An undeniable appeal of the Internet of Things (IoT) is that much of the needed data and equipment is already in place across industry. Taking advantage of the promise of the IoT is simply of matter of harnessing the data and analyzing it for business benefit. Of course, like anything else, it’s not quite as simple as that.
在大多数情况下，工业数据的收集，捕获和分析需要额外的devices,apps,软件andservicesto complete the feedback loop between the equipment generating the data and software performing the analysis. Because IoT initiatives are still relatively new, most of these connective technologies don't exist yet and are being built in response to specific industry needs that arise as companies pursue various IoT objectives.
为了促进这些技术的发展和战略地位他们的公司作为核心IOT技术提供商，西门子和微软宣布了IOT技术的发展计划。
在西门子案中，它创造了MindSpherePartner Program around its cloud-based IoT operating system. According to Siemens, this global program “equips partners in both operations technology (OT) and information technology (IT) areas with the tools needed to help solve real business and technical challenges faced by end customers” using MindSphere and IoT technology.
More specifically, the MindSphere Partner Program addresses enterprise application connectivity protocol options, industry applications, advanced analytics via a development environment that uses Siemens’ open Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) capabilities and access to native Amazon Web Services. Target partner businesses for this program include system integrators, application developers, consulting and strategy partners, and technology and connectivity partners.
Meanwhile, Microsoft has launchedMicrosoft IoT Central., which the company claims to be “the first true highly scalable IoT software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that offers built-in support for IoT best practices and world-class security along with the reliability, regional availability and global scale of the Microsoft Azure cloud. Microsoft IoT Central allows companies worldwide to build production-grade IoT applications in hours—to harness the digital feedback loop—without having to manage all the necessary back-end infrastructure or learn new skills.”
微软声称Microsoft IoT Central可以帮助寻求提供物联网产品的公司“开始快速启动，以秒为单位连接设备并从概念转移到几小时内的生产。完整的物联网解决方案随着物联网需求的增长，您可以从几百万连接的设备中无缝缩放。“
在Microsoft IoT Central提供的安全性方面，该公司表示，这包括微软的隐私标准和技术，例如IoT隐私功能，如基于角色的访问和与Azure Active Directory权限的集成。
微软adds that, in the coming months, Microsoft IoT Central will also be able to integrate with customers’ existing business systems—such as Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP and Salesforce.
微软全球副总裁杰夫•里德Alliance at Arrow Electronics (a user of Microsoft IoT Central), said: “Small-scale IoT use cases are rare, even though they can have profound social impact. Why? Because each use case has unique needs that, in turn, require special sensor configurations and secure provisioning to the cloud before the solution can even be turned on. Arrow has simplified this process by bringing together Microsoft’s IoT Central platform and Libelium’s Plug & Sense IoT Toolkits, which help small, medium and even large businesses get their IoT projects up and running sooner. Microsoft’s IoT Central solution helped us pilot in weeks, at minimal cost, [an] … environmental monitoring solution that would have taken a year to develop from scratch.”
