The new offering combines Schneider’s EcoStruxure architecture with the Microsoft Azure cloud platform
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management and automation, has expanded its collaboration with Microsoft to accelerate development of open IoT applications
Customers can now gain access to multiple cloud-based applications from Schneider’s EcoStruxure architecture that utilize the full capabilities of the Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, as well as next-generation capabilities like mixed reality.
The two companies said they will accelerate the delivery of cloud-based, IoT solutions for all of Schneider Electric’s end user segments.
The collaboration will allow customers to take advantage of Microsoft’s experience in the cloud with Schneider Electric’s expertise in power management, plants, machines, buildings, data centers and grids. Both companies will develop several cloud-based applications available today driving plant, building, people and asset optimization, with others being developed for delivery later this year and beyond, the two companies said.
“By bringing together the strengths of our two companies, we can continue to make IoT valuable, delivering tangible and measurable business results, allowing customers to tap into new data, create new insights and fuel digital transformation in their organization,” said Cyril Perducat, Executive Vice President, IoT and Digital Transformation at Schneider Electric.
The open and interoperable design of Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure architecture and the computing power of Azure will allow industrial companies to have access to advanced analytics, maintenance and training solutions and empower operations and maintenance personnel with new mixed reality capabilities that provide an enhanced user experience with digital hologram context and prescriptive actions.
Schneider Electric said it will continue to build HoloLens technology into its process design and simulation and enterprise asset management solutions to bring mixed reality capabilities to its industrial maintenance, asset performance and training offerings.
