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Orange Business Services and
Siemens partner for Industrial IoT
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range Business Services and Siemens,
a leading factory automation
equipment provider, have joined
forces to drive the adoption of the Internet
of Things (IoT) in the industrial sector by
simplifying integration and promoting
IoT innovation. The initial focus will be to
develop solutions around asset tracking and
asset monitoring to optimise the supply
chain and improve efficiencies, as well as
to develop digitally-enhanced products to
increase customer satisfaction and create
new business models.
The partnership will help businesses connect
their machines and physical infrastructure to
the digital world, allowing them to translate
the wealth of data they produce into business
results. Advanced analytics and digital
services will help them increase productivity
and efficiency across their business.
Orange Business Services brings its global
cellular connectivity, consulting, system
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integration and application development
skills to the partnership. The alliance is
built around Siemens’ MindSphere, the
cloud-based open IoT operating system,
and Datavenue, the Orange IoT and data
analytics modular offering.
The seamless integration of data
along industrial value chains
Orange Business Services will connect systems
and objects via MindSphere. Customers have
the option of pre-packaged offerings such as
asset tracking, or customised solutions and
applications. Orange Business Services will
initially provide connectivity components
from Datavenue, including cellular and Low
Power Wide Area (LPWA) networks. Other
Datavenue components will follow.
“We are delighted to partner with Siemens in
the MindSphere Ecosystem in the industrial
sector. By combining our strengths, we are
providing industrial enterprises with new
opportunities to exploit their data and
unleash the power of IoT to drive significant
competitive advantage,” said Olivier Ondet,
Senior Vice President, IoT and Analytics,
Orange Business Services.
“Orange Business Services supports
Siemens’ MindSphere Global Ecosystem
with its leading IT, system integration
and application development expertise,
ultimately benefitting our joint customers.
The global IoT connectivity offering from
Orange supports requirements where
digital products and digital processes can
be integrated in our MindSphere platform.
Our customers will now benefit from
worldwide coverage, which supports new
business models and scalability,” said Kai
Brasche, Vice President, MindSphere Partner
Management EMEA at Siemens.
The partnership will initially focus on Europe,
starting with solutions to be rolled out in
Germany and Austria. n
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