiable (W3C).
- Conversion modules semantics-based vocabularies RDF/OWL.
This versatility allows Ianus act as a middleware advanced, facilitating semantic interoperability and the management of the information distributed.
Use cases and applicability sector
While Ianus is designed to be cross-cutting, its applicability is especially critical in sectors that have reached a maturity digital high and have information systems that are highly diversified. For example:
- Industrial Sector: Integration of data from SCADA systems, PLCs, ERPs and platforms MO. Ianus allows you to unify flows of real-time data for predictive analysis or maintenance based on AI.
- Transport and mobility: data Synchronization across platforms, fleet management, GIS systems and open source (Open Transport Data). Ianus allows you to orchestrate the intake of data from multiple operators and apply access rules based on profiles.
- Digital health: Interoperability between electronic records, systems, anonymization and diagnostic algorithms. Thanks to its decoupled architecture, Ianus can be integrated with solutions eHealth maintaining regulatory compliance as the RGPD or the ENISA.
Comparison with traditional solutions
Unlike proprietary solutions or highly verticalizadas, Ianus prioritizes the standardization and modularity. His adoption of the principles of the service oriented architecture (SOA), along with the native support for catalogs of metadata such as DCAT-AP, it positioned it as a solution fully aligned with the recommendations of the European Commission for the economy of the data.
In front of closed mechanisms that hinder interoperability, Ianus integrates with the reference architectures of GAIA-X and IDS Reference Architecture Model, facilitating their recognition as a solution interoperable.
Recommendations for the adoption and deployment
Ianus is in an advanced stage of development, and adoption of its initial recommended in scenarios where:
- It requires the connection of multiple data sources with disparate formats.
- It is intended to scale to ecosystems federated data access control.
- There is a need for traceability, sovereignty of the data, and regulatory compliance.
From the second half of 2025, it will be available as a stable release, along with technical documentation, open repository and possibility of integration through APIs documented. The interested parties may request access to controlled tests or deploy instances pilot in their environments.
Conclusion: Ianus as enabler key of the spaces of data
The data integration is no longer just a technical necessity: it is a condition enabling to participate in the new economy based on the data. With Ianus, organizations can connect their digital assets with security, flexibility and control, paving the way towards ecosystems federated and collaborative. Designed to scale, aligned with the european standards and is prepared for different sectors, Ianus is a critical solution to any entity that wants to operate in spaces of data efficiently and safely.mpetencia.
