SIEMENS
CTO at Siemens Saudi Arabia , Rainer Speh , explains how the firm is gearing up for Vision 2030 with its IoT platform , MindSphere
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O ur lives are more connected than ever before . In fact , Gartner reports that consumers own on average four Internet of Things ( IoT ) devices which communicate with the cloud whilst , globally , an estimated 127 new devices connect to the internet every second . This cutting-edge technology is not exclusive to consumer goods ; it is also upending industries across the globe . In sectors such as aviation , energy and manufacturing , connected IoT devices have quickly become the norm . But with reams of data and information at our fingertips , are we truly getting value from this information ?
This is where Siemens has entered the fray with its latest innovative solution . Recognising that only a tiny fraction of industrial data is used and intelligently analysed , the technology giant has created MindSphere – a cloud-based , open IoT operating system which it likens to a ‘ swiss army knife ’ for IoT . It allows businesses to connect products , plants , systems and machines , equipping firms with the concrete application data that they can analyse and draw insights from .
MARCH 2019