IoT Development Company in Houston

We work fixed-fee in USD rather than publishing bands. A scoped Houston industrial IoT pilot is a twelve to twenty week engagement for a single-asset proof of value (wellhead, ESP, pump skid, infusion pump fleet) covering firmware or an edge gateway, ingestion, a dashboard, and an IEC 62443 risk assessment. A multi-asset upstream or midstream rollout (50 to 500 endpoints with SCADA integration into PI System or Cognite) adds a digital twin layer, TSA Pipeline Security alignment, and ICS cybersecurity hardening. TMC medical IoT programs add HIPAA, FDA premarket cybersecurity guidance, and Joint Commission readiness. NASA JSC ITAR-controlled work routes through our US delivery entity with US person staffing only, USD pricing, fixed-fee.

Yes. AVEVA PI System (formerly OSIsoft) is the dominant historian in Houston upstream and midstream, and our team has shipped PI AF (Asset Framework) data models, PI Web API integrations, and PI Vision dashboards alongside greenfield Cognite Data Fusion and InfluxDB stacks. OPC UA over TLS is our default for IACS data extraction (we use Unified Automation, Prosys, Kepware, and Matrikon stacks depending on PLC vendor). MQTT Sparkplug B is the default for new edge-to-cloud pub/sub, especially over Ignition by Inductive Automation, which is widely deployed across Texas oilfield operators. We pair-build with operations engineers and document protocol selection rationale up front.

TSA SD-Pipeline-2021-01C (incident reporting), SD-Pipeline-2021-02C (security measures, revised May 2022), and the TSA Security Directives Pipeline-2022-01 series govern critical pipeline cybersecurity for designated owner-operators. Our process maps every IoT and OT integration to the SD\'s required controls including network segmentation between IT and OT, MFA for access to critical cyber systems, continuous monitoring and detection, an incident response plan tested annually, and a cybersecurity assessment program. We coordinate with TSA Surface Operations Security inspectors when on-site validation is required and document compliance evidence suitable for TSA inspection. Houston midstream operators including Kinder Morgan and Enterprise Products are designated and held to this standard.

Yes. TMC medical IoT covers infusion pumps, RTLS asset tracking, telemetry monitors, connected imaging, and bedside vitals. Our HIPAA Privacy Rule and Security Rule design includes encryption in transit (TLS 1.3 or higher) and at rest (AES-256), audit logging for every PHI access, role-based access tied to hospital Active Directory or Epic SER, BAA-covered cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud with BAA executed), and FDA premarket cybersecurity guidance (FDA Premarket Cybersecurity 2023) for any device classified as a medical device. We have shipped this pattern for MD Anderson, Memorial Hermann, and Houston Methodist adjacent work and clear privacy office and biomedical engineering review on first submission.

Yes, within scope and through our US delivery entity only. ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations, 22 CFR 120-130) and EAR (Export Administration Regulations, 15 CFR 730-774) restrict access to defense and dual-use technical data to US persons (US citizens, lawful permanent residents, protected individuals). For NASA JSC, Lockheed Martin Space Webster, Axiom Space, and Intuitive Machines work, we route all engineering through US person staffing on US soil, sign a Technology Control Plan with the client before kickoff, and document export control compliance in writing. We do not route ITAR-controlled work through our Canadian or Indian hubs, full stop. Non-controlled ground systems and corporate IT work can route normally.

IEC 62443 is the dominant standard for Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS) cybersecurity, organized by Foundational Requirements (FR) and Security Levels (SL 1 to 4). Our process applies IEC 62443-3-3 system security requirements and IEC 62443-4-1 secure development lifecycle to every IoT build. Controls include zone and conduit segmentation following Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture, role-based access with separation of duties, signed firmware with secure boot, TPM 2.0 hardware root of trust, OPC UA over TLS with X.509 certificates, anomaly detection (Claroty, Dragos, Nozomi, Tenable.OT depending on existing stack), and an incident response plan tested under tabletop exercise. We document SL-T (target security level) per zone and validate SL-A (achieved) against assessment.

A single-asset wellhead, ESP, or pump skid IoT proof of value (firmware, edge gateway, ingestion, PI or Cognite integration, dashboard, IEC 62443 risk assessment) takes twelve to twenty weeks. A multi-asset upstream rollout (50 to 200 wells or pumps) takes twenty to thirty-six weeks because of field installation, commissioning, and SCADA integration. TMC medical IoT programs (infusion pump fleet management, RTLS rollout, telemetry monitor integration) take twenty-four to forty weeks because of FDA premarket cybersecurity guidance and Joint Commission readiness. NASA JSC ground systems integration takes thirty to sixty weeks because of Technology Control Plan, software safety, and ITAR documentation. Fixed-fee.

Texas has no state individual income tax and no corporate income tax. Instead it imposes the Texas Franchise Tax (gross margin tax) at 0.375% for retail and wholesale or 0.75% for other entities on margins above the $2.47M no-tax-due threshold (2024). Houston imposes no city income tax. Texas sales tax is 6.25% state plus up to 2% local (8.25% in Houston), and Texas does tax data processing services at 80% of value (a unique quirk), but custom programming and engineering services are exempt under Comptroller Rule 3.330. We invoice in USD with appropriate tax classification documented per the Texas Comptroller\'s guidance, accept ACH and wire, and provide W-9 documentation. International clients route through our Canadian or Indian entities under appropriate tax treaty (excluding ITAR-controlled work).