127 turbine manufacturer or an elevator company, it’s very hard to find the right software talent to implement IoT technologies. Software AG can deploy its software platform, together with Microsoft, in a way that allows our customers to start out with a ready product. They can use their resources to differentiate that product and deploy their specific solution ‘on top’ through open application programming interfaces.” With Software AG’s support, organisations can significantly reduce the time to get IoT solutions to market. “Let me take the example of a wind turbine,” says Gross. “This type of asset typically requires a multi-day manual onboarding to integrate it within the environment of the operating centre that will be managing it. With our technology, that goes down to half a day. That’s because you can have the scripts ready, downloaded, automated and deployed immediately, allowing you to introduce the turbine into your sophisticated back-end environment.” Software AG has partnered with Microsoft to develop a joint IoT offering that delivers greater benefits for its customers, more quickly, and at a lower risk. “Together with Microsoft, we’ve created a joint reference architecture for our customers,” says Gross. “That means that we can guide our customers on a joint IoT journey, using the best of Microsoft Azure’s cloud environment combined with the Cumulocity IoT platform capabilities, including the non-functional capabilities required to scale IoT projects. For example, Microsoft Power BI comes preintegrated with Cumulocity IoT and can be used out of the box.” As he looks towards the future, Gross hopes to expand the partnership between the two companies to deliver more significant benefits. “This is just the starting point for our partnership,” he says. “We’re aiming to become a preferred partner on IoT capabilities and benefit Microsoft’s engineering efforts. With the enormous growth that Azure is experiencing, we hope to support Microsoft with our IoTspecific offerings as it continues to focus on its core capabilities.” Read the Effective IoT solutions with Software AG and Microsoft white paper here: www.softwareag.com/iot-microsoft The Cumulocity IoT platform helps to manage complex assets such as wind turbines and delivers fast time to business value Photo: Unsplash/Anastasia Palagutina INDUSTRIALS & MANUFACTURING
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy NzQ1NTk=