Deploy edge AI at scale without becoming a hardware company

We enable your AI software through edge AI hardware solutions to drive real-life outcomes

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The problem

Software companies shouldn’t need to be hardware experts

Building edge AI solutions is complex enough - without worrying about hardware.

Yet many ISVs who need edge hardware spend time and resources on challenges that aren’t core to their business:

  • Hardware selection and validation slows development.

  • Supply chain delays and shortages stall deployments.

  • Scaling becomes a logistics and lifecycle headache.

The result: ISVs waste time, money, and energy on hardware instead of innovation.

Simms removes these barriers, connecting you to world-class edge AI hardware, helping manage the design, supply, and distribution - so you can focus on what matters most: your software and customers.

Our solution

Build faster with ready-to-deploy edge AI hardware components

Removing engineering bottlenecks. Speed up your roadmap.

Developing edge AI solutions often starts with the same challenge: finding reliable, industrial-grade hardware that can actually run your models in the real world.

Simms gives ISVs instant access to pre-validated, high performance compute platforms and intelligent modules from Innodisk and Aetina.

What it means for you:

  • Faster prototyping and MVP (Minimum Viable Product) development.

  • Hardware thats’s validated for AI workloads.

  • Stable and supportable platforms you can build on.

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AI software company

Develops AI software but needs AI hardware

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Simms as a partner

Engages us for hardware expertise and sourcing

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Manufacturing partner

Provides, design, engineering and implementation support for the hardware solution

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Distribution by Simms

We ensure reliable supply and delivery

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Deployment at scale

AI solution deployed in real-world environments

Offload your hardware design and delivery for smoother software innovation

Let hardware experts build, so you can scale your software solution.

For ISVs looking to go beyond off-the-shelf-components and systems, Simms and its partners can tailor and customise solutions to your needs.

In partnership with Innodisk and Aetina, we help ISVs design, build and deliver custom edge AI platforms - tailored to your application and optimised for performance, reliability, and cost.

How it works:

  • Simms connects you to world-class edge AI teams.
  • Your platform is architected and built for your software.
  • Simms manages ongoing Distribution-as-a-Service model.

Intelligent edge AI solutions

Full edge AI systems

  • Nvidia®-based platforms
  • Qualcomm®-based platforms
  • Intel®-based platforms

Embedded AI camera

  • USB 2.0 Fixed Focus Modules
  • MIPI Fixed Focus/Varifocal Modules
  • GMSL2 Fixed Focus Modules

Networking modules

  • LAN Modules
  • CAN Bus Modules
  • Serial Modules

Industrial-grade DRAM

  • CXL Modules
  • DDR5 Generation
  • SDRAM to DDR4 legacy

Industrial-grade storage

  • M.2, U.2, and EDSFF
  • PCIe and SATA
  • PATA Compact Flash Card

Two world-class edge AI manufacturers

At the heart of our Intelligent Solutions offering are two world-class edge AI technology partners: Innodisk and Aetina.

Together, they bring unmatched expertise in industrial-grade hardware, high-performance AI acceleration, and long-life component stability - ensuring your deployments are built on a foundation of reliability and innovation.

Whether you're scaling computer vision, deploying AI at the edge, or delivering mission-critical applications, our partners enable us to support every stage of your product journey with confidence.

Innodisk Aetina

Watch our podcast with Innodisk, discussing their edge AI ecosystem built for ISVs and OEMs.

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Whitepaper

Unlock the fastest path to vision-based AI at the edge

This white paper is a comprehensive technical guide to developing vision-based AI at the edge, explaining how hardware choices, software stacks and model-optimisation techniques directly influence performance, scalability and time-to-market.

Turning industrial vision into industrial intelligence

Manufacturing environments demand AI systems that can operate reliably despite variable lighting, vibration, dust, heat, and legacy infrastructure.

Vision and AI solutions often perform well in controlled pilots but struggle once deployed across real production lines.

We support manufacturing-focused ISVs by helping them align computer vision, sensing, and edge compute with the realities of factory floors - enabling more consistent inspection, monitoring, and automation.

The focus is on building systems that scale across sites, maintain accuracy over time, and integrate cleanly with existing industrial processes.

Construction sites are dynamic, unpredictable environments where conditions change daily and safety is critical.

AI systems deployed here must handle movement, depth, partial occlusion, weather, and inconsistent connectivity.

We work with construction and built-environment technology providers to support spatially aware, edge-based intelligence - from progress monitoring to safety and situational awareness.

Our role is to help ensure AI solutions are robust enough to operate outside controlled settings, delivering reliable insight even as sites evolve.

Retail and logistics environments combine high volumes of people, assets, and movement - often across distributed locations.

AI solutions must balance accuracy, latency, privacy, and uptime, particularly when deployed at the edge.

We help deploy intelligent systems that perform reliably in stores, warehouses, and distribution centres.

Whether the use case involves loss prevention, inventory visibility, automation, or operational analytics, the emphasis is on dependable performance, scalable deployment, and minimal operational friction.

Healthcare environments place unique demands on AI systems: reliability, safety, compliance, and trust are non-negotiable.

Vision and sensing technologies must work consistently while respecting privacy and integrating into complex clinical workflows.

We support healthcare technology providers by helping translate AI innovation into deployable systems that function in real clinical settings.

This includes edge-based processing, spatial awareness, and system architectures designed to meet operational and regulatory constraints without compromising performance.

Surveillance and security applications require AI systems that operate continuously, often in challenging outdoor or low-light conditions, and deliver actionable intelligence rather than raw data.

We help security and surveillance ISVs to enable intelligent, edge-based systems that improve situational awareness while managing latency, bandwidth, and reliability.

The focus is on turning visual data into dependable insight that works at scale and in real operational environments.

Aerospace applications demand extreme reliability, precision, and robustness.

AI and vision systems must function in high-vibration, high-reliability environments where failure is not an option.

We support aerospace and advanced engineering solution providers by enabling intelligent systems designed for demanding operational conditions.

From inspection and monitoring to situational awareness and automation, our focus is on helping teams build AI solutions that meet stringent performance, environmental, and lifecycle requirements.

Why Simms?

Simms brings 35 years of industrial expertise, strong vendor partnerships and deep technical insight to help ISVs build, deploy and scale intelligent solutions with confidence.

We provide tailored integration support, access to specialist ecosystems and a complete Distribution-as-a-Service model covering lifecycle assurance and controlled supply.

With Simms, you accelerate development, reduce risk and deliver edge and vision-based applications that perform reliably in real-world environments.

Ecosystem access

Gain exclusive access to Simms’ technical ecosystem: vendor FAEs, evaluation modules, firmware stacks, camera sensor partners, and edge AI optimisation tools.

We partner with you to validate, pilot and scale your solution - with minimal friction.

Distribution-as-a-Service

With over 35 years in the industry, Simms delivers more than products - we deliver a full Distribution-as-a-Service model built for ISVs if needed.   

From controlled supply and life-cycle management, to fulfilment and post-deployment support.

Custom integration paths

Choose a path that fits your technical stack: from ready-to-deploy edge vision platforms to bespoke SOMs, accelerated modules or custom-branded systems. 

Simms helps you select, configure and integrate the right hardware/software in a way that gets you to deployment faster.

Book a discovery

Chat with our team over a quick deep dive into your business or project and how you’re currently using – or plan to use – edge AI hardware.

We can then help you map your software to the best edge stack through a joint technical session with the manufacturer.