CieloVision powers the next generation of smart franchises with Hewlett Packard Enterprise
When you run franchises across dozens or hundreds of locations, traditional servers at the edge can hold you back. Fragmented hardware, latency, and limited visibility make it hard to scale AI and real-time analytics. In this HPE story, you'll see how Cielo moved beyond those limits with HPE ProLiant DL145 servers and HPE Compute Ops Management to build smarter, more efficient franchise operations.
Additionally, HPE Compute Ops Management gives Cielo a single pane of glass to deploy and manage servers nationally, cutting IT overhead and making expansion practical. As an HPE Partner, we help you apply the same approach--selecting the right HPE edge compute, designing scalable deployments, and supporting your rollouts--so you can rethink what your own "smart franchise" edge can deliver. Contact us today to get started with HPE Edge Computing.
What problems does CieloVision solve for multi-unit franchises?
CieloVision is designed for multi-unit, franchise-driven businesses that need to run smarter operations across dozens or even hundreds of locations without adding complexity.
Based on Cielo’s work with retailers, restaurants, gyms, and entertainment venues, the platform focuses on a few core challenges:
- Lack of real-time visibility: Many operators can’t see what’s happening across locations in real time. CieloVision centralizes data on staffing, sales, inventory, safety, and guest activity so leaders can make faster, better-informed decisions.
- Fragmented edge infrastructure: Earlier deployments relied on fragmented edge servers with latency issues and limited visibility, which increased IT overhead and slowed expansion. By using HPE ProLiant DL145 servers and HPE Compute Ops Management, CieloVision runs AI workloads locally at the edge while being managed centrally through a cloud-like interface.
- Manual, site-by-site operations: Tasks that used to be handled location by location—such as updates, monitoring, and configuration—are now streamlined. Cielo can deploy changes across multiple sites simultaneously, significantly reducing operational overhead.
In practice, this means franchise operators get:
- AI at the edge for safety monitoring, queue management, and visitor engagement.
- Centralized management of distributed servers via a single pane of glass.
- Scalable infrastructure that supports growth from dozens to hundreds of locations without a spike in complexity or cost.
The result is a more intelligent, data-driven franchise operation that can adapt quickly to changing conditions while keeping IT and operational overhead in check.
How does CieloVision use AI and edge computing to improve guest experience and revenue?
CieloVision uses AI and edge computing to turn traditional franchise locations into smarter, more responsive environments that improve both guest experience and financial performance.
A good example is Cielo’s work with Altitude Trampoline Parks, a fast-growing international franchise. By running AI workloads locally on HPE ProLiant DL145 servers, CieloVision enables real-time capabilities such as:
- Guest traffic analysis: Understanding how visitors move through the park to optimize staffing, layout, and safety coverage.
- Employee check-ins: Monitoring staff presence and activity to support compliance and service quality.
- Concession sales tracking: Linking sales data with guest behavior to identify upsell opportunities.
- Marketing campaign execution: Running and adjusting campaigns on-site based on real-time audience data.
CieloVision also powers AI-driven computer vision for:
- Safety monitoring (e.g., identifying risky behavior or crowded areas).
- Queue management to reduce wait times and improve flow.
- Visitor engagement through smart digital signage.
The system can anonymously detect customer demographics and sentiment and then adjust digital content in real time—directing guests where to go, what to avoid, or which concession items to highlight at the right moment. Because all of this runs at the edge, it happens without latency or dependence on cloud bandwidth.
The business impact for Altitude has been measurable:
- ~20% revenue increase driven by targeted upselling and smart signage.
- Reduced labor hours through automated compliance monitoring, which strengthens margins.
- Improved incident response times thanks to AI-driven security alerts.
In short, CieloVision helps franchises reimagine their locations as smart environments that use real-time data to enhance guest experience while also driving higher revenue and better margins.
How does the HPE partnership help CieloVision scale across many locations?
Cielo’s partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is central to making large-scale, multi-location deployments practical and sustainable.
From a technology standpoint, the partnership delivers:
- Edge-optimized compute: HPE ProLiant DL145 servers provide the compute power needed to run AI workloads locally at each site, supporting use cases like computer vision, real-time analytics, and smart signage.
- Centralized management: HPE Compute Ops Management gives Cielo a single pane of glass to oversee all edge servers nationwide. This includes monitoring, updates, and configuration through a cloud-like interface.
- Simultaneous deployments: Instead of rolling out changes site by site, Cielo can now deploy updates across multiple locations at once, which significantly reduces operational overhead.
For franchise operators, this translates into:
- Scalability: Cielo can “order any number of HPE ProLiant servers, stand them up anywhere, and run AI at the edge in dozens or even hundreds of locations,” all managed seamlessly.
- Reliability: The infrastructure is built for consistent performance across a distributed footprint, so operators can expand without worrying about downtime or runaway IT complexity.
- Cross-vertical applicability: HPE and Cielo have co-engineered solutions that address franchise-specific needs and can scale across different industries—retail, restaurants, gyms, trampoline parks, and more.
Beyond the hardware and software, the collaboration with the HPE team itself has been important. HPE brings an understanding of multi-unit business challenges and works with Cielo to design solutions that are practical to deploy and manage at national scale.
As a result, CieloVision provides a franchise technology platform that helps businesses grow revenue, reduce costs, and improve guest experiences, while keeping large-scale AI and edge deployments manageable.
CieloVision powers the next generation of smart franchises with Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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