--- title: "Software platform | Nexus Observatory" description: "An edge runtime and node agent that enrol, attest and update each node; fleet operations that show every node with its state…" url: https://observatory.global/software/ publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc. updated: 2026-10-27 --- Nexus Observatory / **Software** # One runtime. Every node. Every state. An edge runtime and node agent that enrol, attest and update each node; fleet operations that show every node with its state, its plan and its evidence; field apps for survey and commissioning; and the Nexus Observatory app, where a team models the site before a bolt is turned. [Plan with us](https://observatory.global/contact/) Reference architecture [The open protocol](https://observatory.global/protocol/) **Profiles**: 21 **Node roles**: 37 **Lifecycle stages**: 8 **Services**: 1 **00** · Explainer ## Software, explained in 3D. Scroll inside the frame to move through the chapters; every scene is drawn to scale. [Open full screen](https://observatory.global/software/explainer/) **01** · What this platform covers ## Software, area by area. Choose an area for its systems, standards, the industries it serves and how we deliver it. [01 Edge runtimeOne runtime from gateway to rack to tower.](https://observatory.global/software/edge-runtime/) [02 Node agentEnrolment, attestation quotes, signed updates.](https://observatory.global/software/node-agent/) [03 FleetEvery node: its state, its plan, its evidence.](https://observatory.global/software/fleet/) [04 Field appsSurvey, commissioning and maintenance, offline first.](https://observatory.global/software/field-apps/) [05 app workspaceCoverage, power and timing, modelled as a team.](https://observatory.global/software/studio-workspace/) [06 IntegrationsSCADA, GIS and data platforms, by typed contract.](https://observatory.global/software/integrations/) **02** · Built on the open protocol ## One protocol under every platform. Marked: the functions this platform leans on hardest. The protocol itself is open and stewarded by the Nexus Consortium, so what you build here runs anywhere the protocol runs. 01 JOIN 02 ADMIT 03 DESCRIBE 04 TIME 05 OBSERVE 06 QUALIFY 07 FEDERATE 08 ORCHESTRATE **03** · Open and enterprise ## Open by default. Enterprise by contract. The open layer lives on the main site, free to use and build on. Enterprise services are delivered under contract by Nexus Observatory Inc. Open, on the main site - Node agent and SDKs (licence pending) - App methods with worked examples Enterprise, on this site - Fleet operations - Supported runtime - Team workspaces - Integration engineering **04** · Industries served ## 3 industries build on software. Each industry has its own site: its use cases, its community and the enterprise path, with this platform among the systems behind it. [Industry **Government** National observing infrastructure, delivered as one programme.](https://observatory.global/industries/) [Industry **Civil resilience** Infrastructure that reports before it fails.](https://observatory.global/industries/) [Industry **Industry** Plants and ports, sensed and connected.](https://observatory.global/industries/) **05** · Every platform ## 18 platforms, one architecture. One platform for each technical area of our work, on the same protocol, the same data and the same design. [Protocol & Grid](https://observatory.global/grid-services/) [Software](https://observatory.global/software/) [Hardware & power](https://observatory.global/hardware/) [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/) [Connectivity](https://observatory.global/connectivity/) [Edge compute & AI](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/) [Earth observation & GeoAI](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/) [Field services](https://observatory.global/field-services/) [Data & licensing](https://observatory.global/data-products/) [Space and satellite systems](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Positioning, navigation and timing](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Security and trust](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Digital twins and simulation](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Design and integration](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Test and qualification](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Operations centre](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Training and enablement](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Frontier labs](https://observatory.global/technologies/) ## Bring us the site. We bring the survey, the design and the crew. Nexus Observatory Inc. The form names who receives your details. [Talk to us](https://observatory.global/contact/) [Create account](https://observatory.global/register/) [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/)**Software** . One runtime. Every node. Every state.[Talk to us](https://observatory.global/contact/) Software - [Edge runtime](https://observatory.global/software/edge-runtime/) - [Node agent](https://observatory.global/software/node-agent/) - [Fleet](https://observatory.global/software/fleet/) - [Field apps](https://observatory.global/software/field-apps/) - [app workspace](https://observatory.global/software/studio-workspace/) - [Integrations](https://observatory.global/software/integrations/) Technologies - [Edge tiers and multi-access edge computing](https://observatory.global/technologies/edge/edge-tiers-and-multi-access-edge-computing/) - [Modular edge data centres and the AI tower in a box](https://observatory.global/technologies/edge/modular-edge-data-centres-and-the-ai-tower-in-a-box/) - [Ingest and streaming](https://observatory.global/technologies/data/ingest-and-streaming/) - [Storage and data lakes](https://observatory.global/technologies/data/storage-and-data-lakes/) Industries - [Government](https://observatory.global/industries/) - [Civil resilience](https://observatory.global/industries/) - [Industry](https://observatory.global/industries/) Service platforms - [Observatory Protocol](https://observatory.global/protocol/) - [Protocol & Grid](https://observatory.global/grid-services/) - [Hardware & power](https://observatory.global/hardware/) - [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/) - [Connectivity](https://observatory.global/connectivity/) - [Edge compute & AI](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/) - [Earth observation & GeoAI](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/) © 2026 Nexus Observatory Inc. 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